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sl8

(13,847 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 11:57 AM Jun 2022

Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61945917
(Video at link)

Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse

Published 11 hours ago

At least four people have been killed and more than 300 were injured after a stand collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia.

Footage showed the three-storey wooden stand filled with spectators falling at a stadium in El Espinal, Tolima department.

A bull continued to roam the ring as people fled the wreckage.

The traditional "corraleja" event involved members of the public entering the ring to engage the bulls.

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Colombia: Scores injured in deadly bullfight stand collapse (Original Post) sl8 Jun 2022 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Jun 2022 #1
At least the bull was ok. RandySF Jun 2022 #2
+1 jeffreyi Jun 2022 #3
That's pretty much my sentiment on the matter. Wingus Dingus Jun 2022 #4
In Colombian Corralejas, they don't kill the bull Effete Snob Jun 2022 #5

Response to sl8 (Original post)

 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
5. In Colombian Corralejas, they don't kill the bull
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 12:13 PM
Jun 2022

This particular form of animal cruelty is more like the San Fermin festival than what we usually think of as a "bullfight".

Not that it makes a world of difference....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corraleja

A corraleja is a bullfighting festival in the Caribbean region of Colombia. In this type of event, the public is invited to engage the bulls in the ring. Compared a Spanish-style bullfight, the bulls are not killed after the fight, and the event is much less formal
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