Thursday, 24 June 2010 11:32

The public money that the government intended to bullfights, bulls or bullfighting schools account for about 47 euros for every Spanish family, according to a study, a party not interested in anything the 72.1% of Spanish, according to a Gallup poll. The festivals and activities related to the bulls receive each year by the government 564 million euros in grants.

This calculation is part of a large study in which the Foundation works Altarriba devoted to defending the rights of animals.

The Foundation Altarriba remark that the total is much higher, because the calculation does not include contributions from the farmers. His spokeswoman, Matilde Figueroa, stresses that "at the end the bullfighters will be about public officials."

For other purposes Most taxpayers are unaware that part of their taxes used for these shows and that could be used for other purposes. Thus, from the Foundation Altarriba Andalusia recall that this year has invested EUR 2.5 million just to promote bullfighting, that is, mere marketing efforts.

This budget is equivalent to the investment needed to work for a year ten o'clock emergency operating room at a public hospital able to practice eight surgeries a day. It would also serve to pay a filling of 60 euros to 9.4 million children, relieving the budget needs of the new dental plan of the Government.

The Foundation raised Altarriba campaigns promoting war tax resistance to protest against these subsidies. 60 000 animals mistreated. The bulls, mostly, but also heifers, horses and geese each year are victims of cruel amusement of humans in the festivities. According to calculations by the National Association for the Protection and Welfare of Animals (ANPBA), the number of animals slaughtered would be around 60,000.

The last reported case of this association is the Toro de la Vega, a festivity that is celebrated in Tordesillas (Valladolid), namely that several riders chase and throw a bull to death.