A hundred associations on the ground to support the abolition of bullfighting

This bill has the potential to be voted on favourably, given that the cause is cross-party. MEPs from the whole political spectrum have already announced that they will support it.
On their side, the government are continuing to support the ‘tradition’ ad nauseam as a practice that should be sustained, as cruel as it may be, just because it has been around for a long time… Fortunately, our society does not base all of its reasoning on this. We remind you that 87% of French people are in favour of abolishing bullfighting (February 2022 IFOP/FBB survey).

But the parliamentary niche has one fine detail: the bills proposed by the party concerned only have one day to be voted on. If there is not enough time to complete the process, they will be abandoned, pure and simple. On this exact point, our associations have the bitter memory of Cédric Villani in 2020, who could only be introduced in second position…

Bullfighting benefits from a local dispensation for animal torture… that is how cruel and potentially shocking this morbid spectacle is, more so for sensitive people such as children. This is why our associations have supported a ban on access to bullfighting for children and all minors for a long time. We are also asking for the closure of bullfighting schools, in which several One Voice investigations have been carried out to inform on the violence perpetrated on young bulls by student minors encouraged and trained to kill living sentient beings to the detriment of their own mental stability.

Our collective action on the ground, public awareness on the reality of what bullfighting is, and denouncing false pretences, have already meant that less spectators go to arenas to see blood flowing. For weeks, activists from our associations have rallied specifically on this subject and hundreds of leading figures have already shown their support for an end to bullfighting in France.

On 19 and 20 November next year, around forty efforts on the ground are planned throughout France. About twenty by One Voice within the context of their national coordinated action and by Alliance Éthique under the banner of their Let’s Stop Bullfighting collective, as well as their partners, Ensemble pour l’abolition [Together for Abolition], REV [Ecological Revolution for the Living], and the Parti Animaliste [Animalist Party] in around twenty additional towns!
In Paris at the Place du Châtelet, high visual impact action is planned with the participation of Peta.

And on 24 November in Paris, the day of the vote, our associations will once again support the bill before the National Assembly at midday.

NB: events can be changed up until the last minute; please refer to the online event before coming.
They will be updated live.

Updated on 15 November: the events have been updated (time, location, etc.) as well as the mention of the one in Paris in the body of the article.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice