Authorities in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia are calling on festival goers not to “lose respect for bulls” after seven people were killed by the animals during this year’s Bous al Carrer bull-running fiestas.
The summer festivities – which translate as “bulls on the street”, and which are held in towns and villages across Valencia – have also resulted in more than 300 injuries in the past two months.
The death toll now equals that of 2015, when the high number of fatalities prompted the Valencian government to toughen the legislation governing the fiestas. Current rules forbid people under 16 to participate, as well as those who are physically or psychologically unfit, or drunk or on drugs.
An emergency meeting of the Bous al Carrer advisory committee was held on Monday to “review the current situation of the festivities and to listen to those involved in order to come up with preventive campaigns and more training for clubs and organisers”.
Credit: theguardian.com
