Bit of Bully

Sorry about the pause. Here's a nice fact to make up for it.

Bullfighting! (or 'booooool fah-ting' as the Spaniards, rather charmingly, pronounce it) Not the most excusable of activities, what with its emphasis on taunting and killing boooools in the name of fun. But it's not always about baying for blood.

If a crowd at a bullring is particularly impressed by a certain bull (due to the sterling fight it puts up, or perhaps by its witty, informed conversational skills), they can call for an indulto. This sees the lucky bovine spared from the sword, and returned to the paddock from whence it came.

(Where it will probably die from post-traumatic stress disorder, but hey. Whaddyagonnado?)