MADRID (AP) — A 55-year-old Spanish man bled to death after being gored in the leg by a bull during a festival in which the animals are released into the streets, local authorities said Sunday.
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The town hall of Onda, in the eastern Spanish province of Castellon, said in a statement that it would suspend Sunday’s last day of bull-running following the goring on Saturday afternoon during the annual festival.
The local Levante news site said that the man was taken to a nearby hospital, but doctors couldn’t save him.
It is the first known death during a running-of-the-bulls since the festivals returned to many towns across Spain after a pandemic-imposed pause. Despite the occasional casualties and growing opposition from animal rights groups, racing bulls or cows remains a popular tradition. Two other people were injured during a similar bull-run in another town, Levante reported.
The most well-known event internationally is Pamplona’s San Fermín festival, which was held annually before the pandemic and boasted eight races on consecutive days through the northern city’s narrow, cobbled streets. Its next edition is expected in July 2022, after a two-year hiatus.
I’m always amazed that people will do incredibly dangerous things for really relatively little reward with the risk of destroying their families and friends. Climbing Mt Everest with its high mortality rate springs to mind. This would be on the list too.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes
That man has his own blood on his hands stupid people
What did they expect? Shoteh.
It’s a bunch of bull
Civil War Vet. Died during the Battle of Bull Run.
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When the story involves a death, empathy, not jokes, are appreciated here.
good riddance
There are approximately 200 – 300 injuries every year from bull runs, with 15 deaths in past 110 years. This is just another example of the risks involved. Another slow news day.
If we coat the bulls’ horns with covid vaccine, and line up the NYC firefighters along the canyons of Lower Manhattan, we could satisfy a lot of people in just one shot.