Bullfighting: The National Geographic
The National Geographic posted a short documentary in 2009 on a renowned Mexican bullfighter, Gaston Santos Senior and his son. Even though Santos was a bullfighter in Mexico, the information I gained from watching this video is still relevant and gave an insight into the world of a professional bullfighter. Santos had a 30 year career, having fought over 2000 bulls. To justify his involvement in this sport, Santos said "Is there no violence in hockey or boxing? It’s in our nature, we have become predominant on our planet because of our violent competitive nature. So, I see nothing wrong for violence as part of a spectator sport. Most of them are.” (Santos, Gaston, National Geographic, 2009, 29th October 2021). His point is that there can be "violence in any competitive sport, so bullfighting is no different". However, at this point I can only recognise the fact that people choose to participate in those sports, whereas the bulls are forced. Also in this video, there w...