Bulls kill seven at Spain summer festivals

[Lebron23]

[quote]Bulls have gored seven people to death during festivals across Spain since the beginning of July - four of them over the past weekend.

The deaths occurred during bull-running in the streets, not in bullrings. It is an unusually high number of fatalities for such a short period.

Among them was a 36-year-old town councillor gored in Penafiel, a town near Valladolid, north of Madrid.

Further north an 18-year-old man gored in the stomach died in Lerin, Navarra.

The other deaths occurred during bull festivals in the regions of Valencia, Murcia, Toledo, Castellon and Alicante.
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Media caption People taking part in the Pamplona bull run in July described witnessing people being injured

Last year more than 7,200 bulls and steers (castrated bull calves) were killed by bullfighters across Spain, the news website El Diario reports.

Nearly 2,000 bullfights - or "corridas" - are still held in the country every year, but the numbers are falling. In 2010, Catalonia became the second Spanish region after the Canary Islands to ban the tradition.
One daring stunt consists in jumping over a charging bull - this participant was unhurt
A week ago a bull seriously injured a matador known as "Paquirri" in Huesca, a northern town

Opponents condemn bullfighting as barbaric, but it still has many fans in Spain, including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

A Spanish law passed in 2013 defends bullfighting as part of the nation's cultural heritage, saying it is the state's duty to "preserve it and promote it", El Pais website reports.

According to Spanish economics lecturer Juan Medina at the University of Extremadura, bullfighting generated

[Nick Young]

Ah yes, Spain. A retarded version of Mexico in Europe.

[step_back]

Don't participate in such a retarded event. Problem solved

[JohnnySic]

Leave those animals alone.

[GIF REACTION]

But how many Brock Lesnars would it take to bring one down?

[dunksby]

Good.

[UK2K]

Poor bulls.

[Nick Young]

But how many Brock Lesnars would it take to bring one down?

If he can catch it in a rear naked choke or kimura, Lesnar has a chance. Otherwise he will be given a one way ticket to GORE CITY, BITCH.

[Nick Young]

Bull would die after one Brock F5

BUT CAN THE BEAST LIFT THE BULL?

[StephHamann]

The Cowboys could use one of those bulls for Murray

[brownmamba00]

Spanish people are retarded

[aj1987]

Ah yes, Spain. A retarded version of Mexico in Europe.

[kurple]

Spanish people are retarded

at least half the country doesnt die from obesety, like in Murica


i'd rather go this way

[brownmamba00]

at least half the country doesnt die from obesety, like in Murica


i'd rather go this way

atleast fat people don't hurt anything.

meanwhile the spanish stick 20 blades in these animals for entertainment.

[Nick Young]

at least half the country doesnt die from obesety, like in Murica


i'd rather go this way

Yes. The die from self inflicted bull gores. Good job Spain. The bankrupt land of endless siestas, where people are expected to show up late to work every day