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The debate over the traditional sport rages on as another season of bullfighting is set to begin in April.While peculiar traditions that form part of local celebrations raise the ire of many animal rights protestors, the national fiesta, as bullfighting is affectionately known, remains a highly contentious subject - both in Spain and abroad.
A Gallup poll carried out in 2006 revealed that 72.1 percent of Spaniards said that they had no interest whatsoever in entertainment involving bulls - a significant fall from 1999, when 38 percent of Spaniards said they were interested.
Perhaps not surprisingly, 78.5 percent of the respondents in the recent poll were women, while 81.7 percent were of the younger generation, being aged between 15 and 24 years old.
This rejection of bullfighting is something that is being reflected by the actions of the authorities in areas of the country where it finds less support.
Take Catalonia, for example, which now bans under-16s from forming part of the audience. "Parents have the right to educate their children," said Nicolas Biscaye of the Société Protectrice des Animaux.
"The problem is that minors are not able to properly decide whether they should attend a spectacle that is based on killing an animal. This activity is not a reflection of civilisation - it is barbarism."
TV bullfights
But opponents of bullfighting say that simply preventing children from going into bullrings is not enough, and that corridas should not be shown on television during the day.
"How can it be a good thing for a child to be allowed to watch an event that consists of mistreating an animal; where people enjoy the pain inflicted on the beast, and bray for more blood?" asked Theo Oberhuber of the NGO Ecologists in Action.
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