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Now, for the first time, a proposal to ban the "corrida" has reached the floor of the National Assembly - a sign of public sentiment shifting in favour of animal rights.

At the weekend, pro and anti ban protesters marched in several southern France cities where corrida is still allowed.

The one corrida Manolete went to as a child didn’t excite him in the least, and when kids at school pretended to be bulls and matadors, play-fighting with one another, Manolete kept to himself.

Before the corrida — or bullfight — was over, one of those activists would leap into the ring to scream his defense of the animals.

Rice is second in the three-course parade that is comida corrida, a pedestrian set meal offered at thousands of inexpensive restaurants throughout the city.