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The bullfighting leader Pedro Haces He stated that the prohibition of bullfighting in Mexico City would cause an estimated loss of 30,000 jobs linked to bullfighting.
In addition, he asked local congressmen to “think twice” regarding approving the draft decree that, if approved, would prohibit bullfighting.
“In Mexico City, there would be approximately 30,000 jobs that would be lost, if we add to that, the coming of a pandemic, because I think it would be necessary to think twice (regarding approving the opinion),” Haces said at a conference table. I work with legislators from the Animal Welfare Commission of the Congress of Mexico City.
In this meeting, the economic impact that the elimination of bullfights in the Mexican capital would imply was analyzed.
Haces added that if the ruling that prohibits bullfighting in the capital is approved, “it would have implications at the national level and most likely to be replicated in more states.”
He acknowledged that the families of the bullfighting union “have already been greatly affected” since the pandemic began and if the brave festival was eliminated, “they would be left without no source of income«.
He also recognized that the union must be modernized since, he said, since 2004 “there are no modifications to the bullfighting regulations”, so it is important “to reform it and put it at the forefront.”
For his part, the president of the Animal Welfare Commission, Jesus Sesma, He recalled that the opinion “is already approved” by the Commission and asked to design an “emergent program” to help people who sell products or provide services in the bullrings, to develop another paid activity and avoid than its economic impact.
Last December, the Animal Welfare Commission of the Capital Congress approved a draft decree that, if approved, would prohibit bullfighting.
In Mexico, the celebration of bullfights has been prohibited in the states of Sonora, Guerrero and Coahuila, and it has been declared as a cultural and material asset in Aguascalientes, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Zacatecas, Michoacán and Guanajuato.
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