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    COVID-19 pandemic halts bullfighting where animal rights activists couldn't

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    COVID-19 pandemic halts bullfighting where animal rights activists couldn't

    It's the first time since the festival began in 1946 that it's been cancelled


    Published:  October 24, 2020 10:55 AFP  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor
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    Lima: In a matter of months, the novel coronavirus achieved something that animal rights activists failed to do in decades: put a halt to bullfighting in Peru. The annual Senor de los Milagros (lord of the miracles) festival at Lima's Acho Bullring that usually takes place in October or November was cancelled this year due to Covid-19 restrictions. Image Credit: AFP
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    In this file photo taken on November 6, 2016 Spanish bullfighter Julian Lopez Escobar "El Juli", performs during the "Senor de los Milagros" festival at the Acho bullring in Lima. Image Credit: AFP
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    The 14,000 capacity Acho Bullring is currently being used to provide shelter for homeless pensioners affected by the pandemic. "There will be no bulls this year," Rafael Puga, a retired bullfighter who also rears bulls, told AFP. In 1973, he won the Senor de los Milagros festival's top prize, the Escapulario de Oro. Image Credit: AFP
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    It's the first time since the festival began in 1946 that it's been cancelled. "But it's also the first time that the San Isidro festival in Madrid hasn't been held. It's due to a force majeure," sighed Juan Manuel Roca Rey, who organizes bullfights in the Acho ring and also rears bulls, using a legal term referring to events beyond anyone's control. Image Credit: AFP
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    Bullfighting - known as a corrida in the Hispanic world - was brought to the Americas by Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century and has since become hugely popular among Peruvians of all social classes. Peru has more bullfighting arenas than football stadiums. Image Credit: AFP
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    The Acho arena in the Rimac neighborhood of Lima, built in 1766, is one of the oldest in the world and the oldest in the Americas. In Peru, "there must be 700 bullfights a year with 2,500 bulls killed," said Puga. Image Credit: AFP
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    But they have all been banned due to the pandemic that has killed 34,000 people and infected 875,000 in the country. Football, on the other hand, restarted in August after a five-month hiatus, although without fans. "The fact that there aren't any bullfights in the provinces is like death for breeders. Some won't be able to survive because the cattle eat every day," said Rey. Image Credit: AFP
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    "This doesn't just affect us artists but everyone that works around a bullfight," said bullfighter Fernando Villavicencio, 34. He said the ban has also affected bullfighter assistants, those who make the heavily-embroidered suits, stable owners of horses used in the corridas and cattle transporters. Image Credit: AFP
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    In Puga's ranch 140-kilometers northeast of Lima, he has 400 fighting bulls and 140 "mother cows." There's also a small square where novice bullfighters can practice. "We ranchers now have to live off other businesses. Some have even sent their cattle to the slaughterhouse, that is to reduce their livestock to a minimum to cut costs," said Puga, 72. Animal rights activists are celebrating, though. Image Credit: AFP
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    "It's good news. There's no reason for the bull festival to go ahead," said Luis Berrospi, an activist also campaigning against cockfighting. In February, Peru's top court rejected a lawsuit brought by animal rights activists hoping to ban cock and bullfighting on the grounds they were unconstitutional. Image Credit: AFP
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    More than 5,000 people had signed a petition, submitted in 2018, demanding that "all cruel shows using animals" be banned. But the Constitutional Court ruled that "there is no universal declaration of animal rights that has been adopted by either the UN or UNESCO." Image Credit: AFP
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    Peru has 199 bullrings, according to official statistics, far more than its 80 football stadiums. Bullfighting websites claim that twice as many Peruvians pay to watch corridas than professional football. Image Credit: AFP
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    Tickets for the Acho Bullring also cost more than those for the national football stadium. Last year, a ticket for all five Sunday corridas during the Senor de los Milagros festival cost up to $1,600. By comparison, the most expensive ticket for all nine of Peru's World Cup qualifying home matches was $1,200. Image Credit: AFP
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    A bullfighting bull is seen in their corral at the Camponuevo cattle ranch in Sayan, 140 kilometers north of Lima. Image Credit: AFP
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    Peruvian bullfighter Fernando Villavicencio practices at his home in Lima. Image Credit: AFP

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