CS of purple flowers on top of wall, PAN RIGHT to HAMS of six black bulls in waiting pen of Plaza Del Toro stadium in Manizales (1:27). CS, back view of toreador kneeling and praying in front of small altar (0:16). Shot of elegantly dressed toreadors entering ring and saluting crowd, picking up their capes, practicing their moves (1:00). MLS of bullfight preliminaries, bull is run around to get him tired (0:34). Shots of men raking sand in ring (0:06). CS of man on ringside sharpening killing sword (0:10). Series of shots of bullfight, toreador is very good, defying and harassing beast, planting spikes into its back, kneeling before exhausted animal, delivering fatal blow with killing sword and being knocked down by bull (he is unhurt), men draw animal away, toreador kneels before dying beast as it falls to the ground, shots of cheering crowd, he salutes crowd, picks up flowers (7:47). MLS of another toreador being trampled by bull in ring, PAN to shot of crowd reacting (0:24), CS of man on ringside sharpening killing sword, PAN to MS of another toreador being trampled by bull (0:39).

IS IT A RICH, CULTURAL TRADITION OR MERELY ANIMAL ABUSE? THE BULLFIGHTING SEASON IS UNDERWAY AND THAT QUESTION IS BEING ASKED BY A LOT OF ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS. ROY GALVAN SHOWS US THE ACTIVITY THAT IS AS POPULAR IN SPAIN AND MEXICO AS BASEBALL IS IN THE U.S.

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El Cordobes - Bullfighter. Spain. <br/> <br/>Various shots El Cordobes in ring during fight with bull.

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Bull during a Camarguaise race, a sport in which participants try to catch award-winning attributes fixed to the forehead and the horns of a bull named cocardier, Les Saintes Maries de la Mer in the Camargue, South East of France, slow motion.

Various shots of bullfight in Spain in 1934

Colombia Bullfighting Ban

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Montage - bullfight

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15:54:58 NATURAL SOUND FTG. SOUNDBITE ( IN ENGLISH ) MAN CAMPAIGNING AGAINST BULLFIGHT / SOUNDBITE ( IN SPANISH ) MAN PRO BULLFIGHT / MEN IN STADIUM BULLFIGHTING. 15:57:52 BREAK.

MS of bullfight, toreador kneeling before exhausted animal, delivering fatal blow with killing sword (0:26). Shots of team coming out into ring with horse and cart and picking up dead bull, dragging it away, PAN to shot of team of toreadors leaving ring, waving to crowd, PAN of crowd leaving stadium (1:36). Various shots of man in back lot of Plaza Del Toro stadium in Manizales, bleeding and cleaning three dead bulls, many people come in and out (1:32). MS of cattle truck backing up through side door, many military police on motorcycles nearby, TILT UP to LAS of façade of stadium (0:40). Shots of people walking in street, going back home at dusk (0:24).

LONDON/ITALY/BULLFIGHTING

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A LITTLE BOY SAVES UP MONEY TO HELP SAVE BULLS FROM BULL FIGHTING.

Champion bull at bullfight

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00:00:00 Easter parade in Seville, Spain. 00:02:15 Bullfighting in La Maestranza.