https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed With the news last week that the Spanish city of Pamplona in Navarra has been forced to cancel its bull running fiesta for the second year running due to the Covid crisis, animal rights activists have seized on the opportunity to call for it to be banned permanently. https://www.thelocal.es/20210209/peta-offers-cash-to-ban-pamplonas-famous-running-of-the-bulls-forever Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:57:45 +0100 peta-offers-cash-to-ban-pamplonas-famous-running-of-the-bulls-forever Cape and sword in hand, bullfighter Javier Conde has started training again despite the ongoing closure of Spain's bullrings over the coronavirus epidemic and with no opening date in sight. https://www.thelocal.es/20200601/how-coronavirus-is-threating-to-end-spains-bullfighting-tradition Mon, 01 Jun 2020 17:54:13 +0200 how-coronavirus-is-threating-to-end-spains-bullfighting-tradition Spain's majestic 'toros' draw thousands to the bullrings every year, but the country's Covid-19 lockdown has wrecked the 2020 bullfighting season and condemned many of the animals to the abattoir. https://www.thelocal.es/20200501/covid-19-deals-major-blow-to-spains-bullfighting-season Fri, 01 May 2020 18:04:51 +0200 covid-19-deals-major-blow-to-spains-bullfighting-season A man died after being gored by a bull on Thursday during a festival in Cuéllar. https://www.thelocal.es/20190830/spectator-gored-to-death-during-spains-cullar-bull-run Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:26:27 +0200 spectator-gored-to-death-during-spains-cullar-bull-run It may seem like a less dangerous pursuit than being chased through narrow cobbled streets by a pack of half-tonne angry bulls, but Spain's 'boloencierro' run has once again claimed a victim and the irony of the situation has not been lost on anyone. https://www.thelocal.es/20190826/running-of-the-balls-claims-new-victim-the-mayor-who-tried Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:39:01 +0200 running-of-the-balls-claims-new-victim-the-mayor-who-tried Thousands of revellers raised candles and red scarves in the air and swayed back and forth as they sang a mournful song to mark the end on Sunday of Spain's most famous bull running festival in Pamplona which saw eight daredevils gored this year. https://www.thelocal.es/20190715/famed-spanish-bull-run-festival-ends-with-8-people-gored-this-year Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:18:37 +0200 famed-spanish-bull-run-festival-ends-with-8-people-gored-this-year Activists from animal rights group PETA staged a protest ahead of Pamplona's famous running of the bulls - taking particular aim at foreign revellers. https://www.thelocal.es/20190705/watch-topless-animal-rights-activists-stage-protest-ahead-of-pamplonas-running-of-the-bulls-fiesta Fri, 05 Jul 2019 15:15:28 +0200 watch-topless-animal-rights-activists-stage-protest-ahead-of-pamplonas-running-of-the-bulls-fiesta It may have seemed like a less dangerous pursuit than being chased through narrow cobbled streets by a pack of half-tonne angry bulls, but the humane alternative to running with the bulls staged by one Madrid town this weekend, claimed its fair share of casualties. https://www.thelocal.es/20170830/two-seriously-injured-running-of-the-balls-fiesta Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:25:12 +0200 two-seriously-injured-running-of-the-balls-fiesta Two people were gored during the seventh and penultimate running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20170713/two-gored-in-seventh-bull-run-of-pamplona Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:09:28 +0200 two-gored-in-seventh-bull-run-of-pamplona Spain's royal family joined politicians and the bullfighting world on Sunday in mourning matador Ivan Fandino, gored to death in a fight in France. https://www.thelocal.es/20170619/spain-royal-family-mourn-slain-matador-gored-by-bull Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:14:03 +0200 spain-royal-family-mourn-slain-matador-gored-by-bull Animal rights activists secretly filmed celebrations in the town of Medinaceli on Saturday, when a bull was caked in mud and had balls of fire attached to its horns. https://www.thelocal.es/20161115/shocking-footage-show-bull-being-set-on-fire-in-fiesta Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:54:25 +0100 shocking-footage-show-bull-being-set-on-fire-in-fiesta When two headless bison were discovered at a nature reserve in eastern Spain wildlife police launched a search for trophy hunters who they believed had poisoned the animals to death before removing their heads. https://www.thelocal.es/20161027/wildlife-ranger-accused-over-decapitated-bison-in-valencia Thu, 27 Oct 2016 18:12:07 +0200 wildlife-ranger-accused-over-decapitated-bison-in-valencia Guard dogs were not proving enough of a deterrent to thieves at a car breakers yard in eastern Spain so the owner has brought in a pair of fighting bulls. https://www.thelocal.es/20161026/bulls-replace-guard-dogs-at-scrap-yard-in-valencia Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:01:46 +0200 bulls-replace-guard-dogs-at-scrap-yard-in-valencia Spectators were stunned when the two animals, each weighing around half a tonne dropped to the ground dead after charging headfirst into each other ahead of a bullfight. https://www.thelocal.es/20160920/two-bulls-killed-instantly-in-head-on-collision-bullring Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:45:19 +0200 two-bulls-killed-instantly-in-head-on-collision-bullring It was the first year that the killing of the bull was outlawed at the notorious festival in Tordesillas, and taurino aficionados didn’t like it. https://www.thelocal.es/20160913/crowds-clash-over-ban-at-tordesillas-bull-festival Tue, 13 Sep 2016 17:08:03 +0200 crowds-clash-over-ban-at-tordesillas-bull-festival A 36-year-old Spaniard died on Tuesday after being gored in the neck by a bull during a village fiesta. https://www.thelocal.es/20160831/bull-fatally-gores-spain-neck-at-village-fiesta-vilavella Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:39:30 +0200 bull-fatally-gores-spain-neck-at-village-fiesta-vilavella A seven-year-old girl was fighting for her life in a hospital in Zaragoza after being seriously gored when a bull broke through a protective barrier at a festival in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20160817/seven-year-old-girl-gored-by-bull-in-spanish-fiesta Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:29:37 +0200 seven-year-old-girl-gored-by-bull-in-spanish-fiesta A 59-year-old man died after being gored in the chest and head as he tried to outrun a bull in during the annual fiesta in Valrio, Extremadura. https://www.thelocal.es/20160802/man-gored-to-death-during-bull-run-festival-in-spain Tue, 02 Aug 2016 12:55:18 +0200 man-gored-to-death-during-bull-run-festival-in-spain The 47-year-old woman did not plan on running with the bulls, but was caught by surprise as she came out of a doorway. https://www.thelocal.es/20160718/mother-of-two-gored-to-death-in-southern-spain Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:00:00 +0200 mother-of-two-gored-to-death-in-southern-spain Half-tonne fighting bulls gored two Spanish men on Sunday as thousands of red-scarved daredevils sprinted down narrow dew-slicked streets in Pamplona's annual running of the bulls. https://www.thelocal.es/20160710/pamplona-bulls Sun, 10 Jul 2016 16:01:33 +0200 pamplona-bulls