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Is bullfighting on its last gasp?

There's life in the spectacle yet

14 May 2016

9:00 AM

14 May 2016

9:00 AM

Looking at the programme for the feria of San Isidro in Madrid this month (bullfights are being held on 31 consecutive days), it may be hard to believe that there is any threat to the future of the spectacle — it is not a sport — of what in Spain is called la corrida (the running of the bulls).

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