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Catalonia, Spain Outlaws Bullfighting!

This is great news!! Major strides in banishing this horrid blood sport.

According to Yahoo News: “BARCELONA, Spain – Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain’s first major region to ban the deadly, centuries-old ballet between matador and beast after heated debate that pitted animal rights against a pillar of traditional culture.

Cheers broke out in the local 135-seat legislature after the speaker announced the ban had passed 68-to-55 with nine abstentions. The ban will take effect in 2012 in the northeastern coastal region whose capital is Barcelona.” read full article here

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