Mexico

Jairo Miguel, 14, changed outside Merida's bullfighting ring. Jairo, an apprentice bullfighter who is following in the footsteps of his father, began his professional career in Mexico two years ago.

NYTimes/Marc Lacey:
They are not allowed to fight professionally in Spain, but baby-faced bullfighters are the rage throughout Mexico. Even though some of the school-age children appearing at the country’s scores of bullrings are not much taller than the bulls they confront, these mini-matadors have begun getting top billing from promoters, who view them as a new way to bring people to the arena.

“We’re just normal people but we have a profession that puts us in dangerous spots,” he said. “Motorcycles and cars have even more deaths. But the car, you can control. A bull thinks for himself.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/world/americas/19bullfight.html