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//__**A BULLFIGHT IN DETAIL**__// There are 6 bulls in one bullfight and there are 3 bullfighters in a bullfight. To get a loud applause you need to show how much you can control the bull. The bullfight starts in the late afternoon. Each incounter lasts about 15 minuets. The matadors and there teams walk out in a prosession. The first matadors assistance gets the bull mad because it moves a purple cape to see how it moves in a burling. (The bull goes for the cape because it is a big moving target not because of it's color the bull is color blind so it cannot see colors.) Then the judge signals the entry of two lancers on horseback one of them is to pierce the bull with his lance in the bulls neck this is suppose to weaken the bulls strong neck muscles. The first of three matadors run towards the bull making the bull charge the matador is then supposes to place two banderillas into the bulls neck. Finally the matador enrages the bull with his cape by doing a series of passes.When the bull is tired the matador kills the bull with a curved sword by stabing it between the central vertebra and the bulls heart. If the bull is killed clean, then the judge will cut of the ears and tail of the bull and give them to the matador. As we speak animal rights groups are trying to ban spanish bull fights. They think that it is just people watching the killing of innocent bulls for entertainment. A lot of the time when people are cheering and waiting for the bullfight to start, animal rights groups are going into the arena to stop the bullfighs. Even on july 28 2010 lawmakers in Catalonia banned bullfighting. This has been the biggest blow to the sport so far. Animal rights activist also argue that it is not a fair fight because the bull is already bleded befor it gets into the ring and they say matadors aren't brave for fighting a bull because they are seldomly killed. Bulls are not the only ones hurt in a bullfight so are hourses. When the matadors stab them from atop of the horses the bull lashes out at the horses thinking the horse has stabed it and because the horse is blind folded it cannot escape. Nobody knows when bullfighting started. But times it has been used in history is when kights from different kingdomes would kill each other, but when they realized the bulls were a bigger challenge they started fighting the bulls. Another time it was used was when the Celtiberians hunted bulls that roamed around in there forest. There are many more times in history once when bullfighting was used but I don't have enought room/time to tell you about all of them. The first formal bullfight took place in honor of king Alfons VIII. Then later in history King Phillip the 2nd didn't like bullfighting, so he got Pope Pius to get it banned. Francisco Romero was the first real bullfighter in Spain. He fought bulls for 30 years. Another famous bullfighter is Pedro Romero who is francisco Romeros son he killed 5,600 bull in his 20 year span as a bullfighter also made a bullfighting school in Sevilla. Bullfighting is often linked to rome.
 * //__BULLFIGHTING__//**
 * //__VOCAB__//**
 * Traje de luces=the suit of light
 * Piaza de toros=one of the oldest bullfighting arena
 * Matador=main bullfighter/kills bull
 * Banderillero=the bullfighter helper who put the banderillas in the bulls neck
 * Paseillo=bullfighting opening parade
 * Suerte suprema=The final round
 * Corrida de toro=word for bullfighting
 * Banderillas=colorful darts that get shoved in a bulls neck
 * Veronica= The move that is used to trick the bull
 * Tercois=three parts of the bullfight
 * Terero=The word for matador
 * //__ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST__//**
 * __//THE HISTORY OF BULLFIGHTING//__**

The bull in a bullfight are born on wide range ranches. Then they are raised by its mother until it is 1 years old and is then they will be sperated from it's mother and be moved to a new ranch that will be only that bulls gender. Once the bulls are 4 years old, they are concidered to be ready for bullfighting. To fight in a first rank match, the have to be 460 kg. To fight in a second rank ,match, they have to be 435 kg. To be in a third rank match they need to be 410 kg. To fight they have to have full fucntianal vision, perfect horns, and be in good condition. Sometimes the bull will be spared because it has oustanding behavior in the ring, their average lifespan is 20-25 years for these bulls. The bulls are selected on there agrresion, strength, intelagence, and stanima. __//**Bibliography**//__ We found the pictures at Hellotravel.com and at Suite life.com We found are info at Encyclopedia.com Wikipedia.com and at Bullfighting...................com
 * //__FUN FACTS__//**
 * 24,000 bulls are killed each year
 * a bull run is when bulls are realesed in the streets and people try to run away and stay alive
 * there are 8 entrences in a bullfighting arena
 * the arena has a shaded side and an open side
 * the cheapest seats are at the very top
 * only 10 matadors have died in the last 50 years
 * there is a tune played on a trumpet before every bullfight
 * //__THE BULLS IN BULLFIGHTING__//**