Mexico City's council voted to ban traditional bullfighting and replace them with new forms of bloodless sights, marking the latest episode in a long-standing legal battle to ban practices in the capital.
Animal rights activists celebrated the move on Tuesday.
“The Bulls are no longer exposed to the cruel cruelty of being repeatedly stabbed and eventually killed in the ring.
Mexico City's Bull Fight Ring, with 42,000 seats, Plaza Mexico, the world's largest, in theory holds bullfighting only without violence.
Traditional bullfighting includes a series of lances, barbed wire spears, and thin swords for killing, but these new events allow the Matador to charge them using capes that attract bulls.
Bull horns are also “protected” to prevent harm to matadors and other animals.
Bloodless bullfighting is limited to 15 minutes. The bull is then sent back to the owner and the ranch. Now it is prohibited to die inside or outside the ring.
This change came from the initiative of the citizens who, alone, proposed a complete ban, to amend it and introduce the concept of non-violent bullfighting.
Bulgada suggested that the move would allow them to maintain economic activity related to bullfighting. Advocates claim the industry is supporting it Tens of thousands of jobs.
“A sight of blood cannot be justified under the concept of art and tradition,” Bulgada said. “Some people argue that it is part of tradition and culture, but it also involves culture, music, art, and even rights, change, evolution, and even change. Our big cities have an obligation to transform at the same time. Animal welfare is the rights and obligations of society.”
Mexican President Claudia Sinbaum also spoke in support of the initiative.
The bullfighting industry has rejected the new regulations and said they have not been consulted about it.
At a press conference, Salvador Arias, an attorney for Tauromaquia Mexicana, an organization that advocates bullfighting, said it was similar to Brugada's bloody bullfighting proposal. I tried it in the Balearic Islands in Spain and failedwith little interest from the fans, and was eventually dumped by a Spanish court.
In fact, animal rights groups have relied on their lack of interest. in statementa culture without torture regretted that the ban was not perfect, but added, “In reality, it's blood that Bullfighting fans really want to see, so I doubt that the proposed event will happen.”
