31st january 2006

getting the horn in public

this site isn't the place for me to get on my soapbox about blood sports, or have a debate about animal rights, but i have to say that i was filled with joy while watching a story on the bbc over breakfast this morning. during a bullfight in mexico city - in a ring with a capacity of nearly 50,000 - a bull leapt the safety barrier and into the crowd, and embarked on, what the reporters called, a rampage. even better, the bull had jumped into the stadium's most expensive seats. alas, the bull didn't get to do much damage, with the bbc site later reporting only that "one woman spectator received a six-inch gash in her chest". the bull? well, he received a little more than that. a sword. repeatedly, until he was dead. i can only hope that those people involved will never visit a bullfight again and, for at least a few seconds, that they were as scared as the bull.

read the bcc report.

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