Colombian Congress passes historic bill banning bullfighting, marking a significant victory for the animal rights movement after decades of legal obstacles.
Animal rights activists and movements are pressuring Congressional lawmakers for a total ban on bullfighting and “cultural events” involving cruelty to animals, including the coastal spectacle: corralejas.
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of bullfighting in the country as a cultural tradition and which cannot be considered as animal cruelty.
Thousands took to the streets of Bogotá Sunday to voice their anger over the start of the first bullfighting season after a 5-year ban.
Some 4,000 protestors gathered Sunday near the Santamaria bullring to voice their anger over the season opener of bullfighting in the Colombian capital after a court order.
Despite his personal objection to bullfights, Bogotá’s mayor Peñalosa must abide by the ruling of the country’s high court to allow the Santamaria ring to host the spectacle after a five-year absence.