text: Bull fighting is a huge part of Spanish society and culture.  Rightly or wrongly.  The astonishing thing about it is that the rest of the world consider it to be a sport.  This amazes the Spanish people. Bull fighting has never been considered a sport in Spain.  It is a form of theatre.  It is a display of man against beast and is one of the largest audience spectacles in the world.  It is classed as "tragic theatre" in much the same way as "Macbeth" by Shakespeare.  \n\nThe bulls that are used in the bullfights are specifically bred for that purpose and until their "day of reckoning" they are kept in the lap of luxury and are fed the best of food.....the training grounds are immaculate and the spend their days being pampered and very well looked after.  Of course they have their final day in the bullring and we all know the results of that.  It is however part of the theatre and part of the culture of Spain.\n\nBy the way, I am not a supporter of bull-fighting but I do know a lot about the history of it.....it is not as simple as killing for killing's sake.  The bull will always die, that is the tragedy of the theatre of the bullfight, but the unknown element and the excitement comes from the knowledge that the matador could also die in his efforts to kill the bull...that is what the crowd go for.....the challenge of man against beast...it is part of the old spanish culture.