Nazareno carrying an image of Christ during the Easter procession in Arcos de la frontera. Andalucia, Spain.

Bullfighting is criticized by animal rights activists, referring to it as a barbaric blood sport where the bull suffers severe stress and a slow, torturous death. As a sharp contrast, Spanish bullfighting commentators are still defending the practice claiming it generates a more "noble" cycle of life and death for the bull than what would otherwise await them in the abattoirs.