1 Dead at Pamplona; First Goring Death Since '95

[tekisui]

Source: AP

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — A charging bull gored a young Spanish man to death Friday at Pamplona's San Fermin festival, the first such fatality in nearly 15 years. Nine others were injured in a particularly dangerous and chaotic chapter of the running of the bulls.

Pamplona officials identified the man as Daniel Jimeno Romero, 27, from the Madrid suburbs of Alcala de Henares. He was on vacation with his parents and girlfriend, who identified him.

The San Fermin festival Web site said Jimeno Romero was gored in the neck and lung during a run in which a rogue bull named Capuchino separated from the pack, which is among the worst things that can happen at Spain's most popular fiesta.

Isolated bulls are more likely to get disoriented and start charging at people.

Photographs showed Jimeno Romero lying on a stretcher moments after the goring, his face and neck stained with blood and his eyes only half-open. An emergency medical worker was leaning over him, applying what appeared to be gauze to his neck wound.

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[SoCalDem]

1. Bizarre, crazy people.. and such a mean thing to do to poor animals

Bullfighting (where they end up) is the worst thing , and I can;t believe it's still "okay".

[marmar]

2. Look Mom, No Brains !!!!

The bulls are agents of the Darwin Society, here to "thin the herd", so to speak.

[hobbit709]

4. And it works quite well.

[Nye Bevan]

11. Yes- anyone who dies this way

should get an *automatic* Darwin award.

[MissHoneychurch]

3. I don't feel sorry

they know what they are doing? Why in the world do you want to run in front of an angry bull?

In my opinion bull fighting needs to be forbidden, at least the ones where the animals are being killed. I don't care if it is a tradition in Spain or not.

[tekisui]

6. I agree, same as the Japanese killing whales.

[mikeytherat]

9. Not just running in front of an angry bull. Running in front of an angry bull. On wet, uneven,

cobblestone streets. Most likely while intoxicated.

I, too, detest bullfighting, although the French version is not too bad: the bull's horns are capped and a rose is suspended between them. The "bullfighter" has no weapons, and must pluck the rose from between the horns.

mikey_the_rat

[Kurska]

5. Those runs are cruel not only to the bulls, but to the young men who don't know any better and end

up dead.

[Iggo]

15. Oh, they know better. They're just idiots.

[Vinca]

7. Bulls 1, Idiots 0. (At least for the running portion of the eventual slaughter.)

[backscatter712]

8. ¡Ole!

:evilgrin:

[cali]

10. I prefer Brattleboro, Vermont's "Strolling of the Heifers".

http://www.strollingoftheheifers.com/v2/

[piratefish08]

12. BREAKING - Bulls finally shatter losing streak. Gored runners demand rematch.

damn people. take up skateboarding or chess already...............

[Lars39]

13. Any body read Michener's Iberia?

The truly "brave" (ie crazy) run towards the bulls as they are released and then run along side them, the rest are wannabees. :silly:

[Iggo]

14. Yay, Bulls!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

16. You mess with the bull, you get the horns............

The running of the bulls seems kind of a silly tradition to me. :shrug:

[backscatter712]

17. Another bull victory from years past: Two in one!