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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.

How young is too young to be subjected to the gruesome tradition of bullfighting?

Recently, ten-year-old Michel Lagravere, known as Michelito, killed six young bulls bullfighting in one weekend.  This young matador has set the Guinness World Records of being the youngest bullfighter to kill so many calves, but is this a good thing?