Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2010
Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) Tags: europe tail docking pigs factory farm agribusiness.
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2021
Passing by the Ecka fish farm, the largest inland fish farm of Europe, we visited the Belo Jezero Lake to pick Ferruginous Duck , Black and Whiskered Terns , Pygmy Cormorant , Squacco Heron , Eurasian Spoonbill , Great Reed and Savi’s Warblers. Also along the Tamis River, our next hotspot was a fish farm in the Sakule Village.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2024
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. The grazers are glorified farm animals, but they have been labelled by some very irresponsible people as “wild”. It is wild and very beautiful.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2019
Birders know that the pairing of farms and birds represents more than mere bucolic romance – it’s a match borne out of a real avian dependence on these man-made landscapes. Once brewed, saison would be laid down for use during the hot summer months, when a farming household would be much too occupied with fieldwork for making beer.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2020
Usually, maize is on the menu, only occasionally carrion or dead trout from a nearby fish farm. Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. We are in the Tara Mountain in western Serbia, ranging from 1,000-1,500 m / 3,000-5,000 ft above sea level.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
There actually is a study on the effect of wind farms on Chongming Dongtan (where these photos were taken) on Little Egrets. None other than W.S. of the German Anglers Association. For some reason, the Latin species name of the Black-winged Kite is caeruleus , or azure-blue. Explanations or apologies by ornithologists are very welcome.
Animal Ethics
JULY 5, 2007
No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Farms using rBGH are likely to use more grain, water, fuel, emit more greenhouse gases and spend more on feed and other inputs, offsetting any economic gains. I dispute Dr. Miller’s assertion that rBGH-injected cows can help reduce milk prices.
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