When Societies Put Animals on Trial

A Bunch Of Bull

Bulls and humans have had a tense relationship for a very long time. Bullfights are famous for putting humans in life-and-death situations. Even in modern times, people still choose to pit themselves against bulls, such as during the famous Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Of course, historic records have evidence that this is nothing new. There are legal records as far back as 1499, when a bull in the French village of Beapre killed a teenage boy who was 14 years old, and the local court ordered it to be executed for murder.