Not just a performance: Horrors of bullfighting

Spanish bullfighter Miguel Angel Perera performs during a bullfight at the Santamaria bullring in downtown Bogota on January 29, 2017. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP)

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Spanish bullfighter Miguel Angel Perera performs during a bullfight at the Santamaria bullring in downtown Bogota on January 29, 2017. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP)

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Colombian bullfighter Manuel Libardo falls during a bullfight at the Santamaria bullring in downtown Bogota. The historic Santamaria bullring starts the bullfighting season of "Freedom", which divides public opinion in Bogota and returns by order of the Constitutional Court after an absence of more than four years. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Photo)

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Spanish "rejoneador" Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza performs during a bullfight, Colombia. The historic Santamaria bullring starts the bullfighting season of "Freedom", which divides public opinion in Bogota and returns by order of the Constitutional Court after an absence of more than four years. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Photo)

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Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey is hit by a bull during a bullfight at La Macarena bullring in Medellin, Colombia, on January 28, 2017. (RAUL ARBOLEDA / AFP Photo)

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The bull is hit by weapons to induce aggression. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Photo)

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Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey is hit by a bull during a bullfight at La Macarena bullring in Medellin, Colombia. (RAUL ARBOLEDA / AFP Photo)

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The historic Santamaria bullring starts the bullfighting season of "Freedom". (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Photo)

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Colombian bullfighter Juan de Castilla performs during a bullfight at La Macarena bullring in Medellin, Colombia, on January 28, 2017. / (RAUL ARBOLEDA / AFP)

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Spanish "rejoneador" Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza rides on a horse during the bullfight. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Photo)

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The injured bull during a bullfight at the Santamaria bullring in downtown Bogota. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Photo)

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Spanish bullfighter Miguel Angel Perera pierces the bull with a weapon, in Colombia. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA / AFP Photo)