Spain set to scrap top bullfighting prize

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Home Sport Spain set to scrap top bullfighting prize 04-05-2024 01:00 PM Ammon News - Spain will scrap a top prize for bullfighting, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun said Friday, marking a significant cultural shift in the country. "I think that's the feeling of a majority of Spaniards who can understand less and less why animal torture is practiced ... and much less why that torture gets awarded with public money," Urtasun wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. In Spanish-style bullfighting, the animal usually ends up killed by a sword wielded by a matador in shining garb. The annual prize came with a government check of €30,000 ($32,217) and in the past has been awarded to famous bullfighters like Julian Lopez, known as "El Juli." DW

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Spain set to scrap top bullfighting prize

04-05-2024 01:00 PM

Ammon News - Spain will scrap a top prize for bullfighting, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun said Friday, marking a significant cultural shift in the country.

"I think that's the feeling of a majority of Spaniards who can understand less and less why animal torture is practiced ... and much less why that torture gets awarded with public money," Urtasun wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

In Spanish-style bullfighting, the animal usually ends up killed by a sword wielded by a matador in shining garb.

The annual prize came with a government check of €30,000 ($32,217) and in the past has been awarded to famous bullfighters like Julian Lopez, known as "El Juli."

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