To Kill or Not-to-Kill in Bullfight

Source: What happens to the defeated bull after a bullfight?
Wikipedia: Bullfighting


Bullfighting (Spanish: corrida de toros [koˈriða ðe ˈtoɾos] or toreo [toˈɾeo]; Portuguese: corrida de touros [kuˈʁiðɐ ðɨ ˈtoɾuʃ] or tourada [toˈɾaðɐ]), also known as tauromachia or tauromachy (Spanish: tauromaquia. Portuguese: tauromaquia; from Greek: ταυρομαχία "bull-fight"), is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, parts of southern France and some Latin American countries (Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Peru), in which one or more bulls are fought by humans in a bullring. Although it can be defined as a blood sport, it is considered a highly ritualized cultural event and art form which some see as deeply tied to Hispanic culture and identity.

Usually the bull is killed in the arena by the matador, and then it is chained to a train of mules, and taken out the arena.  The bullfighter usually kills the bull ideally by a single sword thrust, which is called the estocada. Sometimes, the life of the bull is spared due to his braveness (indulto); once the animal has been treated, it is returned to live in the dehesa. Such pardons are nevertheless rare. The dead bull is then brought to the “desolladero” (literally, skinning place), a place in the arena compound where butchers skins it, then make parts of it. These parts are sold to specific restaurants. There is (almost) a myth, that the bull can exit the arena alive if he has shown bravery in the fight. This happens once in a blue moon, maybe one or two times a year, on an average of 70.000 bulls killed in Spain in each season. Sometimes the bullfighter is not able to kill the bull for whatever reason (for instance, because he has been injured by the same bull). A bull could not get back to its cage because it learns fast that the “muleta” (the piece of cloth that the bullfighter handles) is a lure, and rapidly it goes for the bullfighter, so, it must be killed in the arena.

Personal Reflection
In my opinion, although the bulls is meant to be killed or else you will the one that could be killed by them, it is still not right to kill the bull in spectacles for pleasure. And even though it is considered as a culture, it still can be changed by only sport not bloody one by not killing it.