Pakistan seeks US trade, not aid, says minister
Source: Dawn
DUBAI: Pakistan plans to send an official delegation to the United States in mid-November to attract investment in a bid to revive its economy following a series of militant attacks, a senior official said on Sunday.
Nepal hit by severe goat shortage
Source: BBC News
The authorities in Nepal have ordered officials to find more goats for ritual slaughter ahead of the country's biggest religious festival of the year.
Warning after fatal cow attacks
Source: Stuff.co.nz
The deaths of no fewer than four people after being trampled by cows in the past two months has prompted Britain's main farming union to issue a warning about the dangers of provoking the normally docile animals.
Killer sandwich: ham linked to cancer
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
They might seem a harmless lunchtime filler but ham, salami and devon are on the World Cancer Research Fund's hit list. The cancer charity says eating processed meat is linked to bowel cancer in adults and it is now calling on parents to teach healthy food habits early.
Pig snaffles wedding ring diamond
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
A greedy pig is thought to have swallowed a diamond from a woman's wedding ring after she put her hand into his pen in Britain, the owner of the animal says.
Lovelorn ram snagged on live wire
Source: National Nine News
A lovelorn ram has caught his horn on an electricity cable and "abseiled" down a hill while trying to reach a field of ewes.
Properties quarantined in Hendra outbreak
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Queensland Primary Industries Minister Tim Mulherin has confirmed there has been an outbreak of hendra virus amongst horses at a property near Rockhampton in the state's central region.
Mr. Clucky may be evicted from condo
Source: msnbc.com
A celebrity rooster and Miami Beach tourist favorite named Mr. Clucky could soon be evicted from the studio apartment he shares with his owner and his hen girlfriend, Wallflower.
Mr. Clucky may be evicted from condo
Source: msnbc.com
A celebrity rooster and Miami Beach tourist favorite named Mr. Clucky could soon be evicted from the studio apartment he shares with his owner and his hen girlfriend, Wallflower.
Mulesing deadline abandoned
Source: The Age
THE Australian wool industry has dumped a long-standing pledge to phase out mulesing by the end of 2010, a move that has outraged animal welfare groups and led to criticism by some farmers.
Administration moves to limit antibiotics in livestock feed
Source: http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com
"Here's a regulatory move that I think everyone except industrial livestock farmers can applaud: the federal government is considering restricting the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock.
Debate over using anti-microbials in livestock
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
Conventional cattle ranchers and pig and chicken farmers routinely feed their animals a steady diet of antibiotics to prevent illness and help them grow fatter faster.
'Turbines wind up my goats'
Source: Guardian Unlimited
After three years of intrigue and confusion, not to mention a death toll of 400, the great Penghu archipelago goat mystery may finally have been solved.
Nearly all of us kill and/or advocate killing on our behalves; e.g.: a) Mosquito Abatement b) Rodent Control c) Euthanasia d) Scientific Research e) Hunting f) Fishing g) Eating h) Sacrifice i) Capital Punishment j) War
Reports surface that teens are taking cow drugs for abortions
Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Excerpt: Veterinary and medical professionals in Wisconsin said Friday that they have been warned about a potentially alarming practice among the state's rural youth: teenage girls ingesting livestock drugs to cheaply and discreetly end their unwanted pregnancies.
Livestock tracing bill could be end of family farms, ranches
Source: D.C. Examiner
Mandatory animal tagging and tracking follows a pattern we've seen before in many consumer-safety laws: Politicians, claiming to safeguard the people and spurred by self-proclaimed consumer-protection groups, advance regulation favored by industry giants who understand that the …
Why Are Deer Being Smuggled into Texas?
Source: TIME
So plentiful are the white-tailed deer in Texas that the notion of smuggling deer into the state seems absurd — yet this growing and lucrative illegal trade, with its threat of devastating disease, is challenging federal and state wildlife officers across the country.