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  • 15
    Apr
    2013
    10:12pm, EDT

    Matadors take on bulls in Seville

    All images by Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    Spanish matador Morante de la Puebla performs a pass to a bull during a bullfight at The Maestranza bullring in the Andalusian capital of Seville, Spain, April 15.

    Spanish picadores wait to get into the arena before the start of a bullfight.

    Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters

    French matador Sebastian Castella prepares to perform a pass.

    French matador Sebastian Castella is tackled by a bull during a bullfight.

    Spanish matador Alejandro Talavante's hand bleeds after he was cut by his sword while killing a bull.

    A Spanish assistant bullfighter gives the 'coup de grace' with a dagger to a bull during a bullfight.

     

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    Unnecessary blood and suffering...

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  • 5
    Mar
    2012
    12:47am, EST

    Bullfighter makes comeback 5 months after suffering gruesome goring

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla adjusts his 'montera' or bullfighter hat, before a bullfight at the southwestern Spanish town of Olivenza, March 4. Padilla, a 38-year old matador who is also known by his professional name of 'the Cyclone of Jerez', lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring, but returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla performs during a bullfight in Olivenza, Spain, March 4.

    A Spanish bullfighter who lost sight in one eye and has partial facial paralysis after a terrifying goring returned to the bullring Sunday, five months after his injury.

    On Oct. 8, a bull's horn ripped into Juan Jose Padilla's lower jaw and caused his left eyeball to protrude as spectators screamed in horror. Padilla was seen getting up shouting, "I can't see, I can't see anything," his face gushing blood as assistants distracted the bull.

    NYT: Bullfighter's return stuns a hardened sport

     Now, wearing an eye patch and speaking with a lisp, Padilla fulfilled what he describes as an unquenchable desire to once again face massive 1,100-pound (500-kilogram) fighting bulls with the aid of only a cape and sword.

    -- Reported by The Associated Press

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    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighters Juan Jose Padilla, right, Jose Maria Manzanares, center, and Morante de la Puebla, wait to enter the arena before a bullfight, March 4.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla adjusts his 'capote' before a bullfight, March 4.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla, left, is greeted by the audience, March 4.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla aims his sword during a bullfight, March 4.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla performs during a bullfight, March 4.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla is carried out of the ring among jubilant crowd scenes on the shoulders of fellow bullfighter Serafin Marin, an honor for the best performers, after a bullfight, March 4.

     

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    bull-fighting is disgusting..its not a sport and should be outlawed!

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  • 1
    Feb
    2012
    1:24am, EST

    Bullfight at the Santa Teresa festival in Nicaragua

    Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters

    A man takes part in a bullfight during the Santa Teresa festival in Carazo, south from Managua on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

    Oswaldo Rivas / Reuters

    A man is tossed by a bull during the Santa Teresa festival in Carazo,Nicaragua on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

     

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    Wonderful photos... Congratulations...

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