WOMEN DEMAND RUNNING OF THE COWS! Running of the cows? Women demand cow runs to balance Spain’s San Fermin bull festival MADRID - A group of women wants equality in Pamplona’s San Fermin bull running festival — they are demanding cow runs. “If the boys run ahead of the bulls, we (women) have to run with the cows. It’s pure logic,” said a tongue-in-cheek petition on a Spanish student Web site, www.estudiln.net . The Web site said the initiative had received dozens of messages of support in recent days. The anonymous group asked people to pass along the “Cows Want to Run” message to friends through their cell phones. “Cows, like bulls have four legs too, and a natural instinct to run,” the statement said. No one at the Web site or at Pamplona town hall was immediately available for comment Tuesday. The highlight of the San Fermin festival, which began June 29 and ends Saturday, are the 8 a.m. runs in which people test their mettle, stamina and daring by racing with six bulls along a 875-...
