The red colouring is traditional and is believed to both conceal blood stains and provide a suitable light-dark contrast against the arena floor.

Growth

Fighting cattle are bred on wide-ranging ranches in Spain's dehesas or in the Portuguese Montados, which are often havens for Iberian wildlife as the farming techniques used are extensive. Both male and female calves spend their first year of life with their mothers; then they are weaned, branded, and

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