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Bull 1 : Matador 0... Late Saturday night, I picked up on a news story coming out of Spain. Apprentice Matador Victor Barrio was competing in a bull-fighting tournament Saturday July 9th at a festival held in a small town in Eastern Spain. Barrio was 29 and considered a late starter to bull fighting as he began his apprenticeship in 2010 winning several awards. The event was on live television and Barrio allowed the bull to get too close. The bull turned his horns unexpectedly and got the best of him. By now the video has gone viral. I've seen it several times from different sources including slow-motion replay. You can see the bull hooked him in the leg and flipped him to the ground ramming his side with his horn piercing under his shoulder blade. Victor was face down unconscious. Several men dragged him away... obviously, no stretcher they must have thought bull-fighting was foolproof. He was taken to the hospital where doctors were unable to save him. Certainly a sad day to loose a Matador and according to one story, Victor's death marks the first Matador fatality in Spain since 1987 when Colombian Jose Eslava Caceres was pinned against the boards. The deadly blow pierced his lungs. Oddly enough, I never considered bull-fighting a sport... The photo attached is the late Victor Barrio. . . 
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I read somewhere that if the bull wins, he cannot be used again... why not. Just like a Matador, he survived once, why not give him another chance to compete?
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