According to a 2013 Ipsos MORI survey, only 29 percent of Spaniards support bullfighting and 76 percent oppose public funds being used for it.(12) Interest in bullfighting has also declined in Mexico and Portugal, and according to one report, officials in Beijing, China, decided not to build a bullring at a popular tourist destination for “fears of the country’s image.”(13) Unfortunately, there are still more than 1,200 government-funded bull ranches and dozens of state-sponsored bullfighting schools in Spain.(14) In France, bullfights are held in the cities of Nîmes, Arles, Dax, Toulouse, and Bayonne.(15) 12) “Bullfight Opinion Poll: As Spain Debates ‘Support for Bullfighting’ Bill, Most Spaniards Oppose Use of Public Funds for Cruel, Waning Bloodsport,” Humane Society International 23 Apr. 2013. 13) Abigail Wild, “On the Horns of a Dilemma,” The Herald 25 May 2005. 14) Tom Hundley, “Ole! Fading Away,” Chicago Tribune 8 Sept. 2006. 15) Keith Johnson, “Besieged Bullfighting Finds Young, French Savior,” The Wall Street Journal 24 Jul. 2006.
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