Read more bullfighting stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9712/bullfighting.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:07:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70182/matador-puts-gay-drink-ad-on-cape.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJoselito Ortega is breaking more boundaries than one. The little-known Spanish matador will be advertising his new sponsor on his cape while in the ring, an unheard-of break with tradition. Then there’s the sponsor itself, a club-scene energy drink called (seriously) “Gay Up.” It’s not exactly the kind of thing...http://www.newser.com/story/70182/matador-puts-gay-drink-ad-on-cape.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 14:04:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48919/kid-matador-kills-record-6-bulls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn 11-year-old Mexican bullfighter has broken a world record by killing six young bulls in a single bloody spectacle, reports the BBC. "I'm happy to have achieved this great victory," boasted the boy as he left the ring in Merida yesterday. The controversial bullfight exhibition won a last-minute go-ahead from...http://www.newser.com/story/48919/kid-matador-kills-record-6-bulls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Jan 2009 7:30:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/19901/ole-breeder-to-clone-prize-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlcalde is one in a million: The hulking black bull's sons have struck fear in the hearts of Spain's bravest matadors for more than a decade. But now, in his waning years, his famed breeder has commissioned a US company to make him two in a million—with the cloned...http://www.newser.com/story/19901/ole-breeder-to-clone-prize-bull.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 Feb 2008 14:16:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/13455/spain-deals-bullfights-fatal-blow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe traditional sport of bullfighting suffered what may prove to be a death blow yesterday, when the Spanish national television network decided not to include coverage in next year's schedule. Traditionalists are up in arms, but animal-rights advocates cheered the decision, which will eliminate the traditional Sunday afternoon broadcast of...http://www.newser.com/story/13455/spain-deals-bullfights-fatal-blow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Dec 2007 8:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/12027/dwarf-matadors-stand-tall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe image of a pint-sized bullfighter waving red at a calf might induce laughter among the more callous, but for Mexican little people, the bullfighting arena is serious stuff. The mini matadors acknowledge an element of humor in their act, but "if a little person can fight a bull, he...http://www.newser.com/story/12027/dwarf-matadors-stand-tall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Nov 2007 13:11:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/6195/spanish-tv-channel-nixes-live-bullfights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpanish state television will not show any live bullfights this year, bowing to restrictions on gore on daytime TV but disrupting a time-honored tradition. Televised bullfights had been a viewer magnet for public-TV station TVE, and fans are seeing red, the Guardian reports. "It is obvious that watching bullfights on...http://www.newser.com/story/6195/spanish-tv-channel-nixes-live-bullfights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Aug 2007 12:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/6052/bullfighting-dustup-has-france-on-guard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnimal activists and bullfighting fans in France are butting heads over an anti-bullfighting ad that shows bulls being speared and slaughtered. The French government banned the ad as too violent, prompting cries of hypocrisy from a well organized group of celebrities and dignitaries who have been protesting the gruesome "corrida"...http://www.newser.com/story/6052/bullfighting-dustup-has-france-on-guard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 18 Aug 2007 15:16:39 CDT