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Spain bans 'dwarf bullfighting'

  By Associated Press
  April 27, 2023 at 12:20 p.m. EDT
  Dwarf bullfighters stage a protest in front of parliament in Madrid,
  Spain, Thursday April 27, 2023. Spain’s parliament on Thursday banned
  “comic” bullfighting events featuring dwarves dressed in costumes, in a
  decision applauded by disability rights groups but condemned by the few
  surviving performers. Dwarves in Spain have long dressed as
  firefighters or clowns to chase bulls without killing them at public
  spectacles designed to be humorous. The tradition stretches back
  decades, but has declined in popularity. Banner written in Spanish
  reads ‘Freedom’. (A. Perez Meca/Europa Press via AP)
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  MADRID — Spain’s parliament on Thursday banned “comic” bullfighting
  events featuring dwarves dressed in costumes, in a decision applauded
  by disability rights groups but condemned by the few surviving
  performers.
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  Dwarves in Spain have long dressed as firefighters or clowns to chase
  bulls without killing them, at public spectacles designed to be
  humorous. The tradition stretches back decades, but has declined in
  popularity.

  The law approved on Thursday brings Spain into line with European Union
  directives on discrimination against disabled people, and was hailed by
  campaigners.

  “We have overcome the Spain of the past,” said Jesús Martín, the
  Director General of Spain’s Royal Board on Disabilities, which advises
  the Social Rights Ministry that pushed the ban forward in parliament.

  “People with dwarfism were subjected to mockery in public squares in
  our country, passing down the idea that it is okay to laugh at
  difference to so many girls and boys who go with adults to see these
  shameful performances.”

  A handful of the few remaining performers staged a protest in front of
  parliament to express their condemnation of the ban.

  “They take it for granted that people are being denigrated or laughed
  at, and it’s the opposite: the respect they have for us is impressive,”
  Daniel Calderón, a dwarf bullfighter, told the EFE news agency.
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