# Bullfighting question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullfighting-question/187053>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 8, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullfighting-question/187053 "2003-07-08T18:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![JAPrufrock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@JAPrufrock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JAPrufrock)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullfighting-question/187053/1 "2003-07-08T18:38:57Z")

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Let me start off by saying that I think bullfighting is a despicable act of animal abuse, and I love hearing about bull fighters (and those idiots at the Running of the Bulls) getting hurt, maimed, gored, killed, etc. My question, however, is what are the chances of a bull surviving a bull fight? If they win, do they have to fight again? If so, are there legendary bulls that kept killing these jerks, and is now living it up in a bull-retirement ranch somewhere? Oh, and on a side-note, I know they keep track of how many people of injured and killed at the Running of the Bulls, but how many bulls get seriously hurt during this event?