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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Colombia's Constitutional Court upholds bullfighting ban and adds cockfighting prohibition

Colombia Bullfights - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Colombia's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a 2024 law banning bullfights in the South American country, and it went further in protecting animal rights by adding a national prohibition of cockfighting.

The bullfighting ban was approved by Colombia’s Congress in May 2024, after months of heated debates, and when President Gustavo Petro signed the bill into law he said he couldn't "tell the world that killing living and sentient beings for entertainment is culture.”

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