Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nagahisa Komoda, owner of six popular stud bulls, looks sad during a press conference in Miyazaki, western Japan, on July 16, 2010. Komoda has reluctantly agreed to a request by the state government to cull the bulls to contain foot-and-mouth disease.

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