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On March 9, 2025, at the Monumental Plaza México — with a capacity for 42,000 people and considered the largest bullring on the planet — the last six bulls were fought under the rules of traditional bullfighting. Today, one year later, that day has become a historic date: the last time an animal was tortured and killed in that ring.
Read more →Outside the Plaza de Toros de Valencia, this Saturday, March 7, nearly 140 people carried gravestones bearing the names of bulls killed in Spain over the past year. AnimaNaturalis and CAS International denounce that the Valencian government directs more than 450,000 euros of public funds to the bullfighting sector while one in three Valencians lives at risk of poverty.
Read more →A royal decree closes the legal loophole that allowed comic-bullfighting shows featuring people with dwarfism in bullrings across Spain. The measure, approved this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers, comes after years of denunciation and field research by AnimaNaturalis and CAS International. How long can entertainment continue to hide behind the dignity of others?
Read more →Data from the Ministry of Culture reveals that between 2000 and 2019, the number of municipalities with third-category bullrings plummeted by 61%, dropping from 845 to just 328. Is the territorial base of an industry built on the suffering of thousands of bulls each year collapsing on its own, or is public money simply being concentrated to sustain what the public no longer wants?
Read more →The Junta de Andalucía modifies the order regulating aid to 'bullfighting municipalities', raising its economic contribution from 50% to 80%, reducing the town councils' burden to 20%. The measure is part of a general increase in public funds allocated to bullfighting in 2025-2026: Madrid will allocate €7.2 million (59.7% more than in 2025), while subsidies to pro-bullfighting entities have gone from €905,000 to €2.4 million in the last year, according to official data.
Read more →On February 5, the Monumental Plaza of Mexico City marks 80 years since its inauguration, but for the first time in its history, this milestone will not be celebrated with the bloody bullfights that defined eight decades of animal exploitation.
Read more →Despite state and constitutional reforms, 418 bullfighting events were held on Mexican soil, revealing an industry entrenched in economic and political privilege that ignores both animal welfare and the demands of a society moving toward the eradication of violence.
Read more →The Socialists voted against the PP's proposal, but just a month ago their abstention sank the "It's Not My Culture" Popular Legislative Initiative which sought to repeal the legal protection of bullfighting.
Read more →An analysis of data from the Ministry of Culture debunks the myth of bullfighting “popularity”: attendance has dropped 15% in a decade and only appears stable due to the artificial boost of the Youth Cultural Voucher, institutional promotion to new generations, and public subsidies.
Read more →The motion to consider repealing Law 18/2013—which shields bullfighting as cultural heritage—was rejected with 169 votes against, 57 in favor, and 118 abstentions; the Socialist abstention proved decisive, sparking outrage from the initiative’s promoters who denounce betrayal and the PSOE’s loss of credibility.
Read more →Three dozen activists gathered in front of the Basilica of El Pilar with large portraits of bulls and horses to denounce the violence of bullfighting and demand an end to public subsidies for bullfights.
Read more →Next Tuesday, October 7th will be a date marked on the calendar for the animal rights movement in Spain. The Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) "No Es Mi Cultura" finally reaches the Plenary Session of Congress, where its consideration will be debated and voted on. This decisive step could mean the beginning of the end for the legal protection safeguarding bullfighting in our country.
Read more →The appearance of the Popular Legislative Initiative (PLI) "It Is Not My Culture" before the Culture Committee of the Spanish Congress of Deputies has marked a turning point in the long-running debate about the future of bullfighting in Spain. This is not a simple attempt at prohibition, but a strategic movement that challenges cultural centralization and raises fundamental questions about democracy, identity, and the role of animal cruelty in modern society.
Read more →In the heart of Logroño, a space typically animated by the fervor of the San Mateo Festival, a scene of profound contrast and solemnity unfolded. As the city prepared for four days of bullfighting events, the central Plaza de San Agustín became the stage for a protest staged by AnimaNaturalis and CAS International.
Read more →In a unanimous decision, Colombia's Constitutional Court declared that Law 2385 of 2024, also known as "No More Olé," which establishes the progressive prohibition of bullfights, is constitutional.
Read more →On the afternoons of August 21 and 22, 2025, AnimaNaturalis's investigation team deployed cameras inside Bilbao's Vista Alegre bullring to document the reality of the bullfighting events during the Aste Nagusia festival. The footage collected, frame by frame across nearly a hundred video clips, reconstructs a spectacle of mere cruelty and pure violence.
Read more →This past Monday, August 11th, was the deadline to submit objections to the draft of the new Regulations for traditional bull festivals (festejos taurinos) in the Valencian Community (which implements the Regional Law 14/2010). AnimaNaturalis warns that this regulation represents a serious move towards crueler practices and a setback for animal protection.
Read more →The promotion of €9 children's tickets for the August 7th bullfight in Palma has reopened social wounds in the Balearic Islands. After PP and Vox's legal reform overturned the ban in place since 2017, animal rights groups, left-wing parties, and experts condemn children's exposure to what they call "institutionalized violence," while bullfighting supporters defend their right to transmit tradition.
Read more →Very few people know that the same bulls running through the streets during the traditional San Fermín encierros are killed in the bullring that same evening. It's not a secret, yet even the residents of Pamplona are largely unaware of this tragedy. This new investigation by our team sheds light on this hidden cruelty.
Read more →In a powerful image evoking the Virgin Mary holding Christ's body, activists from AnimaNaturalis and PETA denounced bullfighting as a "sin" against compassion in Pamplona on July 5. The performance outside City Hall has ignited a profound debate in Navarrese and Spanish society about the future of bullfighting in the 21st century.
Read more →The recent proposal by Izquierda Unida and Podemos in the Parliament of La Rioja to prohibit minors from attending bullfighting events has once again focused attention on a crucial and persistent debate in Spain: the exposure of children to the violence of bullfighting.
Read more →We reveal the hidden cost of public funding for bullfighting broadcasts on Spain’s regional television channels, which has increased in recent years, especially in those Autonomous Communities governed by the Partido Popular and VOX.
Read more →During the height of the San Isidro celebrations, AnimaNaturalis and CAS International activists held a historic demonstration at Las Ventas bullring, calling for the abolition of bullfighting and an end to public subsidies for bullfights. Supported by citizen backing and irrefutable evidence, they exposed how this declining tradition is propped up using funds from all citizens.
Read more →The #NoEsMICUltura Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) highlights the contradiction in a society that rejects bullfighting as part of its identity, yet falters when presented with the chance to restore decision-making powers to local administrations – enabling them to outlaw the practice.
Read more →After validating 664,777 signatures at the Central Electoral Board, the Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) to repeal Law 18/2013—which protects bullfighting as cultural heritage—is set to make a grand entrance into Congress. Will politicians heed the citizens' mandate?
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