If the bill is approved, bullfight stagers could face fines of up to $231,000. Mexico City, one of the world s great centers of bullfighting, would be the sixth state to ban the sport.
This season's bullfights in Mexico City may be the last, as legislators in the city assembly seek to revive a bill banning the activity. This year's season closed Sunday at the city's Plaza Mexico arena, and it was marked as has become routine by protesters. Last year, the assembly's Animal Welfare Commission gave preliminary approval to a law banning public events “at which animals are subject to mistreatment and cruelty that result in their death.” But the law never went for a vote before the full assembly. Animal rights activist Alberto Luvianos says legislators may have been cowed by the potential lost income.
This season’s bullfights in Mexico City may be the last, as legislators in the city assembly seek to revive a bill banning the activity. This year’s season closed Sunday at the city’s Plaza Mexico arena, and it was marked as has become routine by protesters. Last year, the assembly’s Animal Welfare Commission gave…
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