Pamplona and the Running of the Cows?!

Each year the Pamplona Running of the Bulls inspires a variety of protests. Most of them center on the animal cruelty aspect (the most famous being the Running of the Nudes) but this year we have a new protest - one that says that women and cows are being left out of the celebrations and that we should have a Running of the Cows especially for the fairer sex.

Women are in fact allowed to run with the bulls at Pamplona, but, according to this article in El Mundo (in Spanish only, I'm afraid), a new campaign called 'Las vacas quieren correr' ('The cows want to run') asks for a separate bull run just for women and cows. The paper quotes the campaign: "Cows, just like bulls, have four legs and a natural insinct to run. A bull run for cows would put Pamplona in the vanguard of traditional festivals that have complete equality between men and women".

Until this idea gets a little more support, we'll have to settle with the male-dominated Pamplona Running of the Bulls.
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