01/12/2024 SOURCE: horseracingsense.com

12/16/2023 SOURCE: www.labmanager.com

Cattle on Lifelong Grass Diets May Have Higher Carbon Footprint

Footprint may be 42 percent higher when carbon sequestration and carbon opportunity cost are considered

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10/16/2023 SOURCE: www.canadiancattlemen.ca

Researchers create ‘grimace scale’ for pain and stress in cattle - Canadian Cattlemen

Dr. Maria Camila Ceballos has been researching animal welfare her entire career. Now, she’s a beef cattle welfare assistant professor at the University of

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10/15/2023 SOURCE: www.africanews.com

Drought-hit North Africa turns to purified sea and wastewater | Africanews

The North Africa has embarked on a building spree of plants that purify sea and wastewater as climate change intensifies droughts in the water-scarce region.

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09/11/2023 SOURCE: www.barrons.com

S.African Rhino Farm, World's Largest, Bought By NGO: Statement

The largest rhino farm in the world, which is home to 2,000 animals and located in South Africa, has been bought by the NGO African Parks, the organisation said Monday.

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08/21/2023 SOURCE: www.pigprogress.net

Prop 12 – the US pig industry can rise to the occasion

The US Supreme Court upheld California’s Prop 12 legislation. As a consequence, the country’s swine industry faces tough challenge.

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07/18/2023 SOURCE: flip.it

Kill Pen Scammers are Preying on Horse Lovers

Crystal Kraft first saw Nacho, a sturdy golden chestnut Halfinger with a flaxen mane, on Fountain Hill Horses Facebook page. The post stated that the Haflinger, a breed known for its laid-back, people-pleasing temperament, would be sent to a Mexican slaughterhouse if no one paid the $2,500 “bail.” Anyone who paid could buy him out of that grisly destiny.  Kraft, who runs a small chicken farm in Richland County, Montana, sent the money on the last day. And it might have worked out fine, as it has with other horses she has purchased after having only seen them online. But

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05/31/2023 SOURCE: www.agdaily.com

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Why do farmers use farrowing stalls? | AGDAILY

With farrowing stalls, farmers can keep the piglets safe and still allow them to get all nutrients needed from their mothers.

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05/16/2023 SOURCE: awionline.org

Animal Protection Groups Call on USDA to Require Cameras Inside CO2 Stunning Areas of Pig Slaughter Plants

Today, a coalition of animal protection groups submitted a rulemaking petition to the US Department of Agriculture to require pig slaughter plants to install cameras inside gondola cages used in carbon dioxide stunning systems.

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