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Wed 07 Jul 2010Catalonia votes to ban bullfighting
The Catalan parliament dealt the death blow to bullfighting in the region today, outlawing the centuries-old spectacle for the first time in mainland Spain.
The result of 68 in favour, 55 against the ban was expected, since Catalonia's parliament had accepted a petition of 180,000 signatures to stop bullfighting with activists concerned about animal cruelty battling devotees of the renowned Spanish tradition.
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