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This photo apparently marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera's career.
He collapsed in remorse mid-fight when he realized he was having to prompt
this otherwise gentle beast to fight. He went on to avidly oppose bullfighting.
Even grievously wounded by picadors, the bull did not attack this man.
Torrero Munera is quoted as saying of this moment: "And suddenly,
I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes,
and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice,
deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because
if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven".
When I looked this story up on-line there were a lot who said that the story is a partial or total hoax, that the story of the bullfighter turnng campaigner is true, but the picture above is not him and he was converted to campaigning against bull fighting after being crippled by the 'sport' and then taunted an aunt who. But the picture tells the story best, and literalists will think what they want, and miss the overall points too....
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