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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:43 PM Jul 2016

Bullfighter Victor Barrio Fatally Gored on Spanish TV During Live Broadcast

Source: Reuters

A bullfighter and a man participating in a village bull-run were killed in Spain on Saturday, while another two men were gored by the animals at the world-famous festival in the town of Pamplona.


Image: Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, is carried out from the bullring after being gored during a bullfight

Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, is carried out from the bullring after being gored during a bullfight held on the occasion of Feria del Angel in Teruel, Aragon, Spain, on July 9. ANTONIO GARCIA / EPA
Victor Barrio, a 29-year-old professional bullfighter, was killed when a bull's horn pierced his chest in front of spectators as he competed in a fight in the town of Teruel in the eastern region of Aragon.

His death, shown live on television, was confirmed on the website of Madrid's Las Ventas bullring, where Barrio began as an apprentice bullfighter in 2010. He is the first Spanish bullfighter to die in a ring since the turn of the century.

In the southeastern village of Pedreguer near Valencia, a 28-year-old Spaniard was killed during a bull-run, in which people risk life and limb by racing alongside specially-bred fighting bulls through narrow streets.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bullfighter-victor-barrio-fatally-gored-spanish-tv-during-live-fight-n606516

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Bullfighter Victor Barrio Fatally Gored on Spanish TV During Live Broadcast (Original Post) Purveyor Jul 2016 OP
. . In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #1
So, the bull won a fight that was heavily stacked against him. Helen Borg Jul 2016 #2
No. In 2014 when this happened. A second fighter stepped into the ring to kill the bull. NWCorona Jul 2016 #4
That is kind of unfair, no? Helen Borg Jul 2016 #7
Doesn't seem fair at all NWCorona Jul 2016 #12
You should have sport in quotes! 7962 Jul 2016 #25
By the time the matador enters the ring, the bull has been stabbed and sliced Beaverhausen Jul 2016 #28
Maybe they'll stop this ridiculous show of animal abuse. apcalc Jul 2016 #3
+1000 narnian60 Jul 2016 #5
Not likely . . . MousePlayingDaffodil Jul 2016 #6
we live in a pretty sick culture that also tortures human beings. olddad56 Jul 2016 #31
...!100++++ 840high Jul 2016 #17
They already look like evil fools, wearing expensive costumes to torture innocent animals to death. Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #8
"Sometimes, Senor, the bull wins" The Second Stone Jul 2016 #9
Man, haven't heard that punchline -- or the joke that goes with it -- in quite some time. nt villager Jul 2016 #26
We just tell them by punchline at my house The Second Stone Jul 2016 #27
Man, I totally forgot about that joke. Frank Cannon Jul 2016 #33
Occasionally the cruel get their own retribution. . . Stargleamer Jul 2016 #10
This appalling activity should... 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #11
I don't feel bad for him. Cobalt Violet Jul 2016 #13
la la la la TRADITION! pansypoo53219 Jul 2016 #14
Barbaric animal abuse uawchild Jul 2016 #15
One less asshole in this world. cpwm17 Jul 2016 #16
Just say "No!" to bullfighting FrodosPet Jul 2016 #18
They are both bad Beaverhausen Jul 2016 #29
Beef cattle ARE NOT factory farmed Drahthaardogs Jul 2016 #34
Oh brother, not THIS again. Coventina Jul 2016 #36
Yes I do realize that FrodosPet Jul 2016 #37
If that's what you are after, I think you need to address your comments specfically to bovine eaters Coventina Jul 2016 #39
Tough shit, dude. Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #19
Go BULLS! Coventina Jul 2016 #20
Fuckin' A. Iggo Jul 2016 #23
I always cheer for the bull at these events. EL34x4 Jul 2016 #21
Hope the bull gets presented with Barrio's ear. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2016 #22
if there were no bullfighting... dhill926 Jul 2016 #24
One less asshole in the world chernabog Jul 2016 #30
Top Spanish matador Victor Barrio gored to death in arena live on TV Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #32
Score one for the bulls. This isn't a sport, it's animal abuse. Vinca Jul 2016 #35
"Spanish matador's widow tells of her heartbreak" (Daily Mail warning) Coventina Jul 2016 #38

Helen Borg

(3,963 posts)
2. So, the bull won a fight that was heavily stacked against him.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:47 PM
Jul 2016

Will they give him a medal and let him go?

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
4. No. In 2014 when this happened. A second fighter stepped into the ring to kill the bull.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:53 PM
Jul 2016

IMO it's a sick sport.

Beaverhausen

(24,466 posts)
28. By the time the matador enters the ring, the bull has been stabbed and sliced
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:24 PM
Jul 2016

By the guys who weaken the bull by slicing it's neck muscles. It's such a sick spectacle. I doubt the bull would survive those injuries even without the final blow.

6. Not likely . . .
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:59 PM
Jul 2016

. . . so I suppose that all one can do is continue to root for the bulls to win some.

A pretty sick culture is one that tortures animals as a spectator "sport."

Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
8. They already look like evil fools, wearing expensive costumes to torture innocent animals to death.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:02 PM
Jul 2016

Makes the entire culture looks perverted, and ignorant.

Backward, infantile, primitive, untrustworthy. How can you respect cruel people?

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
33. Man, I totally forgot about that joke.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:03 AM
Jul 2016

I think I first read it in Playboy about 30 years ago. That was one of my go-to jokes, for a long time. Thanks for that.

3catwoman3

(23,812 posts)
11. This appalling activity should...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:13 PM
Jul 2016

...not even be called a sport.

It is way past time to end this barbaric practice.

uawchild

(2,208 posts)
15. Barbaric animal abuse
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:27 PM
Jul 2016

It's a vestige of blood sport left over from the Roman Empire epoch. They did animals vs animals, animals vs humans, and of course human vs human.

It's sickening that this bloodlust continues to this day.

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
18. Just say "No!" to bullfighting
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:39 PM
Jul 2016

These bovines should live as their brothers and sisters do. Fattened up on a farm, led down a chute to a hammer to the head on their way to becoming Filet Mignons and Big Macs.

As I understand it, the meat from the bulls is distributed to charities for the poor.

So is bullfighting that much worse than factory farming?

http://www.vice.com/read/dispatches-from-a-mexican-bullfight

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
34. Beef cattle ARE NOT factory farmed
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:35 AM
Jul 2016

Feed lots are gross but they are only there the last 100 days or so. Grew up on a ranch, a real working one.

Coventina

(26,844 posts)
36. Oh brother, not THIS again.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:36 PM
Jul 2016


Of course you are smart enough to realize it is possible to be offended by both practices?

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
37. Yes I do realize that
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:45 PM
Jul 2016

Maybe I proved a point to someone about the hypocrisy of condemning bullfighting while eating a cheeseburger?

Or maybe not.

Coventina

(26,844 posts)
39. If that's what you are after, I think you need to address your comments specfically to bovine eaters
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:51 PM
Jul 2016

On a site like DU, there's probably a LOT of us (myself included) who do NOT eat the flesh of our cousins.

Coventina

(26,844 posts)
20. Go BULLS!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:46 PM
Jul 2016

How many bulls have been killed by HIM in the course of his career?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.....

Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
32. Top Spanish matador Victor Barrio gored to death in arena live on TV
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:05 AM
Jul 2016

Top Spanish matador Victor Barrio gored to death in arena live on TV


It is the first death of a matador in the ring in Spain this century
Will Worley |
@willrworley |
5 hours ago|

A well-known matador has been killed during a bullfight in eastern Spain, the first such incident to occur in the country this century.

The fight was taking place at the festival Feria del Angel in Teruel, during an event which was being shown live on TV.

Professional bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, was killed by a bull which flipped him over with a horn, then continued to gore and push him along the ground.

Bystanders immediately rushed to help but Mr Barrio had already sustained severe injuries. Doctors were unable to save him and he died in hospital.

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/matador-victor-barrio-bullfight-gored-death-bull-arena-a7128991.html

Coventina

(26,844 posts)
38. "Spanish matador's widow tells of her heartbreak" (Daily Mail warning)
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:48 PM
Jul 2016

Matador Victor Barrio’s widow thanked well-wishers for their support today but confessed she was too devastated to say anything.

Raquel Sanz, 32, wrote on Twitter: 'Thanks to everyone. I cannot reply to you, I have no words. My life has gone, I have no strength, although I have a lot of thanks.'

She also thanked her home town of Sepulveda in the province of Segovia north-west of Madrid, writing: 'Thanks Sepulveda. Our Sepulveda. Yours and Mine' and telling her late husband in an emotional message: 'I’m sure that where you are you have a privileged view.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3683229/My-life-gone-no-strength-Matador-s-widow-tells-heartbreak-husband-bullfighter-gored-death-30-years.html#ixzz4E1rbaCl8

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OK, well, there's no way she could have ever foreseen this happening?

And sorry, but I have to over her comment about her late husband's "privileged view". As a Buddhist, I firmly believe he's in the Buddhist hell reserved for animal abusers, being whipped by horse-headed demons until he acknowledges his crimes, and is ready to be reborn as a bull destined for the ring....

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