INDEPENDENT.UK.
After his highly publicized return to the bullring, 67-year-old English matador Frank Evans arrived in Britain to promote his autobiography about four decades of fighting bulls.
But signing sessions in Liverpool and Manchester were cancelled after receiving threats from animal rights protesters.
Letters sent to the book chain warned that his book "The Last British Bullfighter" would “glamorise the cruel, violent world of bullfighting.”
(For more details, see August 30th story link on this blog)
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11 September 2009
30 August 2009
67-Year-Old English Bullfighter Returns To Ring.
THE GUARDIAN.UK.
Frank Evans, the world's only English bullfighter and a grandfather of five with a titanium knee, who has also had a QUADRUPLE HEART BYPASS, restarted his career as a professional bullfighter facing two bulls at Benalmadena, in southern Spain.
Frank Evans, the world's only English bullfighter and a grandfather of five with a titanium knee, who has also had a QUADRUPLE HEART BYPASS, restarted his career as a professional bullfighter facing two bulls at Benalmadena, in southern Spain.
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