i think it'd be a little more fair if it was just the matador and the bull instead of an exhausted and tortured bull.

get rid of all the dudes on horses, all the running around...

man vs. bull. who do you think will win?

THAT would put an end to the needless slaughter.

The bull is not eaten.
It's just killing for pleasure.

Killing whatever just for pleasure can not be culture.
Killing whatever just for pleasure should be punished, and it will.

from spain(sic).

If people around the world still wonder why Latinamerica is so behind Canada and the U.S. culturally, economically and politically, these pictures should provide an easy answer: just look at the primitive, barbaric and backwards "civilization" that was in charge of our region.

We must respect Spanish traditions! Howcum they stopped the Inquisition? Run out of heretics?

But Gawd I do love all the beautiful photos on Big Picture!

It's not the killing that makes it disgusting.

It's the cheering, the pleasure and the entertainment from watching the death.

The biological fascination with violence in movies and TV may come from the same place, but it's not comparable when one involves torture and killing something living and watching a play with computer effects.

I'll be rooting for the bulls. I can't stand to look, but I feel no sympathy for the humans who get killed this way.

The recortadors appear to have allot of skill I would love to see them in action dancing with the bulls.

The bull is a beautiful animal its a shame they have to die.

Is there a "Bull" heaven---where the bulls win and the humans die.

If anyone here speaking against the bullfighting tradition eat beef, pork, or chicken, you're an absolute hypocrite. As has been said: at least there is respect in this ritual. Industrialized slaughter is far, far worse.

Running the bulls in Pamplona is the ultimate adrenalin rush equal to your first time jumping out of an airplane not knowing if your shut opens. Runners need to understand the importance of traditions on how to run, what to avoid and how to act not to endanger fellow runners. This has become the biggest problem. Practically every body can run, no restrictions. Lots of people run after all night partying, being drunk. What the bullfight is concerned, it is time for America to learn about and to respect other peoples cultures. I have been sitting with Pamplonians during the San Fermin in the Pamplona Bullfight Arena. And I have keeped unforgettable memories from that time, full of tradition, enthusiasm, and pride of their culture. And not to forget extremely hospitable to their foreign guests. Bullfight will always exist in Spain, Mc Donalds with their Big Mc. may go down the drain someday.

Its not a fair fight.
toreador only enters the field after some goons stabbed the bull with those spikes to make the bull tired.
so when the toreador enter the bull is already very tired, not realy fair.
a toreador also should first run 10 miles then get beaten by a pro boxer and then we will see what he will do when he enters the ring.

I totaly disagree with these events, I only cheer when the Bull wins. they are the real warriors in this "game".
ps this blog is very good, the best I have seen on the net in YEARS.

ps this blog rules

I'm sick of all americans thinking of us like people who go watch bulls, run and play good soccer. We are not mexicans, we are not colombians, we are not "latinos" but we have many common traits with all south-american people, they are spanish also. Although we are europe and we are much more than Bulls and beer, please, expand your mind and stop seeing Spain like that.

I wanna realy know is there any brain in their heads? or they are fully MAD....
Sooooooooooooooooooooooo terible

These guy kill one bull per fight and give the bull a decent chance. The slaughterhouses kill in hundreds per day, and yet you people have opened your mouths like elephant's ass to complain about those fights, and eat fucking burgers all the time. Talk about hypocrisy.

I want to say this works due to loss wise.you can,t image this work untill you have wise in your head.I can only say unfortunatly.
thanks

I think bullfighters are very small men thinking they are god. Screw them!. Some spanish traditions are great but this torture to animals makes me ashamed of being spanish

i am reminded of a long standing american tradition called thanksgiving...not that I am sugesting a "running of the turkies..."

in all seriousness, this is a long standing tradition that has some aspects that I don't agree with, but I'm just not going to participate, you know?

First, the photos are really amazing. That is the number one reason to stop on this site.
Next, culture and civilization is a living evolving thing. Anyone who reads history knows the barbarities our ancestors did, and once we get to understand it, we stop doing it and move on.
I am Portuguese and live in Portugal. Like in Spain, we have these bullfighting, and bull street racing, but for many years the killing of the bull is forbidden in the arena. Nowadays is more a theatrical event. It's beautiful to see. It's a tradition and we like to keep it. If hurting the bull is still antithetical, someday it will be removed too. That is what we have to believe and fight for, as humans.

Considering the end result of this nonsense, I have no qualms at all about rooting for the bulls. Let them get their moment to shine before they face their gory end.

And when it's all over, steaks!

Hahahah its so funny , american peopele talking about right animal but...
what about right human : Guantanamo, Iraq war, Afghanistan , etc,etc

SOIS PATETICOS.

IDIOTS
IDIOTAS

...but by the time that bull was butchered shipped, trucked, shrink wrapped and put into a plastic bag you wouldn't think twice your steak. Suffering is never pretty but there are few people who could honestly say they don't contribute to it. The bull run is one of the the least of the injustices meted out to our fellow beings and our Earth.

It's funny how everybody is basing their opinion in so many wrong facts:

-Bullfighting is not a sport, it's not a competition with a winner and a loser.

-The toreros do not defend themselves with the blade, the important part of their outfit is the cape. They do not stab the bull when it is attacking them, they only stab them at the end to kill him. In between is the essence of a bullfight, it is called torear, the bull will follow the cape. The act of the killing is not what people chear for, it is much more important the act of torear. I know it is very difficult to understand for all the "open minded" people here because all you see is a Sport.

- The toreros are not sadic creatures seeking for blood becuase as I said the essence and beauty is in Torear not in killing. I'm quite sure that they have a lot more respect for the bulls that you woukd ever have.

-It is not the fact that is a tradition that makes bullfighting ok, it's the concept of itself, a mixed of art, culture, fear, courage, animal force. As I said it will never be understand if you do not open your mind and try to comprhend what is going on.

- Brave bulls are only used for bullfights, if bullfigths do not exist neither would them. They are incredible stron animals, more than 1,000 lbs, with incredible force, try to get in front of it with a sword and let's if you can stab it just once. It ios not the sword that makes the Matador strong, it's the cape.

- All the Spanish people taht comment here about how the majority of Spain is against the Corridas are lying; if it were that way why are most of the rings packed with people with tickets as expensive as 400 euros and reselling as high as 2,000? Why there were 1,500,000 people in Pamplona last week?

With all this said I do not expect anybody to change their mind, but for once try to be open minded and think about what other people feel, what the US thinks might not be what other people think.

for Comment 106 , Remember the Mane:
Do you live here, in Spain? I do. I'm quite impressed of someone who pretend to judge the facts better than the closest ones. Believe me when I say that most of spanish people doesn't agree with this. You say "why are most of the rings packed with people with tickets as expensive as 400 euros and reselling as high as 2,000?" Well, we're more than 40 millions. If you like to think that a few bullrings will represent a whole country... nothing more to say... and " Why there were 1,500,000 people in Pamplona last week?" Easy: TO GET DRUNK.
I guess it's cool to seem a smart guy, and I guess that ignorance is so brave... So,
don't call me a liar, please.

II

Ugh! This makes me sick! By the way Brian (comment #2), they may not be humans, but humans are animals. You can judge society by the way they treat their animals.

I am Spanish and I don't like at all bullfighting but I wouldn't ban it.

I have gone just once to see this "spectacle". Only to see that I will not return again.

Anyway, I agree with Kurt, Trevor and others.

I have to say that, as they have pointed out before, here there is a noble fight (at least more noble that in other places -for example, in a slaughterhouse) between the skill of the bullfighter versus the force of the animal. And no, there's not a "good boy" (the Matador) and a "bad boy" (the bull). Sometimes the "good boy" also dies. It's vey common in bullfighting that the Matador gets seriously injured. There is something of romanticism here.

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=o_fcYvE9lj0

And yes, we are killing animals everyday in the meat industry in a more brutal way and we are not always complaining about it. And I have never seen any worker of these industry willing to kill a bull like a matador does. I suppose they prefer to use more "aseptic" ways.

And I`d like to say that these bulls are born and grow up just to fight versus the matador. I mean, no bullfighting ---> no bulls. Do you understand?

By the way, in Spain there is a big controversy between bullfighting supporters and opponents.

And one more thing. Some people have said here: "it's barbaric". Maybe. But every society has their own "barbaric" rites. And some of them are more barbaric than others.

You can, Kendra. However, look at how we treat the meat we eat everyday -- we keep them locked up in cages, fed sub-par food that is genetically engineered to make them fatter, pump them full of steroids, then slam them in the head with mechanical sledgehammers to kill them. The bulls of a bullfight live out in the range, are raised naturally and are allowed to fight their butcher, in a sense. Yeah, it's barbaric, but f you're to judge the Spanish on this tradition then how do you judge yourself when you sit down to a nice steak dinner at Outback?

you are so Americans!!!

First - When I read the reports about people who are injured or killed in the running, I think - if you're gonna run with the bulls, you're gonna have to face the consequences. Frankly, I think anyone who wants to run in front of a bull needs to have have his head examined.

Second - I see so many comments making this a cultural issue. Yes, bullfighting is a tradition in Spain, I'm not arguing that point. But let's face it, the thrill of killing something by first maiming it, then tormenting it, before finally killing it represents the worldwide issue of man's inhumanity to man - and animals.

Animal kills Animal. Wats new ?

It is their culture and tradition. Fair enought. What isnt fair is that the bulls are already tranquilized before they go out.

Simply desgusting this killed called "tradition" by the sapnishes...

Bullfighting, like many other human activities, is a relic of our evolution. While it gives pleasure to some, those feelings were formed through 2 million years of survival in a tough world that was very different from today. We have the intelligence to move beyond primitive evolutionary urges and pleasures that are no longer useful, and in fact harmful. As long as humans don’t use their intelligence to recognize harmful urges and emotions, we will continue to be less than human – or at least less than humans are capable of -- and we will continue to destroy our world rather than preserve it.

poor and stupid humanity ...*

from France

Me río yo de los americanos y su paz... ohhhhhh!
Irak?... Guantanamo?... Permisos de armas?
Quién quiera que mire y quien se alarme que mire a otro lado.

Poors...

Viva San Fermin!

firstly yes the bull jumping over the crowd is noy a fighting bull. these adre the little baby bulls they send in to the ring after the encierro(the run). by this time the ring is full with all the wimps who dash to the ring without ever coming near a fighting bull.
It gives the tourist an opportunity to take a photo and show friends what heroes they are.
I have run with the bulls more than 30 times and the object is to run with them not from them. It is taken very seriously and the top runners are revered e.g. David Rodrigues ,Julen Medina , as are the bulls . One such bull was Vaporoso who gored 5 people in one run. I have enormous respect for the bulls and have been hit and trampled several times but I do not like the bullfight. This is my personal choice but I would not impose my view on those who have followed this tradition .

I don't like corrida or bullfight. I'm french, and had once the opportunity to assist to such event, just to confirm my opinion. Believe me, the first part of a bullfight is awesome. It's a superb animal, and the matador must be crazy to do what it does.

But the end, the death of the bull, is disgusting. The animal suffers, no question about that. But I don't think that people are there to see the bull death.

Anyway, I left the arena before the end of the show...

Amanda: i ttly agree with u. animals should not be killed for entertainment or for amusement. its ttly against humanity!

Bill W: the fact that u enjoy watching animals attack each other or a human is breath taking. U R SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think that u should not do that u would not like that done to u so dont do it

poor bulls!!!

Everyone keeps saying bull fighting has this beautiful meaning.....If that is so, tell me what this meaning is so I can understand!

man has battled with brutallity since evolution from ape began. in the wild the biggest predator wins, the idea of bull fighting here comes from a summoning of a clever beings grace and skill with which he can defeat a wild beast (admittedly a character of one here) against the physical odds. it wasn't so long ago that man would hunt and kill his prey to feed his family - this is not an unnoble act. our ability to elevate ourselves above the animal instincts it what makes us the masters of our world of which we once weren't. comments like 'this is against all humanity' are ironic as we are mostly beast ourselves. we have much further to evolve before we can dismiss such shows of relatively small superiority but considering the spec of time in which this tradition has been passed down, it is highly relevant.

the san fermin festival has so much more than bull fighting. The run is the main attraction and the festival is the 3rd biggest in the world for a reason. I was in ring on 10th July as bulls jumped over revellers, and no amount of animal rights and do gooder comments will prevent me going back. It was the best time of my life. !!

Alvaro,

Claro que te llamo mentiroso, si fuera verdad lo que dices hace mucho tiempo que el gobierno hubiera prohibido los toros, si la mayoria de la gente esta en contra seria facil no? Unas cuentas plazas dices? Hay 49 provincias en España, salvo Cadiz, las Canarias, y alguna que otra mas hay una plaza en cada capital de provincia, a eso añade los pueblos, suma las capacidades y entonces vueve a decir que son unas cuantas plazas.

Alvaro i'm sorry but you're LYING, that's all. Just check google and see how many corridas we have in spain every year.
I come from euskalherria, and hate to be known for bullfighting, flamenco and siesta but i'd never say that most of spanish are against bullfightin cause it's not true, maybe you are sorrounded by people who hate bullfighting and that's your impression...

my blog post about my time at the running this year: http://whatupwilly.blogspot.com/2008/07/running-of-bulls-2008-encierro-1-july.html

great pictures
great blog
lousy comments...

quote from andrew "Animals eat animals. Only humans make a pageant out of killing them."

Really? Orcas like to throw seals around like a Frisbee before eating them, large cats like to play with their pray occasionally before killing it. There are other examples.

Although I don't agree with bull fighting, humans aren't the only ones that turn killing into a sport in the animal kingdom.

Shameful

In the end, when the bull is killed, it is cooked and shared by many. Why is killing a bull, for show and skill, so denounced? Are the denouncers NOT meat eaters? It's so easy to go to the store to buy steak and to forget that someone, somewhere made that steak available to us. I hope they realize that animals don't shit meat for us. I'm also sure that beef animals who give us milk that later becomes cheese, ice cream, yogurt, etc., is, at some point killed for meat, too. It's sad, but, it's human nature: survival of the fittest. And guess what, sometimes the bull is the fittest! Too bad they're vegetarians. Otherwise, they, too, would be able to feast after the festival. Would that make the denouncer happier? I think not. It is not my place to denounce someone else's culture and traditions, despite what I think of them.

Madness at its best.
Traditions.
Some traditions are good and has to be respected and followed.
Human beings are the olny ones who have the power to think.
Unfortunately we don't use that thinking power to weed out the good and the bad "traditions"

There are many comments against the inhumanity of this tradition. But I think the only people can complain about this is those that don't eat meat. People who are eating meat are committing much much worse atrocities against the poor animals. At least here the Bulls are getting a fair (at least better than the bulls in a slaughter house) chance of survival. The meat we (yes I am a non-vegetarian) eat is generated in a much worse way. There the animals have not even a fighting chance.

I find the PETA or any other animal rights activists who aren't pure vegetarians quite evil. They are trying to hide their true intentions ie to get some fame.

There are two separate issues here, the truth of one does not affect the truth of the other. I think it's shameful the way we treat animals in the process of supplying our food chain. I think bullfighting is shameful. It's not an either-or, it's a both-and. I buy free-range meat that is kosher-killed whenever possible. I don't attend bull-fights and find them to be barbaric.

The other issue is this whole "tradition" line of argument. Tradition is not justification for what is clearly cruelty. Cock-fighting, dog-fighting, gladiators, infant sacrifice ... all once "tradition." Read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

if your on facebook and u ran with the bulls in 2008 join the group running with the bulls 2008

I have no idea AT ALL! WHY THE HECK THEY DO RUNNING OF THE BULLS!

so why does anyone think that bullfighting shouldn't be allowed, or just shouldn't be done?

meanist

this day is a stupid one. those people deserve to be injured/dead because they are intentionally provoking the bulls. good riddance to the humans.

leave them bulls alone.

IIIIIIIIIII HAAAATTTTTE IIIIIIIIIIT ALLLLLOOOOT

You guys suck!!! dont you get it!!! you are torturing the bull and you are hurting yourselves!!

whats the poit of doing that leave the bulls alone.

wow

To those lovely Spanish blooded bloggers who with such a pointed barb mention the Americans and Iraq, Afghanistan etc. - open your history books - need I mention South America and your countries wonderful exploitation of it's indigenous peoples - be careful when you point your righteous finger in one direction because you most likely have three pointing back at you.
As to Frenchie who made a brief appearance - let's see, what country is one of the leading arms dealers to the Middle East and Africa etc. - hmmmmm.

Stabbing a big scary bull in the back after taunting & running away from it - hmmm basis for a very noble sport.

i am woman spanish and i feel shame. i hate the bullfights. i wish i would abolish it, i wish i could. here also there is people that wish abolish it . i like the bulls alive no death. thanks
No todos los españoles estan de acuerdo con las corridas de toros , para mi es una verguenza no una fiesta.

to the dork who loves bullfights (at the top of comments page):

yes people die and we worry about a few animals.

that's mainly because the people you refer to were killed by people- not bulls.

do you see my point or is your vision all red for a bit of action, now?

OMG..
i LOVE THOSE PiCTURES.
THAT iS LiKE SO COOL.
-SANDY

jeez stop complaining you eat beef products right? if you dont youll die from lack of protein bulls die anyway or are slaughterd for food so dont say its cruel because if you had a choice to eat a cow or die you would eat a bull so harden up and stop crying over a animal that would kill you if it wanted

u hav gud picues

love it. if we all lived a bit more traditionaly what a better world we'd live in.
How brave are those blokes and skilled in their killing. We all love a good steak.

Go hard or go home.

Is there anything more idiotic than bullfighting? ...boxing, maybe.

no monday night raw is the worst but bull fighting is so bad we could use them for our dairy cowsand to eat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ran in 1996....it takes C O H O N E S

this is wierd...

Some pictures dont even need to belong here.
I reccomend people to not watch this.
at all disgusting

Nice

Hi, I'm Spaniard and I hate the bullfights. There are a lot of people in my country against this primitive act. The spaniards who like it are from the south of Spain, normaly. But there are a lot of money around this "tradition" and a lot of powerfull families. But..this is in the south. Bullfights are everywere in my country, yes, but is not like in the south.

The so called spaniard "from the north" is telling bullsh*t, the love for the bull fighting is not only and mainly and more powerful in the south. Is in all over the country. I live in totally south of Spain, that im really proud, and here the people is like everywhere, most of young people hate the bullfighting like me, and a minority still loves it, mainly old guys. The most strenght of this tradition is in Madrid, only has to see Las Ventas is like the top for a bull fighter. Anyway, this guy talking the previous post is the prototype of ignorant that never went to south spain but believes all the topics and call us primitives...look San fermin happens in the north spain with mostly north spain people,,,,we dont have this at least in the south.

wow, after reading some comments all I can say is... get over it hippie. Animals die... so do we... even vegetarians are indirectly responsible for killing animals - if you eat corn, or and wheat or grain products you're responsible for killing millions of field mice, and other small rodents every year.... so get over it. I've heard more whiny crap about killing animals on here than I've heard at a peta rally... guess what, I'd kill the bull... and I'd kill your dog.... and I'm an american... so don't talk about civilized culture and how we shouldn't do this or that....

OK, I have to chime in, for your information, the Bull is the ONLY animal that gets a chance to save his life, If he is brave and fights and is noble, He will get pardoned, That cannot be said about the millions of chickens and cattle. That are raised here in the U.S for human consumtion. By the way, your shoes and wallets (purses too!) Many of them are made form leather or animal products, Oh and your big mac for lunch, that was an animal that was once alive, Before you stand on your soap box learn about the subject, We live in a world where all kids get trophy's because we don't want to hurt their feelings. Maybe look before you jump. If you don't like it stay awy.

Stupids with a stupid tradition!
Where there any time in history when bulls got tradition of killing humans for fun?

¿Porque no se les hacen uso de sus cutillos enchufándoselo en sus proprios culos? ¡Cabrones de mierda!

Barbaric. So much for civilised Europe.

wow most dangerous thing i have ever seen

Great shots. I like bull fighting a lot . I've seen lots of foreigners that go to the plazas and they leave wanting to come back for more. Many of them share the same negative views that lots of you have written in this blog but they leave totally changed.. It's an addictive form of art and/or sport, it's up to you to choose how you want to see it. It's in the eye of the beholder, as they say...Get a passport, see the world as it is, with an open mind and you will be happy.
If you happen to visit any country where this sport/art is allowed go see it - leave your views and prejudices at home. You won't regret it. Very few places in the world where you can see this type of art in such a lively performance. Spain and Mexico offered the very best. Go during the major "season" where the best bull fighters are attending - a bit of research beforehand will help you planning and get the most out of. It also helps if you find some local that can help you understand what goes on - there's a reason for every action you see from the beginning of the ceremony 'til the end.
Millions of people just can not be wrong.

im a 13 year old american girl and im most deff an animal lover, but i eat meat and if i went to a store and picked up two packages of meat i wouldnt be able to tell the difference if it was a bull that was slatured in a ring in pamplona or at the butchershop down the street. sooooo i dont really see much wrong with bullfighting as long as u eat them afterwards.

i love it

all yall peta lovers and tree hugers aint no good there animals god said we have conroll over the beast on the earth and we do what we want with if that means kill them eat or shoot them for the fun of it then we do it so im a redneck dont mean any thing and i love my 4x4 truck i go hit a thousand bulls with it if i want to and jesus loves you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (peta) stands for (Please eat the animals)

I'm American (of Spanish descent) and have been to the bullfights in Spain. I love animals but I do eat meat. The rest of my fellow Americans have no business telling people of other cultures how to live since most of them are meat eaters themselves. How do they think all those dead animals at the supermarket were treated/killed? Also, hunting is considered a form of recreation here in America AND I don't see ANYONE protesting when live fish are butchered to death with a mallet at the Asian fishmarket down the street!!! Quit being self righteous, Americans. Your'e the reason why many people around the globe don't like us.

i bet if one person died from a bull fight that bull would be put down..its stupiid

stupid sport

Everyone here is dumb. All of you. Almost none of you seem to know the first thing about bullfights. Do some research before posting if you don't want to get the most basic facts wrong. I could sit here and respond to each individual comment and tell them exactly what they have said incorrectly. I could sit here and thoroughly explain why bullfighting is an art that goes far beyond honor, tradition, and certainly beyond being a spectator's sport. However, these explanations would be lost on everyone's ears, because nobody knows how to listen or to think.

All cynicism aside, thank you to everyone who simply said "try keeping an open mind."

To all those who saw a picture of a dieing animal and immediately commented with nothing more than "stupid sport", you're an idiot.

If you know plenty about bullfighting and think it's inhumane or you just don't like it, I'm not saying you're wrong. You have every right to your own opinion, as long as it is well founded, and I thank you for taking the time to understand this beautiful form of art.

If you're below thirteen and viewing or commenting on this thread, go do something else. Your opinion isn't valued.

P.S. Burgers are fucking delicious, 'nuff said.

Haha, funny cows. If they didn't smell, I would have one as a pet :)

This terrible and never should happen again. NEVER!

thats the most barbaric thing ive ever seen in my life

Bullfighting is not a competition or a sport. It is an art form in which the artist (Matador) uses a cape and sword instead of paint and brush. It is a show, like a ballet, opera or a play. It is not covered in the Sport section of newspapers, but in the Culture section. Most people in the U.S.A.have never seen a bullfight and they don't know what they are talking about when they call it a cruel spectacle.
They base their opinion on what they have heard or read - or worst, - some people
have seen a bullfight in a Mexican border town. If that is the case, you probably came out of the bullring swearing never to go back.- Before expressing an opinion, read a serious book about bullfights and see your first one either in Mexico City or in one of the main cities in Spain, preferably when a well known Matador is performing.- Read about the norms of the three parts of a "corrida" so you'll know what it is all about. Cruel? For a fighting bull, the bullring is a much better death than the slaughter house. The fighting bull has been in tha Iberian Peninsula for centuries; and one of its characteristics is that ii is so fierce, that prefers to die fighting instead of fleeing. Send them to the slaughter house? No way, "Pepe" (José in Spain.)

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one who comes a portugeese backround,i can say with all respect and decorum that bulls and bullfighting are beauty and art.it is also true that unlike our spanish cousins,we do not kill the bull after a fight.though they still get darts plunged into them and blood is precured,it is merely what we would call a flesh wound.for the back of a bull has a layer of fat and muscel that a three inch spike will produce blood yet does not cause damage to the beautiful beast.i like to compare it to if one of us getting a splinter.though uncomfortable not life threatning. next time in portugal put your snobbynish aside and take in the beauty and art of a bullfight.

I'm an American, mom comes from Ecuador, and I have never seen a bullfight so I wouldn't know how bloody or "cruel" it is. But this tradition is obviously really important to the Spanish people, which, as other people have mentioned, goes back hundreds of years. You people who are against bullfighting and have the nerve to call us Spanards "barbarians" should really just shut your damn mouths and take the time and effort to look up the history of bullfighting, so you understand this "barbaric tradition" a little more. If you understood it at all, you would not be calling us "barbarians".

P.S. Yes, my real name is Angus

There are several thousands of Americans that come to Pamplona everyear! San Fermin is nuch more than the running with the bulls and the bullfighting. You can't compare it with any other fiesta in the world. It's amazing what hapend in a 200.000 people small city. Maybe we are a bit crazy, but nobody party like we do. Gora San Fermin! The best fiesta anywhere.

This is awsome. I want to ride a bul someday.

Everyone needs to stop having a cry about bullfighting and worry about there own lives.

i wanna bullfight oneday

i like

In response to all the comments that include "tradition" as a reason for this brutality... I say rubbish! Like the American rodeo, bull exhibitions serve only to perpetuate the myth of macho... Oh yes, and for the money too. These ugly acts done to animals for greed and indulgence, needs to be called what it is: barbaric.

Anyone who condones setting a living being on fire should carefully reassess their mental stability. You need help.

: ( Moo. RUN WITH THE BULLS, but don't torture them with such a long painful death...They are better ways.