Good gored! Bull catches matador... and tears an eight-inch hole in his side

 

By Mail Foreign Service

Last updated at 10:00 AM on 29th May 2009

 

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These are the pictures that will give you a new appreciation for your nice, safe office job today.

 

Tossed into the air like a rag doll, Spanish matador Israel Lancho is gored by a bull in Madrid on Wednesday.

 

Pain is etched on Israel Lancho's face as the bull's horn pierces his body

 

 

The matador is lifted right off the ground like a rag doll, the horn embedded in his side

 

The wound left by the bull is nearly eight inches long

The matador is now in critical condition after the bullfight at the San Isidro's fair in Las Ventas bullring.

His gaping wound is nearly eight inches wide, with Spanish press claiming it was a miracle the bull's horn had missed his heart.

Lancho, 30, had confessed he did not think he would survive. He is expected to remain in the intensive care unit of a Madrid hospital for several more days before being transferred to a clinic for at least a week.

 

 

Israel earlier in the fight - before being caught by the bull

Does PETA have a Spain chapter? I can't really blame the bull, he did his buddies good. There will probably be a party for him in Bull-heaven.

Does PETA have a Spain chapter? I can't really blame the bull, he did his buddies good. There will probably be a party for him in Bull-heaven.

 

And do you think they'll be celebrating by drinking Red Bull??:rolleyes: