Spain’s constitutional court has overturned Catalonia’s controversial ban on bullfighting, imposed by the regional government in 2010. The court conceded that Catalonia could “regulate the development of bullfights” or “establish requirements for the special care and attention of fighting bulls”. This is what we decided at the time in Catalonia and is unalterable for us.”Rull added that when the Canary Islands introduced a similar ban the constitutional court took no action. Bullfighting ban is sweet revenge for Catalonia Read moreAna Bayle of the local Animal Rights party accused the court of “playing politics with animals’ lives” while Marta Esteban, from the group Torture isn’t Culture, insisted that “bullfighting is not going to return to Catalonia”. Esperanza Aguirre, former president of the Madrid region, tweeted: “Bulls return to Catalonia.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2016 14:56 UTC