This type of cattle has been brought to market for various reasons: fertility issues, drought conditions...etc. Generally this group is over the age of 8-9 years old, or younger if injury is the reason for culling from the herd.
In March 2008, it was included by the post office in a set of six stamps (Correos) depicting the most emblematic works of Spanish architecture. In 2011, the image of the Tenerife Auditorium was included in a series of commemorative coins of 5 euros, which displayed the most emblematic symbols of several Spanish cities.
Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, marquis de Tenerife, (born Sept. 17, 1838, Palma, Majorcaâdied Oct. 20, 1930, Madrid) Spanish general who, as captain general of Cuba shortly before the outbreak of the SpanishâAmerican War (1898), used stern antirebel measures that were exploited by U.S. newspapers to inflame public opinion against Spanish rule of Cuba.