Unlike traditional bullfighting, the animal is not injured and survives to perform another day.
France's Interior Minister Manuel Valls, born in Barcelona, spoke in favour of bullfighting earlier this month.
Plus, people advocate for both bullfighting and rodeos on a cultural basis, she said.
Supporters of bullfighting counter that the sport is a longstanding cultural tradition which Spain must protect.
This in turn has paved the way for bullfighting to make a comeback to public TV.
BBC: Live bullfights return to Spanish TV after six-year ban
Appreciation of bullfighting, they say, is passed from father to son at an early age.
Although bullfighting originated in neighbouring Spain, it took root in France a century and a half ago.
For months, the anti-bullfighting lobby has been trying to have the pastime outlawed in the city, he says.
France's Constitutional Council, a top legal authority, has rejected a plea from animal rights campaigners to ban bullfighting.
To do so at the Las Ventas ring in Madrid, the capital of bullfighting, is every matador's dream.
BBC: Bullfighting in Catalonia: The death of Barcelona��s ring
Few Spaniards think him much fun: a workaholic who follows football avidly and bullfighting a bit, but no swinger.
Bulls in the Spanish region of Catalonia will gladly retire to the pasture in January, when bullfighting becomes illegal.
The parliamentary vote is an attempt by pro-bullfighting conservatives to keep this controversial tradition alive, the BBC's Tom Burridge reports.
BBC: Spain moves to give bullfighting special cultural status
Nearly all the bullfighting in Spain, and much of it in Latin America, was under the control of Manolo Chopera.
For a lot of Spaniards this has marred the pleasure they normally feel at the start of a new bullfighting season.
Around 180, 000 locals had signed a petition saying bullfighting, known as corrida de toros, was barbaric and only really popular with tourists.
Mr Chopera rejected a proposal that Spain should make bullfighting more humane.
Campaigners hope to extend the ban across the country, but they face a tough task in traditional bullfighting heartlands like Andalucia and Madrid.
BBC: Live bullfights return to Spanish TV after six-year ban
Pupils enter the bullfighting school in Madrid at the age of 12 or so, though they cannot fight in Spain until they are 16.
It also draws visitors to its annual Torch Festival (Aug. 11 to 13 this year), marked by bonfires, traditional dances and a twist on bullfighting.
Under the proposal, bullfighting would be promoted by the authorities who would also push the UN to recognise it as part of Spain's cultural heritage.
BBC: Spain moves to give bullfighting special cultural status
Spain may have just been given another reason to ban bullfighting.
But architecture tells only half the story in this place where so many peculiarly Spanish passions - bullfighting, fiestas and flamenco - find their most vivid expression.
Bullfighting is not as profitable as it once was and although the Hernandez family have run the business for five generations, Sergio Jr works as an accountant.
Barcelona was once the only city in Spain to boast three bullrings, but by 1977 they were down to one - indeed the only bullfighting ring in Catalonia.
BBC: Bullfighting in Catalonia: The death of Barcelona��s ring
Catalonia is not, however, the first region to outlaw bullfighting.
BBC: Bullfighting in Catalonia: The death of Barcelona��s ring
Bullfighting was also banned in the Canary Islands in 1991.
BBC: Spain moves to give bullfighting special cultural status
The Canary Islands passed similar legislation in 1991, but only after the popularity of bullfighting had ebbed to such an extent that the rings stood virtually empty at weekends.
BBC: Bullfighting in Catalonia: The death of Barcelona��s ring
If bullfighting is outlawed in Mexico City, it will mean an end to the practice in the world's biggest bullring, the Plaza Mexico, which can hold more than 40, 000 spectators.
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