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 NM Calf Frolics With Fake Legs 

Family pays for prosthetics after adopting frostbitten calf

Nov 4, 09 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The first calf ever fitted with prosthetic legs now spends her days frolicking at a New Mexico farm just months after losing her back hooves and part of her hind legs to frostbite. Rancher Nancy Dickenson's step-daughter found the frostbitten black Angus, named Meadow, on a neighboring property and the... More »

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cattle • cows • veterinarian • prosthetics

Cattle Rustling Makes a Texas- Size Comeback

Thievery soars in Wild West as recession-hit cowboys go bad

Aug 11, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A crime of the Old West is becoming a serious problem in 21st-century Texas, the Los Angeles Times reports. Cases of cattle rustling have more than tripled over the last couple of years, a trend investigators blame on the recession and on city-dwelling ranch owners who don't take the time... More »

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cattle • Texas • theft • livestock • ranch • cowboy

Hitler's Nazi Super-Cows Head to Britain

Führer attempted to create master race
of Aryan oxen

Apr 22, 09 1:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British farm specializing in rare breeds has purchased descendants from a Nazi project aimed at breeding an ubër-ox, the Independent reports. The Heck cattle stock were developed from efforts to recreate the auroch—a huge proto-cow that once roamed Europe—through selective breeding to remove the genes of... More »

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cattle • Adolf Hitler • cows • Nazi

 On Green Menu: Roos & Camels 

Studies say beef emits greenhouse gases

Jan 5, 09 5:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Australians are being advised to save the planet by eating kangaroos and camels. A study of Australia's 1 million wild camels, descendants of camels imported as pack animals, recommends that their numbers be culled by hunting them for food, AFP reports. A separate study suggests that kangaroos be farmed... More »

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cattle • Australia • farming • beef • methane • camels • sheep • greenhouse-gas emissions • kangaroos • Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Center

Wild Horses Drag Pickens' Cash Away

T. Boone's wife adopts 30,000 mustangs, blocking euthanasia

Nov 18, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Some 2,000 wild horses of the American West were in danger of euthanasia—until billionaire T. Boone Pickens’ wife, Madeleine, stepped in and offered to adopt them and 28,000 of their closest friends, the Washington Post reports. The Bureau of Land Management holds the animals in pens, rounding... More »

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cattle • adoption • horse • T. Boone Pickens • animal • Bureau of Land Management

Amish Blast ID Cow Chips
as 'Mark of the Beast'

Farmers sue USDA over Michigan's mandatory tag program

Nov 14, 08 3:44 AM CST
(Newser) - A group of Amish farmers has launched a federal lawsuit against the USDA claiming that electronic ID tags on cattle are the mark of Satan himself, not merely of the Michigan Animal Identification System, Wired reports. The farmers say the mandatory program, aimed at tracking livestock diseases, violates the "... More »

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cattle • religion • USDA • Amish • Satan • RFID • farmers

 Farmers Hunt Wildlife 
 to Keep Greens Clean 

E. coli scare prompts extreme measures in 'America's Salad Bowl'

Sep 2, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - To please cautious companies, farmers have turned hunters in California's Salinas River Valley, where 60% of the nation's lettuce grows. They’re stalking wild pigs, poisoning ponds and erecting fences—disrupting wildlife and destroying habitats in the process—to avoid another E. coli contamination, the AP reports. But some question... More »

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E. coli • cattle • food contamination • spinach • wildlife • farmers

 As Feed Prices Climb,
 Minicows Moove In

Smaller cattle eat less, take up less space

Aug 12, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - As feed prices soar, some farmers are literally shrinking their operations by turning to minicows--cattle half as big as their full-size cousins. The trendy creatures produce proportionally more beef while eating less, some researchers say. They require less space and “don’t tear up the grounds as much as... More »

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Save Planet, Eat 'Roo Burgers,
Scientist Urges

Belching sheep and cattle account for 11% of Aussie emissions

Aug 10, 08 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can kangaroo burgers save the world? One Australian scientist thinks so. Farming kangaroos to replace conventional livestock could reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he says. Cattle and sheep expel methane gas—more harmful than carbon dioxide—through belching and flatulence, but 'roos don't, thanks to unique microorganisms in their digestive tracts,... More »

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environment • cattle • Australia • carbon footprint • kangaroo • greenhouse-gas emissions

NZ Farmers Gas About Sheep  Flatulence Pollution Law

Fears that methane curb could ruin farms

Jun 8, 08 5:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In its quest to be the first carbon-neutral country, New Zealand is cracking down on methane emissions--and that means regulating the gas released by livestock, the Los Angeles Times reports. Farmers are worried a government proposal to fine them if their livestock exceed greenhouse-gas limits could leave many bankrupt—a... More »

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climate change • environment • cattle • greenhouse gases • global warming • livestock • New Zealand • methane • farmer • sheep

 Brazil Targets Amazon Loggers 

Government cracks down as deforestation rises sharply

Mar 21, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brazil is launching a new crackdown against the loggers who are destroying the Amazon rainforest at alarming rates, the Washington Post reports. After several years of decline, deforestation is surging as cattle ranchers clear land and loggers cut down trees for charcoal to fuel steel mills abroad. But Brazil will... More »

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Meat Safety at Risk, Warn Overwhelmed Inspectors

Sick cows are slipping by and workers are fooling inspectors

Feb 22, 08 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Government inspectors say staff shortages are making it impossible for them to do their jobs properly and that sick cows could be getting into the food supply, reports AP. With staffing levels so low, inspectors are forced to quickly scan hundreds of animals to spot signs of illness like drooping... More »

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cattle • beef • meat • inspection • slaughterhouse

Video Shows Cattle Abuse
at California Feedlot

Electric shock, other illegal methods, used on sick cows

Jan 30, 08 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Cows are zapped with electricity, picked up with forklifts, and subjected to high-pressure jets of water up their noses in a video taken at a California slaughterhouse by an undercover investigator from the US Humane Society, the Washington Post reports. The video shows cattle workers using extreme, and illegal, measures... More »

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UK Veal Now Cool, Not Cruel

New farming standards make calf meat a newly ethical food

Jan 20, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Veal is the new guilt-free meat in Britain, and everyone from top chefs to farmers and animal activists is pushing consumers to eat up. Anti-cruelty groups largely eliminated veal from the UK diet in the '90s, and as a result, dairy farmers slaughter half a million male calves and... More »

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agriculture • cattle • veal • animal cruelty • dairy • farmer • Britain • rose veal • Tesco • British veal • veal farms

Kangaroo Farts Could Help
Curb Warming

Secret to methane-free gas could be transferred to cattle and sheep

Dec 8, 07 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Australian scientists worried about global warming have turned to one of Mother Nature's cleanest "natural gas" producers, the kangaroo, for help. It seems that when kangaroos fart, the stuff contains none of the methane produced by cattle and sheep breaking wind. Scientists want to transfer the bacteria from kangaroos'... More »

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cattle • Australia • greenhouse gases • global warming • methane • scientific research • kangaroo

Activists Howl as Wolves Leave Endangered List

Gray wolf population threatens livestock,
officials say

Nov 24, 07 5:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Federal officials plan to pull gray wolves from the endangered species list for the first time in more than 20 years, the AP reports. Hunters will be allowed to reduce the growing wolf population, which threatens livestock in the Northern Rockies—but activists vow lawsuits to block the plan, saying... More »

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endangered species • cattle • list • US Fish and Wildlife Service • endangered species list • hunters • gray wolf

Bluetongue Means Crisis for UK Farmers

PM signals possible compensation for crippled industry

Sep 30, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bluetongue cases will keep infecting UK cattle and mire farmers in a financial crisis, possibly for years, the Guardian reports. Almost a dozen cows have been hit so far, the first tremor of UK bluetongue after 3,000 cattle were hit this summer in Northern Europe. So far Gordon Brown... More »

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cattle • foot and mouth disease • Britain • outbreak • bluetongue

Mini-Cattle Are New Cash Cow

Downsized breeds are new industry craze

Sep 24, 07 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans may still like their burgers supersized, but the latest rage in the cattle industry is mini-cows. With smaller ranches on the rise, growers are looking for animals that suit a limited acreage. They're often kept as pets or sustainable lawn-mowers that make the rounds at state fairs, but they... More »

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Foot and Mouth Disease Reappears in Britain

EU keeps ban on British meat; 2001 outbreak cost $17B

Sep 12, 07 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new case of foot and mouth disease has struck a cattle farm in England—a day after the EU had decided to lift its ban on British beef. The EU will keep the ban for now, Reuters reports, and the British government has sprung into action—quarantining the area,... More »

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cattle • disease • European Union • beef • ban • foot and mouth disease • Britain • outbreak

Sabotage Eyed In Outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth

Investigators target
'bio security' at labs making vaccine

Aug 9, 07 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - British officials are pursuing the possibility that latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease could be the result of sabotage, the Times reports. They've ruled out water leaks spreading the virus from a research lab to nearby farms,and have concluded that "release by human movement must be considered a real... More »

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cattle • health • London • livestock • England • cows • safety • foot and mouth disease • sabotage • Merial • outbreak

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