Critter News
APRIL 13, 2009
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “farm animals are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) only when used in biomedical research, testing, teaching and exhibition. Farm animals used for food and fiber or for food and fiber research are not regulated under the AWA.”.Unlike
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. Whooping Cranes occurred naturally in the eastern United States until the late 1940s, and there are records of Whooping Cranes in Florida until the 1930s. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds!
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2018
The Little Missouri National Grassland in western North Dakota covers over 1 million acres and is the largest grassland in the United States. Research indicates that this decline can be tempered by management of cattle grazing practices, preventing growth of shrubs and trees and the invasion of non-native plants.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2012
If you want to identify birds you see in New Jersey, you need one of the several excellent field guides to birds in the eastern United States. That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009? If you want to find birds in New Jersey, you need A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey, Revised and Expanded (Rutgers Univ.
Animal Ethics
JULY 5, 2007
The United States has long vastly overproduced milk. June 29, 2007 The writers are cattle ranchers. There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system. It suggests there’s a milk shortage. Increasing rBST milk would just move food production in the wrong direction.
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