Islero
Sign in to saveIslero was a Miura bull famed for killing the celebrated bullfighter Manolete on August 28, 1947. Bulls from the Miura ranch, located near Seville, Spain, are known for being large and ferocious.
Key facts
- Animal.name
- Islero
- Animal.image
- Islero manolete.jpg
- Animal.caption
- Skull of Islero, on wall of Restaurante Parrondo, Madrid
- Animal.species
- Bos taurus
- Animal.breed
- Miura
- Animal.gender
- Male
- Animal.birth_place
- Seville, Andalusia, Spain
- Animal.nationality
- Spain
- Animal.known
- Gored and killed Manolete
- Animal.owner
- Eduardo Miura Fernández
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Islero was a Miura bull famed for killing the celebrated bullfighter Manolete on August 28, 1947. Bulls from the Miura ranch, located near Seville, Spain, are known for being large and ferocious.
Islero had poor eyesight and tended to chop with his right horn. On the fateful day, he was the fifth bull of the afternoon, and the second for Manolete, at a bullfight in the town of Linares in the province of Jaén, Andalucía, Spain. The bullfighter's manager begged Manolete to finish him off quickly; as the matador reached over the bull's horns, thrusting his estoque (sword) deep up to its hilt, Islero thrust his right horn into Manolete's groin, severing his femoral artery. The bullfighter was rushed to hospital, but died on the operating table later that evening.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Islero” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.