“I was nervous about doing it… but more nervous about police than the bull.”
“The issue of animal rights is very different in Spain to Sweden,” she told The Local. “There are laws here in Spain but they are never policed, people just do what they want.”
The 41-year-old added that while she has staged naked protests in the past, she decided against it on this occasion.
Axelsson was arrested after the protest but described the policeman as “fantastic”:
“He was also against bullfighting, he was definitely on my side,” she said.
Axelsson faces a fine for her protest, but has said that does not worry her:
“They can prosecute or fine me, be my guest,” she said. “I’m still going to stand up for what I believe in.”
Tonight I jumped in to the arena. http://t.co/hQQVGBuCx6 pic.twitter.com/drRh02QgsI
— Amina Axelsson (@AminaAxelsson) September 20, 2015