Bullfighting
Bullfighting is a sport involving a bullfighter, or matador, that provokes and fights a bull in a public arena by waving a red cape, whereby forcing the animal to charge. Although bullfighting is the most popular in Spain, where it is the national sport, it is also a favorite spectator activity in Mexico and other parts of Latin America as well as in Portugal and southern France. Bullfighters originally rode horses until a common Spanish laborer killed a bull with a sword while on foot. These days, matadors do not kill the bull. This section features various resources on bullfighting.
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| Two Gored to Death in Spanish Bull-run Two Spanish men were gored to death by fighting bulls yesterday during the bull-run at the local fiestas in Ampuero, a town... |
Barcelona Passes Symbolic Vote Against Bullfighting Barcelona declared its opposition to bullfighting yesterday, the first big Spanish city to take a decision which animal... |
| Barcelona May Ban Bullfighting Public opinion in Barcelona has turned against the ancient sport of bullfighting; there is now talk of a ban on... |
PETA Protests Against ‘Running of the Bulls’ To protest the most recent "running of the bulls" in Pamplona, Spain, which took place last week, approximately... |
| Rogers to Transform Barcelona Bullring Richard Rogers, the British architect whose buildings are springing up with increasing prominence across Europe, announced... |
Spanish city hopes to make matadors hang up their hats Campaigners yesterday declared their intention to turn Barcelona into the first bullfight-free city in Spain by the end of... |
| Spain's Greens Split Over Mayor's Support for Historic Bull Run Animal welfare versus tradition in Castile town. A row over bullfighting threatened to split Spain's coalition of Green and... |
General: Running with the bulls -- Is this crazy or what? I was reading ESPN The Magazine and one of the reporters wrote about his latest sports' trip. A trip to Pamplona,... |