AVMA News
APRIL 4, 2023
Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2024
Throw in Iberian Pigs, the odd fighting bull and a few flocks of sheep and the similarities are striking. The Spanish would agree – they come in droves to visit… The aforementioned Iberian pigs roam the oak groves, feeding on the acorns, but even the gluttonous pig can’t eat it all so in the colder season Common Crane comes to winter.
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Critter News
AUGUST 2, 2010
In four years it experimented on 157,839 mice, 17,324 rats, 11,096 fish, 1,941 birds, 1,253 guinea pigs, 933 pigeons, 884 frogs, 207 cats, 54 rabbits and 18 tree shrews from the tropics of south-east Asia.
Critter News
OCTOBER 18, 2010
If this policy is adopted, European farms could be populated by cloned supersize animals used as breeding stock for cows, pigs and sheep that are reared for food. However, a leaked report to be discussed by the EU’s College of Commissioners today comes out in favour of food from the offspring of clones.
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
JUNE 22, 2009
I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. There is no question about the motive here: seduce the sheep into believing you care so that they are easier to deal with and easier to lead to slaughter. It's just not right. Betrayal , according to the Oxford English Dictionary: 1.
Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 13, 2008
From the perspective of the land ethic a herd of cattle, sheep, or pigs is as much or more a ruinous blight on the landscape as a fleet of four-wheel drive off-road vehicles. But this is not true of cows, pigs, sheep, and chickens. This is equally true of caged wild animals.
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