what percentage of the spanish are opposed to bullfighting?

Answer 1

Bullfighting isn't as popular now as it used to be and personally I think its just cruel.
Bullfighting is the most traditional of Spanish Fiestas. The Spanish people consider them art forms which are intimately linked with their country’s history, art and culture. Pressure groups attempt to lobby against bullfighting yet the King of Spain himself has been quoted as saying that the day the EU bans bullfighting is the day Spain leaves the EU.

Bullfighting can be traced back to ancient days. They were popular spectacles in ancient Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed by the Moors from North Africa who overran Andalucia in AD 711. Bullfighting developed into a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days, on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls.

Today bullfighting is big business in Spain with the top matadores earning comparable salaries to the nation's top soccer stars and rock idols.http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/bullfighting/history.htm


The spectacle of bullfighting has existed in one form or another since ancient days. For example, a contest of some sort is depicted in a wall painting unearthed at Knossos in Crete, dating from about 2000 BC. It shows male and female acrobats confronting a bull, grabbing its horns as it charges, and vaulting over its back.

Bullfights were popular spectacles in ancient Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed. The Moors from North Africa who overran Andalusia in AD 711 changed bullfighting significantly from the brutish, formless spectacle practised by the conquered Visigoths to a ritualistic occasion observed in connection with feast days, on which the conquering Moors, mounted on highly trained horses, confronted and killed the bulls.

As bullfighting developed, the men on foot, who by their capework aided the horsemen in positioning the bulls, began to draw more attention from the crowd, and the modern corrida began to take form. Today the bullfight is much the same as it has been since about 1726, when Francisco Romero of Ronda, Spain, introduced the estoque (the sword) and the muleta (the small, more easily wielded worsted cape used in the last part of the fight).

Bull fighting: The Spectacle
Six bulls, to be killed by three matadors, are usually required for one afternoon's corrida, and each encounter lasts about 15 minutes. At the appointed time, generally 5 PM, the three matadors, each followed by their assistants, the banderilleros and the picadors, march into the ring to the accompaniment of traditional paso doble (“march rhythm”) music. The matadors (the term toreador, popularized by the French opera Carmen, is erroneous usage) are the stars of the show. They wear a distinctive costume, consisting of a silk jacket heavily embroidered in gold, skintight trousers, and a montera (a bicorne hat). A traje de luces (“suit of lights”), as it is known, can cost several thousand pounds; a top matador must have at least six of them a season.

Answer 2

I can't say a percentage. I'm Spanish and I don't like bullfighting. It is quite popular in Madrid and the South of Spain and some people I've know follow "toreros" as if they were famous soccer players....something quite difficult for me to understand...

Answer 3

i am spanish and i am against bullfighting. i think that half the population is at least...but they cant simply remove it because they suck, and because it's a national symbol. oh.. and the flags you see sometimes with the bull? u know.. the spanish red and yellow flag with a black bull in the middle? well, that is NOT a billfighting symbol, it is the symbol of a VERY important wine called Osborne, and this bull is in every local area of spain. its now one more national symbol, but nothing to do with the bullfighting. (i know u didnt ask for that, but its just an acclaration, cuz most americans think that its about toreo, and its not..i hate the idea)..... España is la cañaaaa :P:P:P ;)

Answer 4

Only two percent mostly muslims and the two ladies above me.
Look, me llamo Alex Navin Rodarte y me gusta bullfighting.
Matterinfact, mi bisabuelo was an "El Matador" la neta compa.
Bullfighting is an art of Espana and anybody whose says its inhumane sport and says "soy Spanish", is Not cierto. No Spanish people hate bullfighting, unless your a muslim then u would reject bullfihting.
1.Not inhumane sport.
2.Bullfighting is mi bisabuelo.
3.Bullfighting is about passion
Bullfighting is about way of El toro.
4.Bullfighting is still popular in Espana.
5.To kill El toro is the Spanish pride within and without.
I love to go their and watch bull fights.
Only two percent out of 98 percent opposed to bullfighting.