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Tauromaquia

The 'No Es Mi Cultura' Popular Legislative Initiative reaches Congress Plenary to end bullfighting protection

Madrid, España. 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.

Miércoles 1 de octubre de 2025
The 'No Es Mi Cultura' Popular Legislative Initiative reaches Congress Plenary to end bullfighting protection
Tauromaquia

“It Is Not My Culture” Citizens Initiative presents proposal to Culture Committee to return decision power on bullfighting to local regions

Madrid, España. 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.

Jueves 25 de septiembre de 2025
“It Is Not My Culture” Citizens Initiative presents proposal to Culture Committee to return decision power on bullfighting to local regions
We held a solemn protest in Logroño that needed no words to denounce the cruelty of bullfights
Colombia's Constitutional Court upholds historic ban on bullfights and other cruel practices
Tauromaquia

Exposing the extreme cruelty of bullfights during Bilbao's Aste Nagusia Festival

Bilbao, España. 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.

Jueves 4 de septiembre de 2025
Exposing the extreme cruelty of bullfights during Bilbao's Aste Nagusia Festival
Vida Salvaje

The lethal link between hunting and wildfires

Madrid, España. The 2025 wildfire season in Spain is breaking historical records. The European Copernicus tool (EFFIS) has counted 344,417 hectares (over 851,000 acres) burned so far this year by mid-August, already surpassing 2022 levels. In this context, nearly 95% of wildfires in Spain are human-caused (negligence or intentional), and more than half are deliberately set.

Jueves 28 de agosto de 2025
The lethal link between hunting and wildfires
Netherlands approves ban on consumer fireworks
More than 2,500 bulls are turned into living torches in Spanish traditions every year
AnimaNaturalis submits objections to the Wolf Management Plan in Cantabria
Tauromaquia

AnimaNaturalis submits objections to bullfighting regulations in Valencia to prevent setbacks in animal protection

Valencia, España. 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.

Lunes 11 de agosto de 2025
AnimaNaturalis submits objections to bullfighting regulations in Valencia to prevent setbacks in animal protection
AnimaNaturalis reports 'sokamuturra' event after heifer falls into the sea
Tauromaquia

Balearic Islands exposes children to bullfighting violence

Palma de Mallorca, España. 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.

Hemos enviado 142 correos de protesta hasta ahora.
Balearic Islands exposes children to bullfighting violence
Tauromaquia

This is the fate of every bull that runs in Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival

Pamplona, España. 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.

Miércoles 16 de julio de 2025
This is the fate of every bull that runs in Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival
Festejos populares

Dénia once again the epicenter of animal cruelty with their 'Bous a la Mar'

Dénia, España. On July 8th and 9th, investigators from AnimaNaturalis and CAS International documented one of the cruelest aspects of Dénia's local festivals: the 'bous a la mar' (bulls to the sea). This spectacle involves chasing young bulls and cows to force them off a purpose-built platform into the harbor waters. What is billed as tradition or entertainment becomes a hellscape for the animals – marked by sheer terror, physical blows, relentless heat, and utter exhaustion.

Lunes 14 de julio de 2025
Dénia once again the epicenter of animal cruelty with their 'Bous a la Mar'
We expose the abuse of heifers in Sant Jaume d'Enveja