Bulls 3, Matadors 0

From/via the BBC:

The little dog laughed to see such sport...

... and the crowd gasped in horror as an enormous bull weighing more than half a tonne pounced over barrier the separates the crowd from the ring in Mexico City.

Here's a cow-related story to warm the cockles...

From The Metro: 'World's youngest' bullfighter in hospital after terrifying goring. Michel Lagravere, 12, is tossed around by a bull as he becomes the youngest bullfighter to perform in Mexico’s Plaza de Toros arena. He killed the first bull but was knocked over by the second...

PS, more torero-based fun courtesy of The Metro.

The Curse Of Blogging ...

... is that you end up reading every single newspaper you can get your hands on as raw material.

One or two stories merit a direct mention, the vast majority are either pulp or you know that other 'bloggers are going to cover them to death anyway; but then there are a few stories that stick in your mind, which aren't, taken in isolation, particularly interesting or deserving of any particular comment or narrative or new angle. However, sooner or later, you build up a whole queue of seemingly unrelated and half-remembered stories that you somehow have to link together.

So, maybe it was always thus, and I've only just started noticing; maybe these incidents previously went reported; maybe it's a coincidence; or, maybe, just maybe, European cattle have become self-aware, like Skynet in the Terminator films, and decided to start fighting back:

23 April 2009: Leona Lewis head-butted by horse*

Spring 2009: From Ask The Experts: I was attacked by a herd of cows while out walking my dog on a public footpath and bridleway. I escaped with cuts and bruises, but felt badly shaken. Should I report this to prevent a serious incident occurring to someone else? Jacqui Scott

29 May 2009: Matador gored by bull as fight goes wrong

8 June 2009: David Blunkett injured protecting guide dog Sadie from charging cow

23 June 2009: Woman trampled to death by cattle as she walked her two dogs was a vet

24 June 2009: Farmer speaks of cow attack horror

10 July 2009: Man gored to death in Pamplona

Geek points to the first person who can explain why Climate Change is causing this abnormal behaviour.

* OK, technically a horse is not a cow, and that particular incident happened in the USA. Details, details ...

That all depends on your point of view ...

The headline in the Metro is Matador gored by bull as fight goes wrong. I'm no expert in these matters, but I'd say that from the bull's point of view the fight was going pretty well...