... Spanish. Me myself I have contradictory feelings regarding bullfighting. On the one hand I love animals and I feel it is time to finish it off. On the other hand I love animals, and I enjoy a good bullfighting performance. As I say, I doubt you can understand if you're not born in this culture.

Agustin, Oropesa (Toledo), Spain

Raj, from Exeter - Believe me if I tell you that you can often see the same politicians who passed this law, going to bullfighting without remorse. Beautiful people in Spain like being caught on camera attending bullfighting. It is extremelly difficult to understand the question if you're not...

Agustin, Oropesa (Toledo), Spain

Well done Spain. Another thousand years and we might extend rights to all the world's creatures that we exploit, maim and condemn to lives of torment. What a disgusting species we are!

Paul Freeman, London, England

Nooo! This legislation is ridiculous; apes! These animals may never have anything to do with men and a legislation should cover the closest to us like dogs and cats - do they have apes in Spain? The amount of nonsense some people come up with in order to prove they are "modern" is so weird.

Giancarlo, London, England

You couldn't make this up if you tried to. Spains current government has secured itself a place in the history books for one of the most ridiculous resolutions ever passed in the history of democracy. If this would be my elected government I would flee the country head over heels. What an insanity!

Marty, Lincoln, UK

Well done, Spain. Now if only these same rights could be extended to all animals. No one deserves to be treated like an object, regardless of their species.

(Go vegan - peace!)

Ari Moore, Brooklyn, United States

/standing_ovation spain

Rui, Berkeley, USA

Well Spain has proved that it is light years ahead on the treatment of our cousins the apes. Now it has to be time to stop the public torture of Bulls!

Ellen Woodham, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Right to life for chimps but killing unborn babies is ok...makes sense to me.

Bosco, Colechester,

Quite surprising, given the total indifference of most Spaniards to animal cruelty.

Eric, Huntley - "People all over the world live without basic human rights why not give them their rights before some chimp."

Because, Eric, chimps are 99.99% human, but don't have their own politicians.

Alastair, Alicante, Spain

Paola Cavalieri was named as first editor in The Great Ape Project. Why was Peter Singer credited first in this article? Tell me it's not because of gender.

Jerry, Los Angeles,

Eric, people who treat animals well are more likely to treat their own species well. Contempt for animals and their welfare often ends up been extended to other human beings.

CK, Geneva , Switzerland

This is amazing news! this will surely slowly extend to other creatures and bring an end to our arrogance as a human race.

It's not a question of all or nothing, ie luxury conditions for animals or cruel conditions. It means leaving animals only in their natural habitat.

Genevieve, London, England

Well-done Spain . No Human Rights without rights for animals and widespread vegetarianism . C. Cheyre France

Cheyre, Anglefort , France

It's a step in the right direction from Spain and I hope the country follows up soon by making bullfighting illegal.

Human rights absolutely yes of course, agreed.
But "before some chimp"? [Eric, Huntley]
Since when have human and animal rights been considered mutually exclusive?

Russ Taylor, Buenas Noches, Estepona, Spain

well done, all animals should have the right not to be abused by humans. we treat animals cruelly simply because we can. we have no moral superiority to animals, all we do is take, use and destroy and then say that this is "our "right because this is "our" planet, well it's not just ours.

rudy, london,

Ridiculous

Felipe, London, England

How about we get human rights for all humans before we start giving them to animals. People all over the world live without basic human rights why not give them their rights before some chimp.

Eric, Huntley,

Well done, Spain. How can any humane person argue against protecting apes from "abuse, torture and death".

Jeff Smith, Westminster, USA

"Animal rights activists say that 70 per cent of apes in Spanish zoos live in sub-human conditions."

Aren't animals *supposed* to have sub-human conditions? Will zoos now have to give apes furnished apartments, with air conditioning, electricity and indoor plumbing?

Ed, Los Angeles, USA

Long overdue in all civilized nations. Unnecessary harm to any sentient being is clearly unethical, and should be illegal.

Rod Snelling, Williamsburg, Massachusetts, USA

in Rua da porta Grande, la Parda Pontevedra a beautifull white labrador suffers on the hands of their owners by not changing her water, by living in an enclosed small space , by not cleaning her faeces since she was born, by suffering extreme heat or heavy rain. police knows about it . has done NOTH

maria, la parda.pontevedra, spain

So does this mean as Spain EU it is now part of EU law

I do hope so

It is sad to see these Apes on the COSTA BRAVA just used for photographing props as youngsters

Question now is what happens to the photo prop apes now, is it illegal for the photographers to continue

Nicholas Iles, Oswestry, Shropshire

This plan seems bizarre. Or are the Spanish signalling a change of heart regarding bull-fighting? Maybe, they are beginning to feel guilty and this is their way to bring the people round to finally getting rid of their disgraceful tradition of cruelty.

Raj Sharma, Exeter, UK

I bet Aznar is happy about this.

M Wilson, Bidache, france