Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Lisbon - A city in northern Portugal has become the first in the country to ban bullfighting, the authorities announced on Tuesday, winning cheers from animal rights activists. The city council in Viana do Castelo, which has a socialist majority, voted in favour of the ban on Friday, officials said. "The defence of animal rights is not compatible with spectacles that torture and impose unjustifiable suffering," said city mayor Defensor Moura, adding he had received more than 1 000 congratulatory e-mails from around the world. Anti-bullfighting and animal rights activists hailed the move as setting "an example of modernity" they hoped would be followed. -- full story: http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2479298,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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