Funding

It has also been noted by critics that bullfighting is financed with public money.In 2007, the Spanish fighting bull breeding industry was allocated 500 million euros in grants,and in 2008 almost 600 million.Some of this money comes from European funds to livestock. Bullfighting supporters argue that almost every single cultural endeavour in Europe is partially financed by public money and few of them generate the kind of revenue and taxes in return that bullfighting does through its impact on businesses like hotels, restaurants, insurances and other industries directly or indirectly linked to the spectacle. In Spain, bullfighting constitutes an estimated 12% of the 15 billion entertainment industry.