PETA says: Dairy farming is a cruel industry that profits from the exploitation and suffering of animals. Mother cows and their calves are separated, the milk meant for these babies is taken for human consumption (bad idea – see end of page). Go vegan. I …
It’s described as a “lubricant” (lube). It’s made from cow mucus. The lead researcher and colleagues in a recent study, Hongji Yan, from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, examined whether cow mucus a.k.a. cow snot or saliva could be a barrier …
I want to be vegan but I was raised in the 1950s on bacon sandwiches and roast beef for Sunday dinner. This is deeply entrenched into my brain and it is very hard to shake off. I feel guilty in having some ham slices in …
This is a video of a protest group called Animal Rebellion disrupting a military procession of bearskin-wearing ceremonial troops in the UK marching down The Mall which runs from Buckingham Palace to Trafalgar Square. It is where all the big processions occur in London and …
NEWS AND COMMENT-SOUTH SUDAN: The online news media say that this is a strange incident. I would describe it in far stronger terms: it’s completely mad and it indicates a dramatic ignorance by the South Sudanese police and therefore the authorities in general in Sudan. …
Joar Berge (moustache_farmer) is an unusual farmer. He forms very close relationships with his animals and in this video, we see him with a bull he has named Mogli. He tells us that two years ago he carried Mogli home in his arms as “You …
The Jersey is a British breed of small dairy cattle from the island of Jersey in the British channel. Overall, they are the second largest breed of dairy cattle in the world and they seem to love Africa because they do very well there. They …
A female army veteran, Janicke Tvedt, believed that she was going to die after she was trampled by cows while walking her dog in Yorkshire. Although fairly uncommon, this sort of attack by cows has happened before. You might know the problem: cattle become aggressive …
NEWS AND COMMENT: I think this has happened before. A full-grown cow gets stuck on a roof. They are seen walking around on a tiled, pitched roof. Not a flat roof but a conventional roof. And they refuse to come down to compound the problem. …
