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Zoetis receives $15.3M grant to improve livestock health in Africa

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Zoetis announced in March that the company received a $15.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop and integrate solutions to advance veterinary care and diagnostic services to improve livestock health and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

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And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock. Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison. The post Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison appeared first on 10,000 Birds. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Syngenta advises users to “NOT place baits in locations which are accessible to pets, domestic animals, livestock or birds” or to “contaminate dams, waterways and drains with the bait or its used container.” Perhaps not surprisingly, the poison companies seem to be hiding behind Teflon shields about the problems with their products.

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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

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Somes, less interestingly, was a rich backer of the New Zealand Company called Joseph Somes (who never went near the place). The island was first a Maori fortress to be retreated to from the mainland, then a camp for internees during the war and a quarantine station for people and livestock.

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From Today's New York Times

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July 13, 2010 To the Editor: Today tens of thousands of American farmers don’t even own the livestock they raise, and the conditions they raise animals in are dictated to them by a handful of extremely powerful companies that are concerned only with the bottom line. Gene Gregory President, United Egg Producers Alpharetta, Ga.,

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Trinity Brewing: Le Capitaine Golden Saison Regal

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Even the brewery’s spent grains, once shoveled out of the mash tun, are hauled off to a local farm as livestock feed. Beverages will be provided by Talisman Brewing Company , Roosters Brewing , and New World Distillery. A Great Horned Owl , the most expected owl species in Colorado Springs according to eBird.

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