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The Pamplona Running Of The Bulls In Photos: And Introducing The UK’s Running Of The Pitbulls

by | 11th, July 2011

TO Spain for the 2011 chance to outpace a Dolores Aguirre fighting bull during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona. It’s a fantastic spectacle – and our photos are brilliantly evocative of what it to be chased down by your lunch.

We left Spain wondering if something similar could be tried in the UK – perhaps the Running Of The Pitbulls, wherein hooded youth are corralled into a compact urban park and their half-starved wide-jawed, muscle-faced dogs let loose.

You’d pay to watch that, wouldn’t you…

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Revelers run next to Miura's ranch fighting bulls, during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Ivan Aguinaga)



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