off topic - Já que falamos de BULLS
Enviado: 10/7/2003 15:20PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Three Spaniards were gored on Thursday as they were pursued by bulls down Pamplona's narrow streets in the latest of the city's traditional bull runs.
The event involves running through the streets of the northern Spanish town chased by six bulls on their way to the bull ring for the afternoon's bullfight.
On Tuesday two Americans and an Australian were seriously injured.
On Thursday, the fourth day of the festival, 12 people were injured, an official Web page said. Three Pamplona natives were gored and nine others -- including an 18-year old Italian and a 14-year-old American -- were injured from falls or knocks.
One person caught the horns of a bull in the thigh, another's abdomen was pierced and another was left with a 15 cm (6 in) gash in his shoulder.
Between 30 and 40 people have been treated for minor injuries at the festival so far.
The bulls had a rough run. The last animal, reluctant to enter the enclosure, stretched out the time of the run to 4 minutes and 28 seconds. Campaign group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) plans to present the mayor of Pamplona with thousands of postcards calling for an end to the event. Over 22,000 signed postcards have been collected throughout Europe in two weeks.
PETA would substitute the event with a "human run." Around 150 people took part in such an event before this year's festival, running through the streets wearing nothing but false bull's horns and red scarves.
They say this festival would attract more tourists and would put an end to the cruelty endured by the bulls.
Thirteen people have been killed since 1900, the last an American, Matthew Tassio, on July 13, 1995. Hundreds have been injured.
The event involves running through the streets of the northern Spanish town chased by six bulls on their way to the bull ring for the afternoon's bullfight.
On Tuesday two Americans and an Australian were seriously injured.
On Thursday, the fourth day of the festival, 12 people were injured, an official Web page said. Three Pamplona natives were gored and nine others -- including an 18-year old Italian and a 14-year-old American -- were injured from falls or knocks.
One person caught the horns of a bull in the thigh, another's abdomen was pierced and another was left with a 15 cm (6 in) gash in his shoulder.
Between 30 and 40 people have been treated for minor injuries at the festival so far.
The bulls had a rough run. The last animal, reluctant to enter the enclosure, stretched out the time of the run to 4 minutes and 28 seconds. Campaign group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) plans to present the mayor of Pamplona with thousands of postcards calling for an end to the event. Over 22,000 signed postcards have been collected throughout Europe in two weeks.
PETA would substitute the event with a "human run." Around 150 people took part in such an event before this year's festival, running through the streets wearing nothing but false bull's horns and red scarves.
They say this festival would attract more tourists and would put an end to the cruelty endured by the bulls.
Thirteen people have been killed since 1900, the last an American, Matthew Tassio, on July 13, 1995. Hundreds have been injured.