Spanish town set to spend subsidy on books instead of bullfights

Traditional bullfight which costs Villafranca de los Caballeros around €18,000 a year may end after council votes on using fund for school supplies

In the small Spanish town of Villafranca de los Caballeros, bulls are taking a backseat to books.

For more than a decade, this small town 80 miles south of Madrid has celebrated its local fiesta with a bullfight. But the tradition could end this year, after the council said it would direct its annual subsidy for the bullfight towards books and school supplies for the town’s students.

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