In this news article a young matador is
gored by a bull. The article features exclusively on the bull
fighter with no comment on the injuries being inflicted on the bull!
I don't see the enjoyment myself in watching an animal suffer whilst
it is being slowly butchered. So I find myself cheerfully cheering
for the bull every time the topic of bull fighting comes up in the
news. The odds are so stacked against the bull you can't even refer
to it as a sport. As soon as the bull enters the arena it is dead
because even if it defeats one matador another will come on to finish
off the poor beast.
Because the spectators already know
about the outcome of the fight it can only be about one thing...
blood! They want to see the bull suffer, bleed and slowly die, so for
me it makes a refreshing change when it's the matadors blood we are
treated too, at least they are allowed to exit the arena to receive
medical treatment! In the case of this news story it's three
matadors requiring hospital treatment!
“After Fortes was taken to the
infirmary the bull was enticed back into it's stall alongside the
pens of the other three who had escaped their scheduled deaths in the
afternoon. With no one left to fight them, there was no alternative
than to cancel the rest of the corrida.”
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2635103/The-bulls-fight-Three-matadors-gored-World-Series-bull-fight-cancelled-time-35-years.html)
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2635103/The-bulls-fight-Three-matadors-gored-World-Series-bull-fight-cancelled-time-35-years.html)
Their is a silver lining for this bull,
as their were no more matadors left the bull was allowed to live and three
other bulls also survived. No mention is made as to what the fates
of these animals are? I suspect they will be re-scheduled into later
fights on another day.
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