Spain defends bullfights on TV

The Government is defending broadcasting bullfights and arguing that it doesn’t affect the young.

They added that it is not illegal and that current legislation on this matter respects the rights of children.

Laia Ortiz, deputy of the IzquierdaUnida political party, had submitted a formal request in writing for the government to revise the measures it is taking to protect the young who participate in, or are spectators of, the bloody fights.

The government commented that the 1982 decree which regulates any potentially harmful activities for the young does not mention bullfights.

They further stated that the reformed law of 1991 “does not establish any prohibition to the assistance of minors to bullfights.”

To this argument the government added the 1993 law that protects bull fighting as part of the Spanish cultural heritage.

Ortiz stated that she would continue to pursue the case until the bloody spectacle was no longer televised as, in her opinion, it was harmful for children under the age of 14 to witness the torture of animals.

The government replied that there was no scientific evidence that it was in any way harmful to children.

The argument will continue.