Tag: Cattle
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Modern Farmer asks, "Is humane slaughter good enough?"
Mac McClelland at Modern Farmer ponders the term "humane slaughter" and visits Prather Ranch, a certified organic beef ranch, to see how it is done
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Could virtual fences rein in free-range cows?
The divide between environmentalists and stockmen can sometimes be pretty wide, but they may find common ground in a new wireless fence technology for cattle.
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Kenyan Teen's Invention Saves Lions, Helps Farmers
A 13-year-old inventor in Kenya has come up with a low-cost, eco-friendly way to protect his family's livestock that could also serve as a solution to a serious problem in his country -- managing human-wildlife conflict.
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More Rumor Mongering Against US EPA - What Gives?
Search on the terms "hay pollutant epa" and you'll see hundreds of recent links with statements inferring that USEPA has 'declared hay to be a pollutant.' The source most often cited
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Desperate Hunt for a Runaway Cow Resorts to an Animal Psychic and a €10,000 Reward
In late May, a cow named Yvonne decided not to be eaten, and broke through an electric fence to escape from the farm in Bavaria where she was being fattened for slaughter. Since then, she has been on the
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Bull Breaks Out of NYC Slaughterhouse, Runs for Freedom (Video)
On Wednesday, a bull scheduled for slaughter in a halal butcher's shop in Queens, New York decided that it wasn't on board with its fate. So it broke out and didn't look back, sprinting down Liberty Avenue (how appropriate!),
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Designer Let's Nature Do Art, naturalment! (Photos + Video)
When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery
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Not Icky At All; the Happy Pig Farm
If shrimp can be happy on a farm, why not pigs? For all the weekday vegetarians and omnivores out there, here is a way to obtain sausages, chorizos and bacon in a friendly way. First of all, plenty of indoor and outdoor space
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Mongolian Mining Battle Heats Up With Herder's Death
The already tense battle over mining in Inner Mongolia has erupted further after a Mongolian herder was run over by a coal truck and killed while trying to block the
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Is It True That Farmers Feed Antibiotics To Livestock To Make Them Grow Faster?
I always thought the 'it makes them grow faster' reasoning for why they put antibiotics in animal feed was a myth and that the truth was more complex. Farmers found they could crowd animals
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"Cows Do Not Belong in Fields" - UK Mega-Dairy Renews Application
When I reported on a planned 8,100 cow super-dairy in the UK, I noted that many dairy farmers were concerned that these industrial-scale operations would expose the public to the fact that even most smaller
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The UK's Most Expensive Milk..From the World's Happiest Cows?
It's cow bliss at a dairy in Hertfordshire, England run by the Hare Krishnas. There are only 44 of them but life is sweet: On this farm all the cows have names, they are hand-milked whilst listening to Sanskrit music and
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Cows, Goats Escape from Slaughterhouse, Only to be Forced Back In
Dozens of sheep and goats broke out of a slaughterhouse in upstate New York on Tuesday night, and gave police quite the runaround.
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9 Everyday Products You Didn't Know Had Animal Ingredients
If you thought that by quitting meat or at least going weekday vegetarian you were doing your part to avoid the horrors of factory farming,
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Industrial Animal Factories in Shocking Photos (Slideshow)
Once you've seen what goes on inside a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) it's tough to accept the trade-off of horrific animal suffering in order to have cheap food.
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Industrial Animal Factories in Shocking Photos
Once you've seen what goes on inside a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) it's tough to accept the trade-off of horrific animal suffering in order to have cheap food. Unfortunately, the suffering of the animals is just the most obvious problem
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'Pretty Pollution' Minnesota Lake Now Pretty For Real
Last year at this time, the part of Big Stone Lake near Mary Taffe's house was a murky, smelly
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Speeding Driver Kills Nearly an Entire Flock of Sheep
Pastoral life has long been emblematic of a harmonious relationship between man and nature -- but that was all shattered recently in a horrific accident that killed nearly an entire flock of sheep. The incident took place on a roadway
