A Spanish bullfighter who lost a testicle after being gored last weekend says he’s glad that “no serious damage had been done”.  Marco Galan was driving two banderillas, or iron-tipped sticks into the bull’s shoulders when it turned and relieved Galan of one of his cojones.

“I didn’t want to pull out of the move and the bull caught me – that’s bullfighting,” Senor Galan said from hospital.  “It turns out that the goring is quite a clean one and didn't touch anything vital.”

Except for your left testicle, you lunatic!  Anyway, Galan is looking to leave hospital and return home to his wife to recuperate.  And probably not much else for the time being.  After that, Galan wants to return to the ring.  No, seriously, he actually wants to keep bullfighting despite the injury.

“Just let people do what they want and enjoy the art of bullfighting and stop criticizing something they don't know,” the solo testiculo Galan said of animal rights activists, who it turns out only have so much sympathy for this guy.  For you see, no matter how many testicles Marco has left, it's a blood sport.  The bull still gets killed.

“Banderillero Marco Galan’s injuring a testicle in the bullring will undoubtedly have been a painful tragedy for him personally, but the cruel and bloody spectacle of bullfighting is a national tragedy for the reputation of Spain,” said Wendy Higgins of Humane Society International.