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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
    Oct
    2012
    8:36pm, EDT

    Mexico's bullfighting ban stalls, fighters carry on

    A Mexican banderillero adjusts his montera before the start of a bullfight at La Mexico bullring in Mexico City, Sept. 16, 2012.

    Edgard Garrido / Reuters — A legislative initiative to ban bullfighting in the country's capital has stalled since April due to a lack of consensus among the seven political parties. The initiative is a direct result of Catalonia's ban of the sport in 2010 launched last year by the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) and supported by the country's animal rights groups.

    Aspiring bullfighter Mirafuentes de Anda, 20, waves a cape in front of a bull at La Mexico bullring in Mexico City, Sept. 16.

    Apprentice bullfighter Mario 'mayito' Bueno, 13, poses for a photograph during an Under 14 Apprentice Bullfighting competition at the Arroyo bullring in Mexico City, Sept. 8.

    A matador's bull training aid sits at La Mexico bullring in Mexico City, Sept. 16.

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    Bullfighting is sheer torture for the bulls. What they do to the bulls before they even enter the ring is nothing but sheer torture and the grossest cruelty to animals. Thank goodness there are groups in Mexico City fighting to stop bull fighting.

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