Closer's better.

By HatleyFinch

A bull dismantling a fence, and a fleeing razeteur

This is 'Rastis' a frankly spunky young bull in the grand finale of the bullfighting season in Nîmes. Note the legs of the the 'razeteur', who'd just leapt the fence and was hanging off the outer wall...
Rastis'd just learnt how to shatter the fence by hurling the oak plankshigh into the air. This was the fourth section he'd taken out in a couple of minutes, and he got into the outer corridor, where punters were standing around. They shifted pretty quickly. All very exciting.
This is bloodless bullfighting - no swords - where a dozen young guys taunt the bull and it chases them round the arena while they try (I think) to take ribbons from its horns. We couldn't get all the subtleties, but it was really exciting and a fantastic spectacle.

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