I have been to a bullfight. Once. I didn't know until we arrived and my Spanish host thought it was going to be a treat. It was certainly memorable but not as he hoped. It's not a major pastime any more and will pretty much disappear soon because it is being extensively banned. These things take time but they go, or go underground. Hare coursing is still an issue around here.
Our instant information society is as able to ignore terrible things while it focuses on a cat stuck up a tree. Or a lion. Perhaps one day people won't know where supermarket meat comes from...