Bull is a term that comes from the Latin word taurus. It is an adult and male specimen belonging to the bovid group. It is characterized by its robust body, covered with short hair, and its horns. Bulls (males) and cows (females) constitute the cattle. In the case of bulls, they can weigh more than 1,000 kilograms and measure up to one and a half meters. On the head it has two horns that can be oriented laterally or upwards. These animals are herbivores and can spend up to eight hours a day digesting their food. Bulls are ruminants: they regurgitate the semi-digested feed to chew it again and finally crumble it completely. One of its characteristics less known by anyone who has never approached a bull is the harshness that its voice can reach: when one bull picks a fight with another, it begins to dig hard into the ground while shouting repeatedly, at first with low notes, but, curiously, after a while it reaches a height that has little to do with its image. The human being and the bull have always maintained a close relationship, unfortunately for the latter. Domesticated for almost 10,000 years, they are bred for meat and leather and as draft animals (ie, to pull carriages and machines). In some countries, bulls are used in bullfighting, an event that pits a man against an animal and usually ends with the death of the bull. The activity is known as bullfighting. Bullfighting is a show of extreme violence, exploiting the bull for economic purposes (as much as when it is used for meat), but supposedly combined with entertainment and, for some, art or mysticism. Although in no dictionary or encyclopedia can we find a definition of fun that includes the torture of a living being, lovers of this unfortunate tradition defend it with as many arguments as they must invent, regardless of their lack of foundation. The bull suffers much more than physical damage when he goes out into the ring to be humiliated, injured and killed: he must face a deep disappointment, when he sees that who until then had shown himself as his human friend suddenly turns against him. and try to kill him. In fact, the entire creation of these animals responds to a well-defined and twisted structure; for example, it is usual to sedate them before discharge, so that they begin to “act” confused and disoriented. Although millions of Spaniards are against bullfighting and are not exactly proud that foreigners associate it with their country, the image of Spain abroad has bullfighting stamped on the flag itself. If we add to this the fact that many tourists are happy after having witnessed a bullfight for the first time, the situation of these poor animals does not seem very flattering. All this without neglecting the pressure from certain figures of power, both from the government and from the entertainment world: dozens of actors, writers, singers and journalists, as well as politicians, began to say that bullfighting is poetry. In colloquial language, subjects who are very strong are usually called bulls: “Don’t worry, grandfather will overcome this disease and progress: he is a bull”, “Since I started eating healthy and I am more physically active”. , I’m a bull”, “The team’s new striker is a bull that no defender can stop”.
