Intensive farming harms birds

Intensive farming harms bird life more than climate change and urbanisation

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A study has concluded that intensive farming harms bird life more than climate change and urbanisation. And intensive farming is becoming increasingly necessary as the human population grows. The UK is particularly vulnerable to this phenomenon as the country’s population is growing rapidly mainly due to uncontrolled immigration. Rarely do the politicians discuss the effect …

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Welsh farmer, Gareth Wyn Jones, received death threats for talking about a farming practice

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The Times reports today that a sheep farmer, Gareth Wyn Jones, received death threats when he posted a video showing how to skin a dead lamb to make a mother adopt an orphaned lamb. This is a traditional method. The video demonstrates how the skin of ewe’s dead newborn lamb is removed and placed over …

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Tesco product linked to Amazon rainforest destruction

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Tesco is a large UK supermarket chain with a declared commitment to curb deforestation. The environmental group Mighty Earth has managed to link Tesco’s Simply Chicken Tenders to Amazonian rainforest deforestation. They charted the supply chain of soya, which was grown on cleared forest, from a farm in Brazil. The rainforest had been burnt to …

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Animal advocates in despair over cruel plan to farm octopuses in Gran Canaria

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NEWS AND OPINION: This is about the ethics of marine wildlife farming, specifically the ethics of farming an intelligent, sentient creature which is what the octopus is. And the experts say that it is impossible to farm the octopus humanely because of their intelligence and because they are creative and solitary creatures. The last characteristic …

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Out-of-control dog drives 28 lambs to their deaths in a stream

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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 not, in the long term, in a position to adopt …

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Italy will prohibit breeding of fur-bearing animals and close fur farms

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NEWS AND COMMENT-ITALY: This is brilliant news for anybody interested in animal welfare. All of us should be but that is another story. Italy’s senators have decided to close Italy’s last mink farms. The designers of clothes have moved away from including fur in their products. They want to halt the suffering at last. Italy …

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Consumers need to know how animals are killed before buying meat products

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NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: Bravo, again, to Carrie Johnson who is a patron of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF). She has long campaigned for labelling requirements on meat products making it obligatory to provide information as to how the animal was reared and slaughtered. There are many people in Britain concerned about animal welfare who …

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Three-eyed cow in Wales, a deity, has been bought by a Hindu charity for £5,000

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A three-eyed car born at a beef farm in Brynmawr, North Wales has been bought for £5,000 by a Hindu charity and named Mahadev. This is another name for the three-eyed deity Shiva or it is a slight derivative according to Wikipedia (Mahadeva). The calf will live in Leicester at the Jain Animal Sanctuary which …

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China is making it illegal to leave any food on your dinner plate!

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In a move which only China could make, China’s administrators are introducing a law which states that diners who fail to finish their meal in a restaurant could be fined. President Xi appears to be on a personal crusade to stop food waste in China and the reason? China’s poor food security. They rely on …

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