So that makes everything OK then.
               MY GOD!!!
What chance have we got to try and educate these people, who else do we blame, i,m not saying there all bad, we have many Catalans come here with their dogs and cats and the majority are as soft as us and good people, but ive heard stories from Catalans of what they do with there  hunting dogs it would make you weep,or maybe not.
You want to read some of the web sites of cruelty in this country, then maybe you wouldnt condone it or defend them.
Maybe its not all Catalans, as you say, it is there country and their problem, we'll just look the other way and say nothing, dam good job we didnt do that in 1938.
I see Spain have rewritten their laws on animal cruelty, with a maximum 100.000€ fines but no mention of bull fighting or the use of animals in fiestas.
                             Terry.