Bloodless Bullfighting Is Growing in Popularity Deborah Knapp - KENS 5
go to original February 13, 2015

Bull fighting is a blood sport dating back centuries to Spain, Portugal and Mexico. Now, the tradition is taking place at a ranch in deep South Texas, with a twist.

Hundreds come to watch bullfights that end not with a sword, but when the matador plucks a flower from the back of the bull.

"The 13 countries that kill the bull refer to it as the 'ballet of death.' I call it the ballet of life," said Fred Renk who owns the Santa Maria Bullring.

Fred Renk and his son David built the ring for bloodless bullfighting after David retired as a matador, one of only six Americans ever to earn the title.

Now Winter Texans and local ranchers come to see up to five bullfights each winter. The fights draw world class matadors.

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