Running Of The Bulls Once Again

The festival of San Ferm

The Running of the Bulls has as many as a dozen bulls and steers, weighing more than half a ton each, let loose for several minutes through a half-mile stretch of cobblestone streets behind thousands of human beings, many of them tourists. Since 1924, 13 people have been killed.

After one of the eight runs this year, 13 people were hospitalized. Seven of them were gored, all reportedly were in serious condition.

There are other ways of getting injured during the San Fermin Festival. The opening day of the fiesta on July 6 saw revelers jumping off fountains. Some of the jumpers sustained head injuries.

For the sixth year in a row, the Running of the Bulls was preceded by the Running of the Nudes, a protest organized by People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals. It featured animal rights activists, some of them naked except for plastic horns, and the red bandana worn by those who try to outrun the bulls.

One runner tests his mettle by trying to take a Marques de Domecq fighting bull by the horns, Instead, he gets gored and trampled, with the bull leaving him bloody.

The run ends in the bull ring, where participants from around the world continue to try to avoid getting gored.