Tauromachy in Quito

The mayor of Quito, Augusto Barrera, received the past october a petition from diverse social institutions and organizations to end bullfighting in the city. The petition is going to be part of a popular consultation process in which the residents will be the ones who decide the future of this practice. Barrera committed to make a decision about the topic in a month time. This is an extremely polemic matter in Quito,a lot of political, social and economic interests are involved; thats why Barrera is very precocious every time he is asked about it. Animal right activists from all over the country make manifestations this time of year against this practice, but the thing is that a lot of people also enjoy it and consider it a form of art; thats why a concession between people who support bullfighting and people who reject it, is not a possibility. Almost a month have passed since the release of the petition and no decision have been made. The town council is the institution in charge of the matter, some delegates from different social institutions like Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos INREDH, Organización Político Cultural DiablUma, AnimaNaturalis, Antitaurinos Unidos del Ecuador, Cuidado con el CUCO y la fundación PAE, among others, are preparing a meeting to discuss this matter more seriously before Quito´s hollydays. We wonder how everything is going to turn out.