Spanish matador died after being gored during a competition

Spanish matador Ivan Fandino died Saturday after being gored during a competition in Mont-de-Marsan, southwest France. While plenty of people mourned Fandino’s death and praised his skill in the bullring, others questioned his risky job and lashed the cruelty of the tradition.

The tragedy occurred during the Aire-sur-l’Adour bullfighting festival when the 36-year-old tripped over his cape and fell to the ground. He was then rammed by the bull, with the animal puncturing his lung with its horn. 
However, while calling Fandino’s death a “tragedy,” Wendy Higgins from Humane Society International, called for bullfighting to be banned in France. “For the 1,000 bulls brutally killed in French bullfights every year… blood sports like this should be consigned to the history books,” she told The Huffington Post.