Don Chavez and Buzzfeed had the poop on this bullfighter from Spain that was gored in the chest during a “performance” on Wednesday. From BF:
Israel Lancho is currently in serious condition after undergoing surgery for a 20cms hole, and we’re assuming the bull was put down shortly thereafter.
I can only hope that bull got on a boat and came to America, where we either kill the damn thing and throw it on the grill, or just let him hang out until we run out of other stuff to eat. If you hadn’t noticed in the image, that’s a goddamn SWORD in the bull’s back. Nothing better to do in Spain than dragging on the killing of animals for show? Michael Vick is plotting his comeback in the wrong country. F’ck Spain.
Watch the DC video after the jump, if you like. I’m sure it’s as disturbing as you’d expect it to be. But watching the rest of his clown posse drag him to medical attention is somewhat gratifying. Not that I’m bitter.
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Matador Jose Tomas suffered one of those professional hazards Sunday when he got gored twice during a bullfight in Madrid. One of them was to the groin. My voice just climbed a few pitches thinking about it.
The 32-year-old, who is widely considered one of the best bullfighters of all time, was competing at the Las Ventas bullring in the Spanish capital when he sustained his injuries.
Tomas, who received medical treatment at the scene, sustained one groin injury that looked exceptionally painful.
You don't say. I'm surprised the writer didn't walk up to the matador after the fight and say "You mess with the bull, you get the horns!" while giggling and playing with a bubble blowing wand. I know I was.
Tomas, who retired in 2002 only to return last year, is known for taking his teddy bears on tour with him for luck and possibly to scare away any pussy that might come his way. So, yeah, no harm done with the bull-induced castration.
Jairo Miguel is a 14-year-old professional bullfighter from Spain who moved to Mexico because his home country's laws were too uptight about children dodging pissed off half-ton animals with horns. And what do you know, he was almost gored to death by a 900-pound bull.
[A] bull named Hidrocalido rushed him at top speed and lifted him in the air, appearing to carry him several yards with one horn firmly lodged in his thorax. “I’m dying, dad, I’m dying,” government news agency Notimex quoted Jairo as saying immediately after the goring.
What a drama queen. It was only a punctured lung. Although I suppose he may have been talking about going to a Mexican hospital.
[T]he responsibility for young bullfighters rests largely with their families, who are often the ones who encourage their sons to go into bullfighting in the first place. “Normally, it’s the parents of these children — and they are children — who put them into bullfighting schools,” [one official] said.
Another set of crazy sports parents. I went through the same thing as little Jairo, once. Lots of pressure, competing out of my weight class. The adrenaline and danger were too much to handle at such a young age. Well, not bullfighting. It was chess. Hey, you can get hurt if those pieces aren't sanded down properly.
