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Mad Cow Disease Appears in California

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The reemergence of mad cow disease, discovered in a California dairy cow, could have major implications for the state’s meat industry, even though officials have said that the human food supply is unaffected. Department of Agriculturetests about 40,000 cows a year in its effort to catch the disease.

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Agriculture Fears Possible "Cow Tax"

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I don't know how seriously to take this, or if it's just the ag industry pulling an NRA stunt (ie. 4, 2008 by the Environmental Protection Agency to charge a fee for air-polluting cows and hogs. The ag industry really fears that the government may start taxing them for heads of livestock because of their contribution to global warming.

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Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures

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But the seal industry doesn't care. Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may be more durable than the other animal tissue. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.

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US Government Continues Subsidizing Meat Industry

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Hard to wean people off animals when the US government is propping up the industries, and especially when so much of it ends up on school lunch trays (laying the foundation for this nation's obesity problem in my opinion.) Last week, the USDA bought approximately 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk to help the dairy industry.

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Oostvaardersplassen

10,000 Birds

The Oostvaardersplassen were supposed to be industrial land but by the time the engineers showed up with their shovels the place had transformed into the best wetland in northern Europe. Disappointingly, a very interesting area was closed off for the cows to rest (what about a nice stable?) The beavers agreed.

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Las Terrazas de Dana Boutique Lodge & Spa

10,000 Birds

We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic. She started birding 30 years ago while she accompanied her father when he worked macheting pasture for cows. 10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations.

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Terrible News. US Supreme Court Strikes Down California "Downer Cow" Law

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Clearly a win for the damn livestock industry. It was a question of federal vs. state authority. And it was a unanimous decision. Read the full story at CNN. A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court.

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