A Spanish town has decided to steer itself away from its traditional running of the bulls festival after protests from animal rights campaigners.
Like many cities and towns all over the country, the bull run in Mataelpino, in central Spain, saw daring locals run through the streets ahead of angry and tormented bulls.
Many locals and visitors alike were injured and gored during the annual festival, and it never turned out well for the bulls either.
After animal activists demanded that the festival be stopped – claiming unnecessary animal cruelty – town hall officials rolled out a novel idea: replace the bulls with large polystyrene balls.
The new festival sees runners trying (and mostly succeeding) to outpace the giant balls as they race downhill to the town’s old bull ring.
The risk of being run into by a polystyrene ball does not get the adrenaline pumping quite as much as the thought of being gored to death by a one-ton angry Sunday roast, as can be seen below.
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