This is one of the more interesting stories I have ever read.
This iconic photograph marks the end of the career of matador Álvaro Munero. In the middle of the battle, he suddenly repented and sat down on the edge of the field. Later, in an interview, Álvaro would say: “Suddenly I didn’t see horns, but bull’s eyes. He stood in front of me and started looking at me. I just stood there and watched, without making any attempt to attack. The innocence that is in the eyes of all animals looked at me with a plea for help. It was like a cry for justice and somewhere deep inside me, I suddenly realized that he was addressing me in the same way we address God in prayer: ‘I don’t want to fight with you, please leave me, because I have done nothing wrong to you. You can kill me if you want, kill me if you want, but I don't want to fight you." And I, reading this in his eyes, felt like the worst creature in the world and interfered with the war. After that I became a vegetarian and stopped fighting in bullfights." This story was published in 2012. After thousands of other foreign publications told about the case, millions of people got to know the matador Álvaro Munero, and this photo became one of the most recognized.
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