This sounds like more of a symbolic change in a lot of ways, but it's still good news:

The semi-autonomous state of Catalonia, Spain, has passed a bill to ban bull fighting in the region.

Nice quote at the end from a government spokesperson:

Josep Rull, a spokesman for the centre-right Catalan nationalist coalition called Convergence and ( Read more... )

hey, i have a great idea!

let's pen up some bulls, let them get really pissed, and then try to outrun them in narrow streets packed with tons of people.

7 injured in the running of the bulls. i don't really feel bad for them at all. i hope the bulls are ok.

A man has died and at least nine other people have been injured during the first day of the annual bull-running festival in Pamplona, northern Spain.Police said that the 23-year-old man, from Ireland, died when he fell from a wall during celebrations on Sunday ( Read more... )