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10-year-old bullfighter sparks debate in France
by Paulina Neshybova

Michelito Lagravere, a 10 year old boy, is a new star hero in the bullfighting industry. He has risen a big debate about children´s figting or anilmals rights in France. He has many fans, but the ani-bullfighting campaigners are agasinst his performances, as he is risking his life. Therefore some of the demonstrations have been canceled when the boy was about to appear. The bullfighting has a big tradition in southern France and in Spain, but there are still big debates between them and the protectors of animal rights.
Michelito has been fan of this sport from the time he could walk. He has a Mexian mother, and a French father bullfigting all his life. So there is no wonder that Michelito likes it. From the time being a tot, he was trying to plaz with the towel as with cape. At the age of 4 he first time fought a small calf, but up till now he has faced more than 60 animas which he has already killed. There are manz videos on the Internet showing him fighting, killing a being injured. I tis surprising, but Michelitos´s father, is not much afraid for his son. According to him, it is not much different than other sports, for example horse – riding.
In Mexiko there are some rules sazing how old has to be the bull, or animal, but there are no regulations in the oge of a bullfigter. This lack of rzles has caused manz injuries af small bozs, who are coming to Mexico for performances. One of them was for instance Jairo Miguel, who was almost gored to death. In France, children can not do this sport until the age of 16.


related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_eu/france_kid_bullfighter;_ylt=AmYCwxtMK.GANgiti7hMwg.s0NUE

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