The Franz Weber Foundation has described as "surreal" the motion to defend bullfighting as "Intangible Cultural Heritage" proposed by the Partido Popular for the next ordinary plenary session of the Arrecife City Council, considering it "outdated and unrealistic" in historical, social, and ethical terms.
Naturalists recall that bullfighting disappeared from the island territory decades ago and with the Animal Protection Law of 1991, supported by the PP at the time, the "possibility of organizing bullfights on any of the islands" was "discarded," as in Lanzarote.
Thus, being the last bullfight in the 70s in Tías, whose arena was demolished years later, the PP's proposal responds to a centralist way of thinking and a social reality that is completely different from that of Lanzarote.
An activity warned about by the United Nations
In addition to the lack of demand, a reality different from the peninsula, and the regulatory framework, there is a warning from the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Thus, the conservative municipal group proposes that the Arrecife City Council express its opposition to the objection made by this United Nations body in 2018, when it specifically requested the Spanish Government to "distance" minors from the violence of bullfighting.
This petition was complemented by General Observation No. 26 on the right of children and adolescents to a healthy environment, which included a request to prevent these vulnerable groups from being exposed to violence, including that exercised against animals.
