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Bilbao, España. During the Aste Nagusia festivities, the Plaza de Toros de Vista Alegre in Bilbao becomes the stage for a spectacle as archaic as it is cruel: bullfighting. However, what the public doesn't see—what happens after the applause fades and the stands empty—is the true face of bullfighting.

Madrid, España. For just under a month, notaries across Spain have begun collecting signatures for the #NoEsMiCultura Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP, in spanish), aiming to gather the necessary 500,000 signatures in major cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, Zaragoza, Palma de Mallorca, Bilbao, Granada, Seville, A Coruña, Logroño, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, among many others.

Madrid, España. The promoting organizations will have nine months to gather the 500,000 signatures necessary to initiate its debate in Congress.

Pamplona, España. Oloroso, Hípico, Sonámbulo, Rascatripas, Fundidor, Ofuscado, Legionario and Ibicenco. These are the names of the steers that were tortured and killed on the first date of Pamplona's Feria del Toro, which inaugurates the bullfights that will be held during San Fermín.

Valencia, España. AnimaNaturalis organized the first anti-bullfighting protest of the year in Valencia, to demand a better normality free of cruel parties and to ask that bullfights never return.

Madrid, España. It is the spanish region that has committed the most public money for the bullfighting sector.

Esquivias, España. AnimaNaturalis and CAS International have filed a complaint with the sub-delegation of the Government of Toledo for a bullfight that took place on August 21 in the Plaza de Toros de Esquivias (Toledo, Spain).

Salamanca, España. AnimaNaturalis and CAS International have filed a complaint with the sub-delegation of the Government of Castilla y León in Soria for a bullfighting contest that was held at the beginning of August in the Plaza de Toros La Glorieta de Salamanca, in which the measures were violated prevention against COVID-19.

Madrid, España. Uribes maintains the position of not granting any specific aid to bullfighting and has pointed out the City Councils and the Autonomous Communities as the administrations in charge of mitigating the financial losses of the sector.

Madrid, España. Bullfighting follows an unstoppable drop in all its forms: from bullfights to village festivals, which decreased by 5% over the previous year. Paradoxically, the number of registered professionals in bullfighting has increased, reaching 9,993, the highest number ever recorded.

Madrid, España. Lower cultural VAT, millionaire compensation to bullfighters, or that the Government is the one in charge of returning the money of the tickets already purchased. These are the help they ask for, in detail and without complexes.

Madrid, España. All bullfights scheduled for March, April and May have been canceled. Pamplona, Valencia, Castellón, Madrid, Seville, Murcia… There are already more than 200 bullfights affected and 1,684 blood fiestas canceled.

Pamplona, España. The Mayor declares that it won’t happen this year 2019, but believes in an evolution and a “social debate underway over bullfighting, even in Pamplona”.