Should the EU support Bullfighting?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/arti cle-1034484/How-family-Britain-paying-alive-ba rbarism-bullfighting.html

Some facts taken from this link

The European Union is spending �30million a year to support Spanish bullfights, which this year will kill at least 40,000 bulls.

Given the 40,000 bulls die in Spanish bullfights every year, the total EU support package for bullfighting has so far amounted to more than �100million.

The Cortijo Wellington farm, which lies just outside Madrid, receives more than �120,000 per year in EU subsidies to breed fighting bulls for the ring. Still, for farmer Domingo Gonzales, the money 'is not enough'.

'I rear two-year-old bulls for the children in the local villages,' he says. 'In a few weeks there will be a special festival for the children. They will play and fight with the bulls. They chase them through the streets and pull their tails and ears. They finish by stabbing them with little swords and knives. Children like doing that.'

A favourite fiesta 'sport' involves hanging chickens upside down by their feet on washing lines. The townsfolk then ride underneath and pull their heads off to win prizes.

Another involves placing chickens in boxes with their heads poking out of the top. Local men and boys then try and chop as many heads off as possible while blindfolded.

Meanwhile, you and I need to remember that, through the EU, we are subsidising this so-called 'sport'

[shaneystar2]

We kill meat to eat it . But .. our farming methods in this country are subject to scrutiny so we can't be too up ourselves in that respect .
But to torment an animal for the sheer hell of it is barbaric .
And to subsidise it is barbaric too. And children do this ? And are encouraged to do it ? They like doing it ? ..Jesus Wept .
Poor bears are tortured to get bile so some rich git can use it as an aphrodisiac.
As a race us humans have a lot to answer for .
And I agree with Wardy completely .

[B00]

I'm with Wardy too- how a so called civillised country like Spain can be proud of itself whilst still carrying out these barbaric 'sports' is beyond me.

Don't get me wrong, I dont believe any country is particularly kind to its animals, but at least most of them, including us here the UK recognise that this kind of entertainment belongs in the dark ages.