Man killed in bull run - Pamplona bans vuvuzela
A man was gored to death during a running of bulls at a festival in a small town over the weekend.
Ivan Tejero Morales died instantly on Saturday after being gored in the chest in the town of Fuentesauco during a pre-dawn bull-run held as part of the town's annual festival.
He was treated by doctors at the scene but could not be saved.
The death came days ahead the famed San Fermin festival in the northern city of Pamplona, which starts tomorrow and sees dozens of people injured annually.
Last year's festival saw the first goring death in nearly 15 years.
Meanwhile, Pamplona today banned World Cup vuvuzela trumpets for its famous bull run, with the deafening instrument already popular ahead of Spain's football semi-final.
"The municipality has banned the sale of vuvuzelas in the stands set up for the San Fermin festival, due to the noise disturbance they produce," the mayor of the northern town said in a statement.
The trumpets would produce "unpleasant and dangerous noise for neighbours," the mayor said, the day before the annual San Fermin festival begins, which involves the famous bull run through the streets of Pamplona.
The tuneless, deafening plastic vuvuzelas have become the defining sound of South Africa's World Cup, leaving television networks hunting for ways to filter out the constant buzz.
With Spain playing Germany on July 7 for a place in the World Cup final, football excitement will no doubt mix with the festival activities.
During the bull run crowds race ahead of a pack of animals that thunder along a course through urban streets to the town bullring, where a bullfight is staged.
Last year at the event in Pamplona a man was killed after he tripped and a bull gored him in the neck.
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mario genovese
Jul 6th 2010, 09:25
Governments should have the guts to abolish certain traditions (not just for the sake of animals), but for HUMAN safety in the first place! If it was for the sake of tradition we would still be attending to a lion fight at the Ta Qali stadium instead of a football game - right? Tradition is always an excuse brought up by those who enjoy risking their lives and other people's lives sometimes too.
Ramon Casha
Jul 6th 2010, 09:12
Isn't that a bit like jumping into the water and complaining about getting wet?
R.Gatt
Jul 6th 2010, 08:32
Go Bulls!! Kill/Maim them all!
Chris Vidal
Jul 6th 2010, 01:22
This is a show to prove that human beings never change in their behaviour. People enjoyed the same kind of entertainment 2000 years ago when Roman emperors were organising these kind of games to deviate people from problems of everyday life. Today we say that this is tradition, an argument that does not hold water at all. This is not only a barbaric act towards animals but also an irresponsible one towards respect to human life and health. Where are the governments? what tradition? if people were not able to think hundreds of years ago then it shows that nothing changed. Or maybe this tradition is allowed to get rid of those that participate in these festivals that have very limited grey matter in their head.
K Cassar
Jul 6th 2010, 00:30
Every country have their own traditions... are these traditions a little too excessive?
Joe Agius
Jul 6th 2010, 00:23
It is not fair to write in an article like this that " Last year's festival saw the first goring death in nearly 15 years" couse every hour of every day bulls are being killed brutally in Spain. I am not saying that I am happy with such a death but to say the truth I feel no remorse for the killed persons in such activities.
Melvin Tonna
Jul 6th 2010, 11:35
@ Joe Agius
Agree with you 110%! Great comment!
Go Bulls!
Isabella Peresso Fiorentino
Jul 5th 2010, 22:26
Well, serves the man right I suppose. Perhaps one fine day we'll stop entertaining ourselves to the detriment of animals. So the Major disagrees with the use of the vuvuzela because it may harm humans. What about the poor bulls? Aren't they petrified enough with this outrageous festival? I can just imagine the confusion the bulls go through. The deafening sound of the vuvzelas is what they need.
I feel absolutely no pity for this man and others like him who were injured during this horrific cruelty to the bulls.