I have no idea what this video depicts because I refuse to watch it except that it features pigs which I will presume are treated cruelly by insensitive humans. I don’t eat pig flesh. The person who posted the video said: “If you can’t watch …
Enlightening, no? Sheep can be like dogs. No doubt this sheep was raised with dogs but it goes to show that they are sentient animals with a mind. But we see them so mercilessly treated as commercial assets much like nuts-and-bolts that have been mass …
In a recent study, the scientists concluded that “globally, the association between antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) between human and animals goes both ways”. My understanding is that they mean that if humans consume too many antibiotics it works against them because the pathogens, …
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a story about the need for dog owners to keep their dogs on a lead in areas where livestock are nearby. And I think, too, it might be linked to rampant dog adoptions during Covid-19 by people who really were …
Real-time AI threat detection cameras will help to combat the threat of wildlife poaching on the African continent, it is believed. They are a significant improvement on traditional camera traps because images from the AI cameras are transmitted directly to satellites from where they are …
I want to focus on urine in this article 😒! But the news is that Jacinda Ardern has declared that New Zealand is going to be the first country to reduce agricultural emissions because the world is becoming more concerned about how food is produced …
Farmers are painting the horns of their sheep to try and beat thieves in Dartmoor where it is reported that rural crime has risen by 40% over the past 12 months. There’s been an increase in animal theft and equipment from farmers in this region …
Farmers in Hungary have reported historic drought damage affecting about 550,000 ha of land. Andras Eordogh breeds horses in (or near) Jászszentlászló, a village in the southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary. His horses are playing and kicking up the dust after a scorching …
A Belgian farmer, Piet Paesmans, says that he pigs particularly like jolly dance songs. He can tell because they start wagging their tails. If the songs are “dynamic” they start to dance around and frolic. But they find rock music too strong and don’t like …
