Reproducimos aqui un articulo aparecido en la
pagina web de la ABC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, y le invitamos a
que manden sus comentarios. Estan a
favor o en contra de que se televisen los toros en TVE, la televisión estatal
española?
Como españoles, como justificamos la "fiesta nacional" en el siglo XXI?
By Europe correspondent Mary Gearin
Evening broadcasts of
bullfights are about to return to Spanish state television after a six-year
ban, sparking warnings of legal action from animal rights activists.
Live broadcasts of the
blood sport were banned from state television by Spain's previous socialist
government, which said they were costly and clashed with children's viewing
times.
Bullfights were banned
altogether this year in the Catalonian region, in a victory for animal rights
activists.
But the current
conservative government has waved the fights back onto the public stage,
removing bullfights from the category of "violence against animals"
and calling for them to be recognised as an important cultural heritage.
Bullfighting fans held up
signs in the stands that read "Yes to bulls on TVE and to youth at
bullfights" and "Thank you TVE. Yes to bullfighting".
The bullfighters are
forgoing their payments to enable the broadcasts in Spain's difficult economic
climate.
Animal rights political
group PACMA vowed to challenge the renewed broadcasts.
It says bullfights are a
spectacle in which spectators see the agony and death of a bleeding animal,
real animal abuse and should not be aired in children's viewing time.
The group said its lawyers
would complain to the state secretary for telecommunications, alleging that
RTVE is breaching a self-regulatory code on television content for children.
The fights will be
televised at 6:00pm local time.
Bullfighting has been on the
decline for years in Spain, with a 2010 survey in leading daily El Pais showing
60 per cent of respondents opposed the practice.
ABC/AFP
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