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The organisations have called on the government to save the Spanish countryside from “suffocation”
Pro-hunting and bullfighting organisations from around Spain joined forces with several agricultural groups in Madrid this weekend to stage a mass protest against the government’s treatment of rural sectors. According to the organisers, more than 400,000 demonstrators turned out in the capital on Sunday March 20 to demand urgent aid to guarantee a “future for the countryside” in Spain.
The message was clear: an urgent shock plan is needed to ensure that rural farms remain viable in the face of supply shortages and soaring energy and raw material prices, with many farmers complaining that they are forced to sell their crops for less than they cost to produce. The general secretary of COAG, Miguel Padilla, accused the central government of trying to solve rural problems by considering them with “urban eyes,” a sentiment which was echoed by the Royal Spanish Hunting Federation, which has criticised Pedro Sánchez’s “anti-hunting policy”.
The Spanish president is more concerned with “environmentalism and animalism,” the group head claimed, rather than protecting a sector that is “generating opportunities in the rural world.”
👊 Hay una España que no insulta y no necesita mentir.
— Fundación Toro Lidia (@ftorodelidia) March 20, 2022
Frente a los que abrazan la ideología animalista y la #LeyDelChiringuitoAnimal, la dignidad del mundo rural.
La dignidad de la ganadería,la agricultura, la caza y la tauromaquia💪ðŸ¼#20MRural#JuntosPorElCampo pic.twitter.com/INbLbxOWn8
A similar thread was followed by the Union of Breeders and Bullfighters, whose president insisted that the sport is being sunk by the “ideological suffocation of some politicians who are unaware of the countryside and its people.”
The farming and livestock industries in Spain have long been demanding action from the government in relation to Europe’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which they deem is too strict and offers no flexibility in times of crisis.
The Spanish government promised last week that it would lower electricity, gas and fuel prices throughout the country by the end of the month without detailing what the measures would entail; in the meantime, and following Sunday’s protest, several Madrid politicians have demanded “urgent” action against the “suffocation” that the Spanish countryside is experiencing.
At the same time, the Animal Rights Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) in Spain claimed to be the only political party that has positioned itself in opposition to the hunters, livestock farmers and bull breeders over their alleged cruelty to animals.
Somos el único partido político que nos hemos pronunciado contra la posición de cazadores, ganaderos y taurinos en la manifestación de hoy#MundoRuralSinMaltratoAnimal pic.twitter.com/iP1FACEpBK
— PACMA Madrid (@Pacma_Madrid) March 20, 2022
Image: Fundación Toro Lidia
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