Thousands protest Spain bull-spearing event

Published September 13, 2014 4:36pm ET



MADRID (AP) — Thousands of people are protesting against an annual Spanish bull-spearing event that activists claim is extreme animal abuse.

The demonstrators broke makeshift spears as they marched Saturday in downtown Madrid to rail against the Toro de la Vega event where men on horseback chase down a bull and spear it to death.

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