Spanish region in bullfighting ban first * July 29, 2010 6:49AM
LAWMAKERS in Catalonia have voted to ban bullfighting - becoming the first region in mainland Spain to act against the centuries-old tradition.
The ban was approved with 68 votes in favor and 55 against and will come into force on January 1, 2012.
The motion - which was being watched closely across Spain - tightens the region's animal protection law to remove an exception for bullfights.
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The vote came after animal rights activists campaigning under the platform "Prou!" - "Enough!" in the Catalan language - collected 180,000 signatures for a petition calling for the assembly to decide on the ban.
Catalonia, whose capital Barcelona is Spain's second-largest city, has followed the lead of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic which made bullfighting illegal in 1991.
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