to ban bullfighting in Catalonia was strongly supported by animal rights groups and gained the backing of celebrities including Ricky Gervais and Pamela Anderson. Opponents of the ban suggested that it was not motivated by animal welfare concerns, but by the desire of Catalan nationalists to eradicate from the region something seen as culturally Spanish. The ban did not cover the Catalan tradition of correbous (roughly meaning bulls running by the streets), including its bou embolat version, in which lit flares are attached to the horns of a bull, cited as an inconsistency by both opponents of the ban and animal rights activists. Popular Legislative Initiative The approval of the PLI repealed the exception to the second paragraph of Article 6 of the Animal Protection Act: And added to the first paragraph: Votes References 2010 in Catalonia Animal welfare and rights in Spain Catalonia Bullfighting in Spain Criticisms of bullfighting