Young animal rights activists took to the streets in central Mexico City on Sunday in protest against the hundreds of bullfights that take place here in Mexico.
My sympathies were a hundred per cent with the animal, who was surrounded by humans mad with booze and testosterone.
One man died and 24 people, including one women, were injured in Huamantla’s amateur bullfighting festival in Mexico this weekend. Each year, the small town of Huamantla in the state of Tlaxcala celebrates the day of the Virgin Mary by creating brightly-coloured designs and draping the streets in colour. But it’s the amateur bull-fighting event [...]
Jose Hormos is part of the collective that organises the event in Huamantla each year that sees the bulls let loose in the streets. He spoke to NewCorrespondent.com about his views and the event, whilst sitting on top of a casket that contained a 450 kilo bull.
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