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If You Can, Please Help Peaceful Prairie
expand their sanctuary. For zoning reasons, the land beside this sanctuary in Colorado must be used for animals. If Peaceful Prairie cannot afford to buy it, it will become a ranch or slaughter facility.
You can read more here:http://www.peacefulprairie.org/expansion2.htmlArticle: "Cows 'should be genetically engineered not to feel pain'"
...because THAT would be the most humane option. wtf?
http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/09/cows-should-be-genetically-engineered.html
( Click for article.. )Kangaroos to be used as food, and thus "climate control"
Ohhh, heavenly days!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiaclimatefoodkangaroosoffbeat
"SYDNEY (AFP) - An offbeat suggestion that Australians should eat kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the government's top climate change adviser.
The belching and farting of millions of farm animals ( Read more... )Having Trouble Giving Up Cheese? Dairy?
I know some people in this community who are transitioning sometimes post about having trouble giving up their beloved cheese. Read this. Please. I'm linking rather than posting because the website contains photos of the boys. Every time you have a craving, ask yourselves if the lives of these three, and countless others, are worth it. animals-cows, what's wrong with-milkDirty Jobs
i just saw a preview for a new Dirty Jobs episode where the host Mike Row(e?) is going to a dairy farm...the last clip it shows is of him helping deliver a calve...do you think they will mention that most dairy farms sell the male calves as veal?......i think not, they want to ensure that where THEIR milk comes from, the cows are very happy and ( Read more... )Milking It
I can't say I'm exactly enjoying reading the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation's report on the health effects of milk, White Lies by Dr Justine Butler, or Viva!'s report on the dairy industry, The Dark Side of Dairy - but they are excellent resources, harvested from a massive range of government and dairy industry reports, and peer-reviewed scientific ( Read more... )Anyone have information about cow's impact on soil?
Hi, I was wondering if there was any information / books / websites / etc that you knew about the topic of cattle ranching. In particular, I would like to see information that discusses the impact that cows have on the soil and the local environment ( Read more... )Cows also 'have regional accents'
Cows have regional accents like humans, language specialists have suggested.
They decided to examine the issue after dairy farmers noticed their cows had slightly different moos, depending on which herd they came from.
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I heard somewhere that cows are not native to America, is that true?Milk
This might be a stupid question..
My friend and I were talking about milk today. She said that her uncle owns a "small, but not too small" farm in Israel. According to her, cows at first do need to be made pregnant to keep milk coming, but their calves are kept with them (Though I suppose that could just be female calves?), and eventually they " ( Read more... )