Bullfighting has been romanticized in art and literature for centuries. It’s also been a celebrated cultural event in several Latin American countries.

But animal activists say the spectacle is a cruel “blood sport” and are calling for a bullfighting ban.

Correspondent Mike Kirsch reports on the raging controversy over bullfighting.

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