Phnom Penh (ANTARA News) - The sudden death of a champion Cambodian stud bull, named Zidane by his soccer-mad owner after the champion French footballer, has caused Cambodians to reflect on what has been a tragic month for both bull and namesake, local media reported Friday.
The English-language Cambodia Daily reported the bovine Zidane died mysteriously Tuesday, just a week after farmer Phoeun Than bought him for 8,000 dollars, which he had hoped to recoup by hiring him out to admiring local cow owners as a stud bull.
"We are sorry for losing our hero," the Daily quoted Than as saying of the two-year-old, 1.6 meter tall Zidane.
It added that the bovine Zidane had apparently died happy and with some measure of success, reporting that he had scored 10 times in his final days with a range of local females, DPA quoted.
Zidane's namesake, French footballer Zinadine Zidane, fell from grace in the July 9 World Cup final when he was red-carded in his final game for retaliating to verbal taunts and head-butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest.
Zidane the bull's body was sold to a local slaughterhouse for 500 dollars, the newspaper reported.
The English-language Cambodia Daily reported the bovine Zidane died mysteriously Tuesday, just a week after farmer Phoeun Than bought him for 8,000 dollars, which he had hoped to recoup by hiring him out to admiring local cow owners as a stud bull.
"We are sorry for losing our hero," the Daily quoted Than as saying of the two-year-old, 1.6 meter tall Zidane.
It added that the bovine Zidane had apparently died happy and with some measure of success, reporting that he had scored 10 times in his final days with a range of local females, DPA quoted.
Zidane's namesake, French footballer Zinadine Zidane, fell from grace in the July 9 World Cup final when he was red-carded in his final game for retaliating to verbal taunts and head-butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest.
Zidane the bull's body was sold to a local slaughterhouse for 500 dollars, the newspaper reported.
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