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Some Good News In NJ Farm Animals Case

Critter News

The court upheld regulations permitting pig and calf confinement, the transport of ill and injured cattle, and force molting of birds. The plaintiffs plan to pressure the NJDA to abandon them when the regulations are revised.

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars.