About the Network
The International Anti-Bullfighting Network is a partnership of over 100 non-profit organisations committed to the abolition of bullfighting. Together we fight for a bullfighting free world. With bullfighting we refer to all cultural, traditional and other events in which bulls or cows are used and suffer.
We are active in 15 countries, with the majority of our members working in the 8 bullfighting countries, that still have traditional bullfighting: Spain, Portugal, France, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
News
Portuguese citizens’ initiative against subsidies for bullfighting
The Portuguese animal protection organization ANIMAL has started a citizens’ initiative against national subsidies for bullfighting. Every year, several Portuguese local authorities provide direct and indirect subsidies to bullfighting events. Local subsidies are provided to bullfighting every year. ANIMAL has included all subsidies per municipality in a report, which is regularly updated with the most current information. The…
Victory! Colombian congress prohibits bullfighting in the country!
The end of bullfighting has arrived throughout Colombia. After months of intense work by the Colombia Sin Toreo coalition in both chambers of Congress, the bill that puts an end to bullfighting, corralejas and all cruel entertainment with animals was approved by a majority vote. After the fourth debate, which had been postponed for several…
Majority of people in European bullfighting countries against the harmful tradition
The majority of people in Spain, France and Portugal is against bullfighting and think the harmful tradition causes too much suffering to bulls, a survey shows. The survey among 7500 people carried out by Ipsos I&O Public on behalf of the Dutch animal protection Ngo CAS International shows furthermore that a great majority of the…