Critter News
APRIL 13, 2009
This time, in India! 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. Cows With Gas!
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
Over the past week, tigers have frequently lifted livestock from the villages outside Kaziranga, with a tiger killing a domestic pig in the park's Sildubi area on Saturday itself. Tags: India tigers. We are waiting for the report on the exact cause of death," said Kaziranga divisional forest officer D D Gogoi.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2013
Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. They are however classified by IUCN as Least Concern.
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