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Topless marchers protest Spain bullfight
Several hundred animal rights activists -- some in their underwear, others topless -- marched through the streets of Pamplona Tuesday to condemn bullfighting on the eve of the Spanish city's wildly popular running of the bulls.
The protesters had planned to run totally nude but could not because they didn't get the necessary town hall permit, the Efe news agency reported. Police could not confirm the report. Isabel Gonzalez, head of an anti-bullfighting organization in Belgium, said bullfighting is cruel.
She said the running of the bulls also is inhumane because runners pull the bull's tails, kick them and "the animals run in a state of panic." This year's festival begins Tuesday with a ceremony called the chupinazo, in which a small rocket is fired from a balcony overlooking the main square to signal the start of nine days of street parties in honor of the city's patron saint, San Fermin. The first of eight bull runs is scheduled for Wednesday.
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