To breed a generation more inclined to dairy work, Mr. Ramini impregnates his buffalo with water-buffalo semen from Italy.

WSJ: It's Easy to Be Cowed When Trying to Milk a Water Buffalo

Owned by the Gulf state's former prime minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, the 580-acre estate is home to about 60 champion horses -- either in training for their next million-dollar competition or being used to breed a new generation of winners.

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The cyclone not only damaged crops but created "optimal conditions for one more generation of locusts to breed", it added.

BBC: Madagascar hit by 'severe' plague of locusts

Finnegan was one of the very best road racers of his generation, one of that 'special breed' and a hero to many.

BBC: Finnegan tragedy

But the second generation of China's migrant workers is a different breed.

CNN: China grapples with growing labor discontent