36 bulls die in Spanish bullrings every day, Government report reveals

A report by the Spanish Interior Ministry shows that 13,349 bulls had died in more than 3,200 bullfights and bullfighting festivals in the country’s bullrings in 2008 – the equivalent of 36 bulls a day. This is an increase of 1,182 (9.7 percent) compared to the previous year.

League campaigner Florian Leppla said: “It is very worrying to learn how so many defenceless bulls die at the hands of a bunch of armed men. Bullfighting is not tradition, it’s not art. It’s pure cruelty that has to stop now.”