More than 1,500 people join anti-bullfight protest
Protesters marched through the city centre asking for organisers of this year's Malaga fair to cancel the traditional bullfighting festival
ÁLVARO FRÍAS
Viernes, 10 de agosto 2018, 13:09
More than 1,500 people took to the streets of Malaga city centre last Saturday to demand an end to bullfighting and, specifically, that local authorities cancel the annual bullfighting arranged alongside the city's feria celebrations.
This is the third year that the march has been held ahead of the Malaga fair, which starts tonight, 10 August.
The head of the city's animal shelter, Carmen Manzano, said that the majority of the people who attended the protest last Saturday were young people who feel that bullfighting is not a pastime but a form of animal cruelty. "It is mistreatment of animals that is totally legal," commented Manzano.
The protest was organised by the groups Tidus, Gladiadores por la Paz and Resistencia Animal.
Organisers pointed out that only nine per cent of the Spanish population went to a bullfight last year, proving that it is only a small number who enjoy this type of entertainment.
Bullfighting is a traditional element of ferias in most of Spain and Malaga's events are held at the La Malagueta bullring every evening from 12 to 19 August.
