Overview
- Multiple runs at this year’s San Fermín in Pamplona have produced fresh casualties with medical teams treating five lightly injured in the first run and three in the second run, one with a light horn wound to the arm, and organisers later reporting 13 injured in a subsequent run.
- A university hospital spokesperson, quoted on RTVE, confirmed paramedics treated three runners after the second run and said one suffered a light arm injury from a bull’s horn.
- The runs send six fighting bulls and tame oxen along an roughly 825‑meter course through narrow old-town streets, a layout that regularly produces injuries because the animals can weigh more than 600 kilograms and the route leaves little room to dodge them.
- Animal welfare groups staged protests during the festival while major arenas across Spain report growing, often sold‑out audiences driven by targeted social media outreach and a younger fan base.
- Political and policy moves are reinforcing the revival: organisers report a rise in events and attendance, regional governments have boosted funding and allowed youth access to training, and national measures such as the post‑pandemic culture bonus have increased minors’ exposure to bullfighting, a dynamic likely to shape further legal and public debates.