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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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A 'Kiliki' hits a Catholic nun with a sponge on a stick during San Fermin festival's 'Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos', or Parade of the giants and the big heads, at the San Fermin festival on Saturday, July 9, 2011, in Pamplona, Spain. Kilikis hit bystanders with sponges while Gigantes dance, accompanied by music bands, on their daily parade trought the city. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)



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