While several South American countries banned the sport years ago, bullfighting is flourishing in one African nation.

MADRID (Reuters) - Several thousand people rallied in Madrid on Saturday to demand a ban on bullfighting, adding their voices to a growing animal rights movement that has prompted some local ...

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 ...

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- 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 ...

For its advocates, bullfighting is an indelible part of Spanish culture, a ritual that forms part of the nation's cultural patrimony, immortalized in countless works of art. Both professional ...

Bullfighting retains a passionate following in some circles in Spain and leading matadors are treated as celebrities - Copyright AFP/File CRISTINA QUICLER ...

MADRID (AP) — Álvaro Alarcón plays out the moment when he will enter Madrid's Las Ventas bullring for his final challenge as a “novillero,” or apprentice bullfighter. The 24-year-old has been training ...

MADRID (Reuters) - A movement to outlaw bullfighting has become entwined in Spain's combustible regional politics, with Madrid calling for the traditional spectacle to be declared cultural heritage ...

Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, becoming Spain's first mainland region to do so after a heated debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of ...

Spanish bulls are under threat — not from bullfighters, but from illness. Jerome Socolovsky reports from Spain where the spread of a livestock epidemic called "blue tongue" has forced the cancellation ...

To understand the state of bullfighting in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region, you need look no further than Las Arenas. The striking, late 19th century arena with faux Moorish arches, located near ...

Spanish bullfighter Morante de la Puebla performs a pass on a bull using a muleta during the Feria de Abril bullfighting festival at La Maestranza bullring in Seville on April 19, 2024. [AFP] Spain's ...