New law challenges long-standing tradition at center of public outcry: 'We will continue fighting'

New law challenges long-standing tradition at center of public outcry: 'We will continue fighting'

Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle in many Spanish-speaking countries. In it, a matador, or a professional bullfighter, fights and often kills a bull. While controversial, bullfighting has ancient ties and is still practiced in Spain, France, Peru, Portugal, Ecuador, and Mexico, according to Humane World for Animals.  In March, however, Mexico City lawmakers voted to ban traditional bullfighting. The New York Times reported that lawmakers n…

Groups in favor of bullfights prepare legal defense in case the reform that is discussed in the State Congress to establish the figure of Taurino Show Without Violence advances in the local legislature. “We will have elements here for the defense. We have all the legal right to be granted rights because there is no prohibition in the state. We will do the necessary defenses,” said José Mario Sánchez Soledad, president of the organization Tauroma…

Guanajuato, Gto.- The Green Ecologist Party of Mexico proposed amending the Animal Protection Law of Guanajuato to create bullfighting without violence. This seeks to establish that bullfighting shows should develop without violence inside and outside the square, as an alternative to guarantee the life and preservation of the species of the fighting bull in the state. Legislator Alejandro Contreras Guerrero explained that the initiative promotes…

The idea of me not seeing bulls suffer in the arenas continues to advance. It is now in Michoacán where they say “no” to bullfights. The local Congress decided so by divided decision. PHOTO: DANIEL AUGUSTO/ CUARTOSCURO.COM // They suspend bullfights in Mexico Square again. But they will continue cock fights, charrería and jaripeos... Yesterday, Michoacan became the sixth state to ban bullfights. This, by means of a reform to the Law of Rights, W…

April 2, 2025 – Mexico City – EFE. The Congress of the state of Michoacán approved on Wednesday the prohibition of bullfighting and other “violent shows with animals.” However, activities such as cockfighting, charrería and jaripeo were not included in the measure. This change makes Michoacán in the seventh Mexican state to ban bullfighting. The vote, which took place amid tensions and protests outside the Congress, ended with 19 votes in favour…

With 19 votes in favour, 9 against and 8 abstentions, the Congress of the State of Michoacan approved the prohibition of bullfighting and other violent shows with animals The Congress of the State of Michoacan voted on Wednesday for the prohibition of bullfighting and “violent shows with animals”, although cockfighting, charrería and jaripeo were left outside the veto. Michoacan is the seventh Mexican state that prohibits bullfighting. The vote …