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cali

(114,904 posts) Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:56 PM Aug 2013

What a shame: It appears no one got gored at "The Great Bull Run"

Animal cruelty for human amusement.

Thousands ran with the bulls at the Great Bull Run in Dinwiddie County today, and thousands more watched them sprint and jostle along with the big animals.

"I was with them the whole time," said 43-year-old Dan Velker, a business owner from Elkton, near Harrisonburg. "Running near a 1,500-pound bull is what makes it exciting."

Lining a quarter-mile-long dirt track at the Virginia Motorsports Park, groups of 500 people raced ahead, around and behind a dozen bulls stampeding down the fence-bordered course.

"Oh, my god! My daughter's crazy," said Lisa Smith from Manassas as she watched her 22-year-old daughter, Megan Burks, in the crush of fast-moving animals and dodging runners.

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http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/latest-news/thousands-turn-out-for-great-bull-run/article_a7a4958a-0cf2-11e3-bf29-0019bb30f31a.html

OK, before you light into me, I'm not wishing grievous bodily harm on the participants, just a few sprains and a light goring or two.

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What a shame: It appears no one got gored at "The Great Bull Run" (Original Post) cali Aug 2013 OP

A light goring...I think I had that last time I went out for Thai NightWatcher Aug 2013 #1

I'm with you, cali. City Lights Aug 2013 #2

brief sound bite I caught on the radio, G_j Aug 2013 #3

Excuse my dumbness, but there isn't a bull fight after that event was there? life long demo Aug 2013 #4

not dumb, and no, no bullfight. cali Aug 2013 #5

I surprised PETA and other groups against animal abuse weren't on this. n/t Cleita Aug 2013 #6

Shit. OneGrassRoot Aug 2013 #7

"It'll be back next year." LWolf Aug 2013 #8

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

1. A light goring...I think I had that last time I went out for Thai

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:58 PM

Aug 2013

I too cheer for the animals.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

2. I'm with you, cali.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:59 PM

Aug 2013

Go bulls!

G_j

(40,367 posts)

3. brief sound bite I caught on the radio,

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 03:59 PM

Aug 2013

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"No humans were injured"

I guess one is to make their own guess as too what that implies.

life long demo

(1,113 posts)

4. Excuse my dumbness, but there isn't a bull fight after that event was there?

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:16 PM

Aug 2013

I thought bull fighting was illegal in the US?????

cali

(114,904 posts)

5. not dumb, and no, no bullfight.

Reply to life long demo (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:16 PM

Aug 2013

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

6. I surprised PETA and other groups against animal abuse weren't on this. n/t

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:26 PM

Aug 2013

OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)

7. Shit.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:28 PM

Aug 2013

I was hoping the outrage against this (I've seen a lot of write-ups of people protesting this) would have prevented it. I didn't realize it was scheduled to take place so soon.

I loathe that this was brought here. It amps up The Stupid and cruelty, in my opinion.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

8. "It'll be back next year."

Reply to cali (Original post)

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:53 PM

Aug 2013

Goring will happen eventually if they continue this idiocy. It's inevitable.

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