BBC World - a bull attacked the crowd

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

he jumped over the wall and into the crowd.

they just showed a clip. whole story coming up.

even the animals have had enough.

edit to add this happened at a bullfight.

[SoCalDem]

1. When I was a child, I was dragged to bullfights.

What a horror., Sunday mass and then off to the arena :cry:

I ALWAYS rooted for the bull, and would cover my eyes the whole time.

One day a bull did jump the barricade and rampaged through the stands just like that Pajarito (the bull yesterday) did. neither "won" in the end, but It was a bit of poetic justice in action to watch all those bloodthirsty fans scrambling to get away from that bull all those years ago and yesterday..

[karlrschneider]

2. "Pajarito"?

Doesn't that mean 'little pigeon'? or parrot...?
:eyes:

[SoCalDem]

4. Little bird..or Birdie

He went out fighting like a BIG BIRD

[karlrschneider]

8. Okay thanks...well I was close.

:D

[wiggle-room]

3. Good for the bull!!!!!!!!

Dammed sadistic freaks watching a bull being tormented for fun.

Hello instant karma.

Hope it starts a trend.

[JudyM]

5. Yes - ya gotta love it! n/t

[hopeisaplace]

9. I know what you mean...I saw a bullfight in Pamplona Spain

..backpacked through Europe when I was a teenager..
saw the running of the bulls in Pamplona and went to
a bullfight...the bullfight was really hard to watch..
I felt so bad for the bulls, it was brutal.

[mitchtv]

6. I nominate Pajarito for a medal

There's something about that bovine that I like. A statue somewhere?
Did you see him just walk up that fence , and start to kick ass?

[Wilms]

7. The "bull attacked the crowd"?

Sorry. But I'm siding with the bull on this one.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. Yes, I do believe it was the paying crowd and bull "fighter" that

attacked first.

[XOKCowboy]

10. This is why I don't see Bull Riding as bad

To a rodeo bull the rider is comparable to me wearing a 15# backpack. The rider ties himself on the bull to give himself any chance at all and the only thing that he can touch the bull with (besides his butt) are a pair of blunted spurs. The bulls lead a charmed life. Only the best treatment on the road during rodeo season (full feed, water, constant supervision) and look forward to a retirement at stud. A lot of rodeo bulls just stop bucking as soon as the rider is thrown and then walk calmly off like it was no big deal. In every way the bull has the advantage and it seems there are more good bulls year by year than there are good cowboys.

Bullfighting? I never had a hankering to see one. Now Bull Riding the odds are much more slanted to the animal.

[LeftyMom]

13. You seem to have overlooked the strap with nails or glass in it,

and the electrical shocks, usually delivered to the anus or genitals, that it takes to get those generally placid beasts to buck the way they do.

If that's a charmed life, you and I must have a very different definition.

[XOKCowboy]

17. How many rodeos have you been to?

Have you seen this in person? I on the other hand have been to many rodeos and what you describe is fiction. Rodeo bulls don't need that to buck a puny little rider off. They're uhh... BULLS!

[LeftyMom]

19. More that you'd think

:shrug:

[XOKCowboy]

20. OK

Whatever you say.

[renate]

11. I saw the clip on KO

It was pretty impressive, actually. That bull was really light on his feet--he just FLEW up into the stands.

I'm glad nobody died, even if they were a bunch of sickos getting off on watching an animal be tortured. Karma doesn't always have to be instant to be effective.

on edit: after reading #13, I realize I should have said I'm glad no humans died. I forgot they actually kill the bull in bullfights (SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK), and I guess they made sure to do it this time.
What could possibly be fun, for a mentally healthy person, in seeing an animal treated like this and then KILLED?

[oblivious]

12. Oh dear, in the most expensive seats, too! (BBC Pics)

They killed the little guy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4663646.stm



more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4663644.stm

[Catchawave]

14. Olbermann showed it tonight....

...7 people injured, none life threatening....but he was rooting for the bull too. I felt so bad for that bull, what a horrible and unnecessary bloodsport.

[Maru Kitteh]

15. GO BULL! Tear them a new one while you can n/t.

[hopeisaplace]

18. Even the Bull has had enough of "The Bull"

Could be the new mascot for "Media Bull":evilgrin: