The animalist association Ekin has condemned the scheduling of bullfighting shows in Eibar after ten years
The association considers it a "big step backwards" to schedule three sokamutur sessions at the local San Juan festivities and warns that "it goes against the official commitments made by the PSE-EE itself in 2016."
The animalist association withthem has denounced the "profound ethical setback" of the Eibar Municipal Government in recovering the bullfighting celebrations by scheduling three sokamutur sessions at the local San Juan festivities.
The president of Ekin, Ana Moreno, lamented in a statement that with this measure "the authorities insist on reversing the most basic ethical concepts and using animal abuse for public amusement."
In addition, he recalled that in 2016 the association ARA or Action Para el Respeto Animal (Respect for Animals) carried out a collection of signatures and "collected signatures of 11,000 people calling for the suspension of bullfighting shows in the village", which led the Corporation to "approve a compromise motion signed by all parties in the municipality".
He explained that with this agreement the City Council undertook to "open apublic debate inthe village and draft a new ordinance on the protection and possession of animals to regulate the position of the City Council in relation to activities related to animal use and abuse ".
However, it has censured the Eibar City Council for "failing to fulfil its promises and obligations". Moreno considers it "unacceptable that, with the entry into force in 2022 of the Animal Protection Act of the Basque Autonomous Community, which obliges all municipalities to adapt their regulations, and which currently operates in Eibar in accordance with an ordinance of 38 years ago, without fulfilling any of the obligations of animal protection."
In addition to accusing him of acting "for the benefit of the Taurine sector" in the face of legal obligations, the representative of the Ekin association has lamented that "the municipal government has wasted no time in meeting with the local Taurine community or in making a free transfer of a municipal premises for a period of ten years, with the City Council bearing all the costs of supplies and repairs", but has denounced that, in the meantime, "the legal commitments made to the citizens and the autonomous regulations on animal protection are kept in a drawer".
Finally, the association reiterates that "animal abuse must have no place on the festive agenda of the 21st century" and advocates "a model of popular festivals based on respect and coexistence without animal cruelty".
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