I have never attended a bullfight, I have seen some by t.v. but anyway I'm going to act as devil's advocate.
For Spaniards "it is not a sport" to confuse it with a sport we know in Spain that it is a matter of foreigners who do not understand.
Bullfighting is an industry that moves the sectors of livestock, veterinary, zoology, biology, ecology, food, tradition, culture, history, entertainment, tourism, gastronomy, tailoring, music.
Someone may think that the blood and final death of the bull is enjoyed, but it is not exactly a sadistic or joyful enjoyment of the death of the animal but it is something deeper, not necessarily enjoy.
IVA For this concept, the Administration enters, in the bullfighting festivities, 43 million euros (three times more than in the case of Spanish cinema). Bullfighting is the Spanish cultural manifestation that generates more tax revenues.
ECONOMIC IMPACT of bullfighting: 1,600 million euros.
JOB POSITIONS. After a year, the Fiesta generates around 200,000; of them, 57,000 directly: 1'16 of the labor occupation of the Spanish population.
SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS of the bullfighting professionals: 12,130,751 euros. Adding this to the VAT collection, assumes that the State entered the bulls, that year, more than 56 million euros.
Remember it is not a sport.
The brave bull lives an average of 4 years in a state of semi freedom with exquisite care. The brave bull calf will spend 8 or 9 months with its mother.
I am much more concerned at present with farm animals for human consumption or slaughterhouses, where images of unimaginable cruelty on the part of slaughterers appear all over the world. For this reason all slaughterhouses should have internal and external circuit cameras to monitor the treatment of animals for consumption in transport on arrival and before and during slaughter.
Spanish bulls live like kings in comparison.