Five minutes after a bull’s horns were set ablaze, the frantic animal dove into the sea to extinguish the fire and drowned. The event took place during the Bous a la Mar fiesta, an annual fiesta that takes place each September in Javea, Spain, to honor Our Lady of Loreto.
By Levi Novey •
May 20, 2009
The romantic imagery painted of Spanish bullfighting in Ernest Hemingway’s famous book The Sun Also Rises might soon be the stuff of history. Spain is edging ever closer to banning the sport.
Thanks to a petition with 180,000 signatures, the regional government of Spain’s northeastern Catalonia area
will soon debate banning the sport tied so closely to Spain’s image. Recent polling indicates that less than 30% of Spanish citizens like bullfighting, reflecting an overall trend that animals should be treated more humanely.
