Spain’s ‘greatest matador’ gored by bull in comeback from retirement

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A poll taken last year by the BBVA Foundation found 77 per cent of Spaniards found the pastime “unacceptable”.

Yeah, people don't often realize the bull is literally being tortured by getting stabbed. Then it's eventually killed. I mean if you're killing animals for food do it as humane as possible, but for a show? No.

I suppose 'many' is a relative term. As a pure number of people I'm sure there are tens of thousands of Spaniards who love the 'sport'. But as a percentage of the population, yeah you're right - the large majority think it's stupid and want it gone.

To a worse person? I can think the president of certain centric community that's very pro-bullfighting and directly responsible for killing thousands of grandpas...

I wasn't aware of that. Thank you for sharing.

Man, I love the EU.

Spaniard here

German username and uses the word Arschloch

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This is the world I want to live in!

the spanaird gored the fool.

I’m glad to hear this—hopefully it will be completely gone soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Dmlze5UbUQ

Wife approved comment.

Fuck that. It should level up and get to pick improved armor and weapons and then go back to gore more asshole matadors.

Well, the traditional thing is the opposite, his whole bloodline is ended

its only fair the animal responds in kind.

https://youtu.be/7rwUdL9qXjk

he ripped a new asshole.

very serious condition with the 10-centimetre wound, which perforated his rectum,

I assume proud. He should be.

Yes but most people absolutely hate it. And some parts of Spain forbid it already.

In fairness, torturing a dead animal draws even smaller, weirder crowds.

My favorite is still the killer whales capsizing rich people's sailboats. Although that would have been even better if the orcas had eaten the free snacks.

Harambe has risen.

Nature is healing.

trampled, elephants also use thier gigantic heads to try to smush you too. there was another story where an african woman was harrassing/killed an elephant the whole herd came to her funeral area, when she died of natural causes, and wrecked the whole funeral and destroyed her grave area.

Are you in Canarias? Because in Catalonia, where it was banned, the constitutional court reversed the ban as punishment for the independence movement (while leaving the canaries ban standing, clear double standard). So it's sadly not officially banned in Catalonia any more, but of course no corridas actually happen as they'd get no money from the Generalitat.

hes getting a prostate check.

I am amazed how one can use these words while being totally oblivious to the feelings of pain and being scared that the animals go through.

Today he learned being poked by sharp things hurts

Cant share the link because my phone is currently all babymoded, but in reddits r/shittyabsoluteunits theres a video called "of a prostate exam" and its pretty shocking. Mad eme go "OH NO FUCK". Pretty sure its this. Worth checking out if you've got the stomach for it.

To the moon!

He's gonna have anal seepage for the rest of his life. Gonna have to wipe multiple times a day, even when he hasn't pooped. It's gonna itch insanely all the time. And if he doesn't keep up on wiping, it'll chafe like hell for a few days.

well the bull tore him a new a-hole, he will have permanent injuries.

Don't you think?

It's indeed animal abuse imo

Messed with the bull, got the horns.

And afterwards. And During.

It didn't. It was terrified, in horrible pain, bleeding out, and just trying to defend itself.

He can't. For a while at least.

anal impalement

New metal album just dropped.

And those things never heal right.

Morante has been open about his lifelong struggles with mental illness
“I have thought about death as a relief, but I can’t do it, I have a family and responsibility,” he has said.

Probably thought this was his grand finale.

the bull is.

Also, while a proctological exam is important at that age, it's probably better to see a trained MD

Apparently, only a minority of Spanish citizens actually support this caliber of animal cruelty. The rest of them have, thankfully, done the sane and compassionate thing and evolved past this barbarism and its excuses. Here's hoping that more people understand why this shit belongs in the dark ages with dogfighting, cockfights, and betta fish fighting.

They are tortured with hooked ribbons, called banderillas that just piece the skin in order to enrage them and "prove the skill and bravery" of the matador before they even start trying to kill the bull. A skilled matador can kill the bull quickly, but a poor one can require multiple stabs over 30 minutes or longer.

I went on a highschool trip to Spain, and a bullfight was one of the events. It was horrific. The matador was not skilled, and the poor bull died incredibly slowly and painfully. I'm actually getting a little choked up just recalling it.

They are. I believe that, traditionally, they kill them.

I will assume this is not a troll question. Corridas follow a strict protocol and rules.

First, they get several men in the arena to evaluate the bull, the matador will tease him and other men incite him to complete his charges, so that he doesn't stay on the matador in the center. Fresh and not well evaluated, he could be a risk for the matador.

Second: picadors (horse back) pierce the bull and try to slice through his neck muscles, so that he can't raise his head no more, or not too much.

Then, the matador pitch some banderillas on its back.

To kill it, they use swords they get all the way in, then incite the bull to turn left and right so that the sword will cause additional internal damages.

When the bull finally falls, the matador cuts its ear as a trophy. Sometimes the bull is still agonizing.

I let you decide if that's torture, fair fight, or whatever justification they use to keep that tradition alive.