Bullfights return to Spanish public TV
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Bullfights">Bullfights</span> <span word="returned">returned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="television">television</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="six">six</span>-<span word="year">year</span> <span word="suspension">suspension</span>, <span word="sparking">sparking</span> <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="action">action</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="activists">activists</span>.</p><p><span word="State">State</span>-<span word="financed">financed</span> <span word="broadcaster">broadcaster</span> <span word="RTVE">RTVE</span> <span word="screened">screened</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bullfight">bullfight</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="north">north</span>-<span word="central">central</span> <span word="Valladolid">Valladolid</span> <span word="featuring">featuring</span> <span word="star">star</span> <span word="matadors">matadors</span> "<span word="El">El</span> <span word="Juli">Juli</span>" <span word="Julian">Julian</span> <span word="Lopez">Lopez</span> <span word="Escobar">Escobar</span>, <span word="Jose">Jose</span> <span word="Maria">Maria</span> <span word="Manzanares">Manzanares</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Alejandro">Alejandro</span> <span word="Talavante">Talavante</span>.</p><p><span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="channel">channel</span> <span word="TVE">TVE</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="showing">showing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fights">fights</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2006, <span word="blaming">blaming</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="broadcasting">broadcasting</span> <span word="rights">rights</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dwindling">dwindling</span> <span word="audience">audience</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="children">children</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="viewing">viewing</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p><span word="RTVE">RTVE</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="manual">manual</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="bullfights">bullfights</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="violent">violent</span> <span word="acts">acts</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="watching">watching</span> <span word="television">television</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="RTVE">RTVE</span> <span word="board">board</span>, <span word="appointed">appointed</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="conservative">conservative</span> <span word="Popular">Popular</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="December">December</span>, <span word="changed">changed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rules">rules</span>, <span word="removing">removing</span> <span word="bullfights">bullfights</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="category">category</span> <span word="of">of</span> "<span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="animals">animals</span>".</p><p><span word="Bullfighting">Bullfighting</span> <span word="fans">fans</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stands">stands</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="read">read</span> "<span word="Yes">Yes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bulls">bulls</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="TVE">TVE</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="youth">youth</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="bullfights">bullfights</span>" <span word="and">and</span> "<span word="Thank">Thank</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="TVE">TVE</span>. <span word="Yes">Yes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bullfighting">bullfighting</span>".</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="bullfight">bullfight</span>," <span word="Talavante">Talavante</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bullfight">bullfight</span>.</p><p>"<span word="When">When</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="bullfighting">bullfighting</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="thanks">thanks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="grandfather">grandfather</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="away">away</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="broadcasts">broadcasts</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Spanish">Spanish</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="television">television</span>."</p><p><span word="Animal">Animal</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="PACMA">PACMA</span> <span word="vowed">vowed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="renewed">renewed</span> <span word="broadcasts">broadcasts</span>.</p><p>"<span word="For">For</span> <span word="PACMA">PACMA</span>, <span word="bullfights">bullfights</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="spectacle">spectacle</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="spectators">spectators</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="agony">agony</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bleeding">bleeding</span> <span word="animal">animal</span>, <span word="real">real</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="abuse">abuse</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="content">content</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="proper">proper</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="children">children</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="time">time</span>."</p>
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