Prodigies

. Pet rescuer Judy Walker of Oviedo, Fla., and Oklahoman Jude Stringfellow are battling over custody of Ms. Walker's two-legged puppy, which Ms. Walker believes has special needs but which Ms. Stringfellow is seeking to adopt, in part to portray Ms. Stringfellow's own famous, hind-legs-walking dog "Faith" as a puppy in a movie she is working on. Ms. Stringfellow said Ms. Walker had reneged on a firm Feb. 2 adoption date and implied that she had hired celebrity attorney Mark Geragos to get the puppy.

. Michelito Peniche, 11, killed six young bulls in a single fight before 3,500 spectators in Merida, Mexico, in January, despite the mayor's ban on the event as a child-labor violation (but which was allowed to proceed after Michelito's father appealed to a state prosecutor). Michelito began his career in the ring at age 4.