Jani Allan way we treat animals. She highlights the brutality of Marlin fishing - having reported on Marlin fishing events for the "Sunday Times". She is also critical of bullfighting recounting her experience of being invited by an ex-boyfriend to the San Fermin running of the bulls festival in Pamplona. On 4 August "The Witness" newspaper published Allan's piece on Zimbabwe's hunted lion, Cecil. In 1973 she was a student at the University of the Witwatersrand when she met her first husband, the finance magnate and art collector, Gordon Schachat. They married in Mauritius in 1982 and shared a home together in
Running of the bulls the Raia in Sabugal, Portugal, with horses leading the herd crossing old border passes out of Spain and using the medieval 'Forcåo', or the bull run of Navalcarnero held at night. Other "encierros" have also caused fatalities. "Bous al carrer", "correbou" or "correbous" (meaning in Catalan, 'bulls in the street', 'street-bulls') is a typical festivity in many villages in the Valencian region, Terres de l'Ebre, Catalonia, and Fornalutx, Mallorca. Another similar tradition is "soltes de vaques", where cows are used instead of bulls. Even though they can take place all along the year, they are most usual during local festivals