Bullfighters at the Pamplona festival have found new and, mercifully, less bloody ways to torment the animals. The 'recortadors' usually leap over the bulls tiring them out to make them easier to despatch later on by the matadors. But in Pamplona this year they have taken to using poles to vault the beasts, a bizarre carousel and even quad-bikes to test their bovine stamina. Earlier during the running of the bulls through the norther spanish city one man was gored and four injured, the Red Cross said. Enlarge Can't catch him: A quad-bike rider is chased by a wild cow at the bullring on the third day of the annual San Fermin festival in Pamplona Enlarge A quad-bike rider is chased by a wild cow during an exhibition of riding and acrobatic skills at the bullring on the third day of the annual San Fermin festival in Pamplona...
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