BARCELONA, Spain -- Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain's first major region to ban the deadly, centuries-old ballet between matador and beast after heated debate ...

Spain’s leading matador “stunned the bullfighting world” last week by “symbolically cutting off his ponytail in the ring”, said The Times. The gesture by Morante de la Puebla in Madrid’s Las Ventas, ...

MADRID, Spain — State-run Spanish television has quietly yanked live coverage of bullfighting from its programming, ending a decades-old tradition of showcasing the national pastime out of concern ...

It was the first region in mainland Spain to ban the tradition, although the Canary Islands abolished bullfighting in 1991 The decision represents a significant victory for supporters of the centuries ...

Spanish-style bullfighting, a tradition steeped in centuries of history, remains one of the most polarising cultural practices worldwide. It is a traditional spectacle practised in several ...