Mini-matador denied Guinness world record

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It looks like 11-year-old apprentice matador Michelito, who we mentioned killed six calves in the bullring in southern Mexico last weekend, won’t be getting the Guinness World Recognition award that he was hoping for.

The Associated Press reports that although Mexico’s National Assn. of Matadors confirmed that Michelito set the international record for bull calves killed at his age, Guinness World Records won’t be accepting it.

‘We do not accept records based on the killing or harming of animals,’ Guinness said on its website.

Michelito, who turned 11 in December, took the news in stride on Wednesday, the Associated Press says.

‘It’s all the same to me because in the world of bullfighting the record is now part of history, although it may not be for Guinness,’ he said.

-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City