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  • February 2008

    • Olé! Breeder to Clone Prize Bull

      Independent (UK)  |  Feb 24, 08 2:16 PM CST

      Olé! Breeder to Clone Prize Bull

      (Newser) - Alcalde is one in a million: The hulking black bull's sons have struck fear in the hearts of Spain's bravest matadors for more than a decade. But now, in his waning years, his famed breeder has commissioned a US company to make him two in a million—with the cloned bull taking Alcalde's place as sire to champions. More »

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      Spain  • breeding  • bullfighting  • clone  • animal cloning  • bulls

  • December 2007

    • Spain Deals Bullfights Fatal Blow

      Independent (UK)  |  Dec 6, 07 8:26 AM CST

      Spain Deals Bullfights Fatal Blow

      (Newser) - The traditional sport of bullfighting suffered what may prove to be a death blow yesterday, when the Spanish national television network decided not to include coverage in next year's schedule. Traditionalists are up in arms, but animal-rights advocates cheered the decision, which will eliminate the traditional Sunday afternoon broadcast of athletes fighting and eventually slaughtering bulls. More »

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      Spain  • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero  • bullfighting

  • November 2007

    • Dwarf Matadors Stand Tall

      USA Today  |  Nov 19, 07 1:11 PM CST

      Dwarf Matadors Stand Tall

      (Newser) - The image of a pint-sized bullfighter waving red at a calf might induce laughter among the more callous, but for Mexican little people, the bullfighting arena is serious stuff. The mini matadors acknowledge an element of humor in their act, but "if a little person can fight a bull, he can do anything," one fighter tells USA Today . More »

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      Mexico  • bullfighting  • dwarf

  • August 2007

    • Spanish TV Channel Nixes Live Bullfights

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 21, 07 12:45 PM CDT

      Spanish TV Channel Nixes Live Bullfights

      (Newser) - Spanish state television will not show any live bullfights this year, bowing to restrictions on gore on daytime TV but disrupting a time-honored tradition. Televised bullfights had been a viewer magnet for public-TV station TVE, and fans are seeing red, the Guardian reports. "It is obvious that watching bullfights on the television does not traumatize children," says one politician. More »

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      television  • children  • Spain  • culture  • bullfighting

    • Bullfighting Dustup Has France on Guard

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 18, 07 3:16 PM CDT

      Bullfighting Dustup Has France on Guard

      (Newser) - Animal activists and bullfighting fans in France are butting heads over an anti-bullfighting ad that shows bulls being speared and slaughtered. The French government banned the ad as too violent, prompting cries of hypocrisy from a well organized group of celebrities and dignitaries who have been protesting the gruesome "corrida" Spanish style of fighting.  More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • animal  • Spain  • animal rights  • bullfighting

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