Spain Readies For Annual Bull Runs
Tens of thousands of people crowded into Pamplona’s main square Sunday to celebrate the launching of a rocket that each year marks the beginning of Spain’s most famous bull-running festival …
Channel 8 San Diego (06.07.2008; 20:12 Uhr)
**********
Report: Bio-Weapons Testing Fears Fueled Over Monkey Trade
Hundreds of endangered African monkeys are being taken from their natural habitat and reportedly sold for scientific experiments to ‘secretive’ laboratories in countries such as Iran and China, London’s Sunday Times reported …
Fox News (06.07.2008; 18:44 Uhr)
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376853,00.html
**********
Lethal dog parasite found in Scotland
A parasite which can cause fatal illness in dogs has been found in Scotland for the first time, scientists said today. Experts said that the parasite Angiostronglyus vasorum, also known as the ‘French heartworm’, could be moving north because of climate change …
The Herald (06.07.2008; 18:19 Uhr)
**********
A Ban on Cockfighting, but the Tradition Lives On
Fueled by cultural inertia and light penalties, cockfighting in New Mexico continues unabated in hidden venues …
The Gainesville Sun (06.07.2008; 12:15 Uhr)
