MADRID (AP) — A new animal welfare law that took effect Friday in Spain outlaws the use of animals for recreational activities that cause them pain and suffering but allows bullfights and hunting with ...

MADRID -- Bullfights returned live to Spanish state TV with a glittering and music-filled display Wednesday evening, six years after the fights were banned from the widely watched public channel. The ...

MADRID (AP) — Lawmakers in Spain's Balearic Islands have banned spectators under age 18, alcohol and the killing or harming of animals at regional bullfights. A majority of left-wing deputies in the ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s state TV will start airing live bullfights again after the new conservative government lifted a six-year ban on the tradition that has been hard hit by declining popularity and ...

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s state TV says it will again air live bullfights after a six-year halt, giving a boost to a centuries-old tradition hit by falling popularity and the economic crisis. RTVE said ...

(Reuters) - The Catalonia region of Spain voted to ban bullfighting on Wednesday. Following the prohibition's success in parliament, bullfighting will end in the area from 2012, closing Barcelona's ...

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- State-run Spanish television has quietly yanked live coverage of bullfighting from its programming, ending a decades-old tradition of showcasing the national pastime out of ...

PAMPLONA, Spain - Hordes of humans will sprint ahead of thundering beasts this week at Pamplona's famed running of the bulls, but Spain's most storied fiesta is being overshadowed by a crisis in the ...

(Reuters) - The Catalonia region of Spain has held its last ever bullfight. Catalonia has had an active animal rights movement with anti-bullfighting politicians trying to get the spectacle banned and ...