When I was a kid, my mom took me to see a bull fight in Spain. (We were stationed in Germany at the time.) I remember being horrified and crying when they dragged the bull out, after the poor animal had expired.

I can appreciate tradition, but I think this one is barbaric.

Spanish matador Israel Lancho is gored by a Palha’s ranch bull during a bullfight at the San Isidro’s fair in Las Ventas bullring in, Madrid, on May 27, 2009. Lancho was hospitalized with an eight-inch wound below his ribcage. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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