Activists stage ‘bloody’ protest

Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing barbed darts use their bodies to spell out "stop" in Spanish in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Stop! No more bullfights!" The anti-bullfighting activists were symbolising the bulls that are killed by matadors in the bullring. Photo: Reuters

Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing barbed darts use their bodies to spell out "stop" in Spanish in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Stop! No more bullfights!" The anti-bullfighting activists were symbolising the bulls that are killed by matadors in the bullring. Photo: Reuters

Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing barbed darts use their bodies to spell out "stop" in Spanish in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Stop! No more bullfights!" The anti-bullfighting activists were symbolising the bulls that are killed by matadors in the bullring. Photo: Reuters

Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing barbed darts use their bodies to spell out "stop" in Spanish in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Stop! No more bullfights!" The anti-bullfighting activists were symbolising the bulls that are killed by matadors in the bullring. Photo: Reuters

Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing barbed darts use their bodies to spell out "stop" in Spanish in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Stop! No more bullfights!" The anti-bullfighting activists were symbolising the bulls that are killed by matadors in the bullring. Photo: AP

Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing barbed darts use their bodies to spell out "stop" in Spanish in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Stop! No more bullfights!" The anti-bullfighting activists were symbolising the bulls that are killed by matadors in the bullring. Photo: Reuters

Animal rights activists covered in fake blood and wearing barbed darts use their bodies to spell out "stop" in Spanish in front of the Bellas Artes Palace in Mexico City. The sign reads in Spanish "Stop! No more bullfights!" The anti-bullfighting activists were symbolising the bulls that are killed by matadors in the bullring. Photo: AP