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Date Published: 13/04/2022

ARCHIVED - Bullfighting set to return to Mallorca

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The controversial bullfights haven’t been held since before the pandemic

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Bullfighting set to return to Mallorca

Animal rights groups across Spain have been celebrating the fact that bullfighting hasn’t been seen in Mallorca since the last event took place in Inca in July 2019, but the controversial sport looks set to make a comeback.

Bullfighting was actually close to being banned in recent years in both Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, but the Constitutional Court in Madrid overturned the decision; since then, a five-year contract has been signed between the Inca bullring and a private company, and the management are planning to hold their first post-pandemic event on July 30, which coincides with the feast of patron saints San Abdón and San Senén.

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Although tickets have yet to be put on sale the announcement has caused outrage and Mallorca resident Natasha Retzmann has set up a Facebook group called ‘Mallorca against Bullfighting’ which is working with Progreso en Verde to get the July bullfight cancelled.

There were high hopes that Spain’s new Animal Protection Law would take a firmer stance on bullfighting, but while it regulates how animals are kept, it doesn’t actually ban the practice, a similar stance to the one which the government has taken on hunting dogs.

“Our group is not here to force Mallorquins to ban something they want! The vast majority don’t want this cruel form of entertainment on such a lucrative tourist Island. We are here to support the local people and help them to make the changes to the laws,” Ms Retzmann explained on social media.

Image: Wikimedia Commons

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