Bullfighting Breeders Turn to Cloning

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The bull Alcalde grazes in a field next to the town of Guadalix de la Sierra Spain on March 1 2008. Alcalde will be cloned to preserve his good genes for breeding fighting bulls. (AP PhotoVictor R. Caivano)
The bull 'Alcalde' grazes in a field next to the town of Guadalix de la Sierra, Spain, on March 1, 2008. Alcalde will be cloned to preserve his good genes for breeding fighting bulls. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

(AP) -- Alcalde, a hulking black bull, is quite the stud. He sires up to 40 calves a year, most of them top-grade fighters, even though in human terms he would be almost 80 years old and is nearing the end of his life.


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