MADRID (Reuters) - Several thousand people rallied in Madrid on Saturday to demand a ban on bullfighting, adding their voices to a growing animal rights movement that has prompted some local ...

Bullfighting retains a passionate following in some circles in Spain and leading matadors are treated as celebrities - Copyright AFP/File CRISTINA QUICLER ...

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- State-run Spanish television has quietly yanked live coverage of bullfighting from its programming, ending a decades-old tradition of showcasing the national pastime out of ...

MADRID (AP) — Álvaro Alarcón plays out the moment when he will enter Madrid's Las Ventas bullring for his final challenge as a “novillero,” or apprentice bullfighter. The 24-year-old has been training ...

MADRID (Reuters) - The parliament of Catalonia opens a debate on Friday on whether to abolish bullfighting, the first Spanish region to consider such a move against a spectacle that has come to ...

Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, becoming Spain's first mainland region to do so after a heated debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, becoming Spain's first mainland region to do so after a heated debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a ...

Spanish bullfighter Morante de la Puebla performs a pass on a bull using a muleta during the Feria de Abril bullfighting festival at La Maestranza bullring in Seville on April 19, 2024. [AFP] Spain's ...