Goat in Minnesota tests positive for HPAI
AVMA News
MARCH 26, 2024
A juvenile goat on a Minnesota farm is the first U.S. case of a U.S. case of a domestic ruminant succumbing to highly pathogenic avian influenza.
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AVMA News
MARCH 26, 2024
A juvenile goat on a Minnesota farm is the first U.S. case of a U.S. case of a domestic ruminant succumbing to highly pathogenic avian influenza.
AVMA News
MAY 2, 2024
The policy topics ranged from horse tripping to goat and sheep disbudding and dehorning to the veterinarian’s role in the opioid epidemic. The AVMA Board of Directors (BOD) updated and adopted several policies during its April 4-5 meeting at AVMA headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2013
And so, a man named Salvador Ramirez brought a small herd of goats from Santa Catalina Island where he was to San Clemente Island where he went to live. And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. And so, the U.S.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2012
Authorities are concerned that a man spotted wearing a goat outfit and cavorting with actual wild Mountain Goats in the mountains of Utah could be in danger when hunting season opens in September. And, no, I am not making this up.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 16, 2013
Goat Island, off New Zealand’s Northland, was an amazing diving location without any birds. Some of these destinations are far removed from typical birding locations, but have birds you wouldn’t see otherwise. But that is actually by the by, because diving is its own reward. Hiwihiwi ( Chironemus marmoratus ).
4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 16, 2013
These goats really do sound like humans! We had an especially big laugh at the last goat of the bunch.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 11, 2012
Have you considered keeping goats as pets? If you want a slightly unusual pet that has lots of personality and can also be petted, consider keeping a couple of goats. If you want a slightly unusual pet that has lots of personality and can also be petted, consider keeping a couple of goats.
Critter News
JUNE 14, 2010
A mountain goat study in Glacier National Park has been suspended following the deaths of two goats after they were shot with tranquilizer darts. The University of Montana study, aimed at exploring the effects of climate change on mountain goats, got under way this month with preliminary field work in the Many Glacier Valley.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 8, 2017
Recently, the Ad Council has crafted three aww-inducing Public Service Ads (PSAs) featuring puppies, baby goats, and hedgehogs! Everyone loves videos with animals being adorable and cute. Yes, hedgehogs (of course we had to share that one). Not only are … Continue reading →
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2023
On the way back to Kabul, we stopped at a mosque … … so that my companions could pray and I could take some more photos … … not only of the impressive landscape but also of some goats (which then made me the center of attention of the locals) … … and buy drinks at the roadside store.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Given that it is hard to mention one of my favorite bands, the Mountain Goats, in a birding blog, these photos of blue sheep are probably the best opportunity I will ever get. Blue Sheep. At least they are cute. Listen/watch their “This year” here. Tibetan Fox. Kind of cute, too.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 24, 2015
The family name means goat-milker, and indeed all nightjars are sometimes colloquially called goatsuckers, as I’ve learned not to bring up unless I want to keep the weird looks going. European folklore holds that these birds would creep up on goats at night and suck out the milk.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2011
A pair at Goat Island Marine Reserve Being both large and common means that snapper have long been fished in New Zealand. The first such reserve, Goat Island Marine Reserve, was established in 1975, and to date there are 33 reserves around New Zealand that protect 7% of New Zealand’s territorial waters.
Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 15, 2008
Here is a New York Times story about goat meat.
Animal Person
APRIL 3, 2009
The article is called " How I Learned to Love Goat Meat " (thanks, Bea), and its author Henry Alford, as you might imagine, discovers the wonders of goat flesh consumption and tells us all about his journey. He ends with: D id the goat yield the desired end?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2015
By this I mean applying the term antelope to cover all of the family Bovidae, which would include the sheep, goats and ox. I’m a big fan of the antelopes, a group that is most commonly associated with Africa but which also occurs in Asia and, if you stretch the term to be cladistically meaningful, Europe and North America.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2014
You’ve no doubt heard about birds being put at risk by nonnative cats, rats, and even goats. Yes, that’s what’s happening at Midway Atoll, a chain of islands in the Pacific Ocean managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). But plants?
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2015
I didn’t see the mountain goats that lend the town of Mazama its logo, though I did buy a water bottle as a souvenir. Now, none of these are great rarities. I didn’t spot a Spotted Owl , or catch a glimpse of a Marbled Murrelet – both North Cascades National Park breeders.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
“I’m doing this for revenge” sing the Mountain Goats in their most recent song, “ Training Montage “ It is very good, though I feel it could be even better without the last 50 seconds or so. Well, there is something better, I guess – ending the post with a reference to the beginning of the post.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
I know for a fact that science is correct in stating that they don’t suck the milk of goats. Well, because I have seen many a goat’s udder, and not once did I notice a nightjar attached to it. Then again, science is definitely wrong in stating that goatsuckers have legs. They don’t, and I know it.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Useful species were ones you could eat, or hunt, or preferably both, which is why New Zealand had several species of deer, the alpine goat-antelopes known as the Chamois and the Himalayan Tahr introduced. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 19, 2012
Some seriously cute, and funny, goats for your Sunday!
Critter News
APRIL 19, 2012
The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a goat’s legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was training for agency personnel. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2020
Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. Turn-off to a macadam road winding through the forest and… there’s a Chamois on the road! In a second, it disappeared into trees, down towards a rocky gorge, but not before I spotted it.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 12, 2016
No, he couldn’t take care of himself and conversation edged towards the non-sensical but I am better for that brief meeting in the small patch of rare, mature forest on Goat Island and am grateful for it.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2013
Shrimp and goat are also available. This happened in Trinidad and Guyana in the urban areas to make it easier and faster to eat the items, as the individuals’ hands would not get as dirty. In Trinidad and Tobago, various wrapped “roti” are served, including chicken, conch, beef, and vegetable.
Animal Person
MARCH 24, 2009
As you know, Cheri and Jim are in the early stages of setting up their sanctuary, after a long journey of conscience that began with them closing their dairy goat operation, then transitioning to a vegan way of life, and eventually, creating a loving, lifelong home for farmed animals in need.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2012
Presumably birds account for an unknown percentage of the 59 thousand people hurt by animals who listed “other” (I mean, it isn’t like you could have many anaconda or gorilla accidents here).
Critter News
APRIL 13, 2009
By burping, belching and excreting copious amounts of methane — a greenhouse gas that traps 20 times more heat than carbon dioxide — India's livestock of roughly 485 million (including sheep and goats) contribute more to global warming than the vehicles they obstruct.
Animal Ethics
MAY 25, 2009
Here is a New York Times story about urban slaughterhouses.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 2, 2011
receives a cow, goat, sheep or other animal, along with training in its care and training in environmentally friendly agriculture. Heifer is an organization that allows people to make a donation, via Heifer.org , that can help a family in need of food, income and opportunity.
10,000 Birds
JULY 25, 2014
Though sheep and goats will feed on newly-sprouted knapweed in the spring, a pasture dominated by the stuff turns woody in late summer and autumn, leaving little nutrition for grazing animals. The impact of knapweed on Montana’s economy. Agricultural Economics Report No.
Animal Person
MARCH 31, 2009
Briefly: Zoning board in Buffalo unanimously approved plans for a slaughterhouse (as in, a place where chickens, goats, lambs and calves will be killed and chopped up). The inaugural winner would be John Carbonaro, who found an article called " Slaughterhouse in Buffalo Wins Zoning Approval."
Critter News
JUNE 20, 2010
A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked. A hippo passed away following a long, horrible transfer from another zoo. Over forty stingrays died following somebody messing up the oxygen levels in the tank.
Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
Incidents include a hippo who died in transport from Denver and a Turkmenian markhor, a species of wild goat, hung itself at the zoo after becoming trapped by a rope. The fatality is one in a string of animal deaths in recent years. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs.
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 2, 2010
The Birth of the Herding Dog ” – Meet Miller, an adorable Pyreneese dog who was born and raised among the goats he herds for his owner. “ “ The Start of the Domestic Dog ” – When early man began leaving food scraps beside a dwindling campfire, dogs followed their noses, and domestication began. “
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2013
Other than paying a visit to the beautiful Frenchman’s Cove and Blue Lagoon for some photographs of the tropical paradise-like scenery and stopping at the Blue Cafe on my back up to the Blue Mountains for some curried goat and amazing chocolate rum cake, the drive back up the Blue Mountains was relatively uneventful.
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 5, 2011
Currently, A Chance for Bliss sanctuary is home to 96 residents including 25 horses, 22 dogs, 8 goats, 7 pot belly pigs , 4 sheep, 2 steers, 5 ducks, 5 geese, 5 cockatiels, 4 rabbits, 3 chickens, 3 cats, 1 turkey, a one-winged pigeon, Hines, and a turtle, Bart. The oldest dog, Max, is 17, while the oldest horse, Prince is 36.
Animal Person
APRIL 21, 2009
The goal is to provide blogospheric content that is easy to find, and from a variety of sources. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone. Responsible Policies. More >> Animals. More >> Category. More >> Players. New York Times. Software.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2013
I am driving through mostly bare, rocky ground, kept that way by herds of domestic goats, which also cross the road as they like. A bit further and a few hundred meters higher (I am probably already at about 1000 m a.s.l.),
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
The voices of Jim Vandersluis and Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis of Maple Farm Sanctuary were especially poignant, and the anguish in their faces--in their eyes--jumps off the screen as they explain how and when it hit them that the business of raising goats for milk requires surrendering the babies to be slaughtered.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2014
Feral Goats also arrived with the first European settlers and this species population fluctuates dramatically depending on climatic conditions. The main threat was the reduction in vegetation for native animals and the general degradation of the land.
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