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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. According to the latest research data, the total Brown Bear population in Greece is 475 to 500 and here in the Pindos range there are 350 to 400 animals (Pilidis, 2015, in pub.). At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees.

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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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The rising consumer preference for more “natural” and local products and concerns about pollution and antibiotic use in giant livestock operations are also driving change. The surprise truce in Ohio follows stronger limits imposed by California voters in 2008; there, extreme caging methods will be banned altogether by 2015.

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CBC Shenanigans

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By 2015 I was assigned to lead a CBC group for the first time. Our jaunt for the CBC of 2015 turned out to be the first of many, as I have been assigned that area each count since then. Visitors to T&T may be familiar with the area – the famed Aripo Livestock Station.

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