Tag: bulls
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Legendary Spanish matador unable to eat or sleep after severe rectal goring injury
In the bullring, danger is part of the ritual. It sits beneath the music, the costumes, the applause, and the carefully measured steps between man and animal. For Morante de la Puebla, one of Spain’s best-known matadors, that danger became immediate during a bullfight at Seville’s Maestranza arena. Reports say the 46-year-old was gored during
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Bullfighter killed in Lisbon after 1,540 lb bull slams him into wall
When Manuel Maria Trindade, a 22-year-old forcado making his debut at Lisbon’s Campo Pequeno arena, stepped into the ring on that summer evening, few imagined the tradition would turn so devastating. The bull, estimated at about 700 kg (around 1,540 lb), charged with such force that it lifted Trindade off his feet and hurled him