AVMA News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved a number of animal drugs, including those that treat Giardia duodenalis in dogs.

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AVMA News

MAY 22, 2024

The federal government announced May 10 that it will devote $200 million to enhance its response efforts to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1), particularly among dairy cattle.

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AnimalEquality.net

JANUARY 15, 2025

The latest investigation, featuring never-before-seen footage, uncovers significant failures in cow and chicken… Source The findings uncover rampant cruelty and violations, with profits prioritized over animals, public health, and transparency.

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Animal Equality

APRIL 16, 2025

The cow moved slowly—belly full, lungs straining. She walked in pregnant. But she never walked out. Workers shouted. Shoved her toward the kill floor. They stunned her. Slit her throat. Hoisted her by her hind legs. Her body swung, limp. Then—a twitch. A tiny calf, still curled in her womb, kicked. A worker sliced her open.

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Critter News

MARCH 5, 2009

A new soft drink made from cow's urine may be launched in India by a hard line Hindu group known for their opposition of Western food imports. The manufacturers say small quantities of the liquid produced by Hinduism's revered holy cows is being mixed with products such as aloe vera and gooseberry to fight diseases.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 7, 2011

She, and the cow, are both amazing! We have all heard the saying “when life hands you lemons, make lemonade&# , well when Regina Mayer wasn’t able to have a horse, she found the next best thing! Enjoy the video.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2008

4, 2008 by the Environmental Protection Agency to charge a fee for air-polluting cows and hogs. It would require farms or ranches with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50 Remember cows "emit" methane.) {There was} a proposal Thursday, Dec.

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Critter News

MAY 8, 2009

A cow that escaped from a slaughter house in NY City has been allowed to go to an animal sanctuary. Tags: meat animal rescue Slaughterhouse cows meatpacking.

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Critter News

APRIL 24, 2012

The reemergence of mad cow disease, discovered in a California dairy cow, could have major implications for the state’s meat industry, even though officials have said that the human food supply is unaffected. Department of Agriculturetests about 40,000 cows a year in its effort to catch the disease. The state also hosts 1.84

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Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

Cows With Gas! Tags: global warming India methane cows. It's been a while since we've posted about Mr. Barky's favorite subject. This time, in India!

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Check out my guest post at Change.org today called " Thinking Critically About Happy Cows." Thanks to Stephanie for inviting me to post!

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Critter News

MAY 14, 2009

Molly the cow escaped from a Queens slaughterhouse has been sent to a sanctuary in Long Island. And, now she has a new boyfriend names Wexley(story complete with hot cow smooching picture). Tags: cows.

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Critter News

MARCH 29, 2012

California dairy farmers have an ad campaign that cows are just darn happy on their factory farms. PETA is not convinced. This article about the situation appears in the Merced Sun-Star which is from my home county of Merced!

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Cows California Campaign Factory Farm 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The class-action lawsuit accuses companies of slaughtering thousands of cows just to decrease supply. Animal rights group Compassion Over Killing was the first to uncover the alleged systematic slaughter of healthy dairy cows in California.

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Animal Person

MAY 14, 2009

In other words, it's so tragic that elephants are in mortal danger that you should kill cows to help protect the imperiled elephants? All the proceeds will benefit the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF) conservation, which has rescued 11 baby and young-adult elephants since its inception in 2006. There are only 50 available.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Orange Chat was clearly feeding on insects and taking advantage of the cow pats in the area. The Orange Chat was moving through the dry mud and the grass as we sat and watched. The colour on this bird species is incredible and not easily hidden in the environment. Orange Chat and Black-fronted Dotterel.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 10, 2012

Teaser: Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden emerged on the employee engagement scene in 1998 as the “cow guys” after the publication of their book, “Contented Cows Give Better Milk: The Plain Truth About Employee Relations and Your Bottom Line.”

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whales are cows. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. But if you were a biologist in training and you told your advisor you had a grant to study cows, and then took off on a boat to study whales, you would cause more confusion than necessary. Even though whales are cows. Cows do not. Nor do camels.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2011

Naturalists examining old nests have identified raccoon, opossum, dog, fox squirrel, red squirrel, rabbit, horse, cow, cat, mouse, woodchuck, and even human hair in titmouse nests.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

One family we came across recently had two chicks and one minute we had nice views from the vehicle… Masked Lapwing chick We then could not see it, but had not seen it run off…very odd… very clever… We discovered it had got into a cow footprint and was cleverly disguised! Masked Lapwing chick hiding in a cow footprint!

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Breeding Cows Eggs 2012 190

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2012

The grazing is not well-suited to the modern beef cow, particularly not during the sere of summer, and massive acrages are required for a financially viable business. Most of all, there is isolation — Ferret Camp, 20 miles from the next nearest human habitation, represents the farthest from civilization I have ever been.

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Ferrets Wildlife Montana Prairie Dogs 241

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

When you ask yourself, as the rain pelts you face and runs into your eyes and you shuffle your feet to get a better vantage point on this bramble only to track into a particularly large, particularly runny pile of muddy cow dung, why is it that I put myself through this for what amounts to a tick on a list.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2013

But the wilds of Nevada revealed rattlesnakes, lizards (OK, the lizards didn’t seem that dangerous), and more than one mama cow who stared us down when our vehicles got too close to a calf. Back home, the most I’d worry about would be a bee sting, or catching Lyme disease from a tick. Not yet, knock on wood.)

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Coyotes Nevada Rattlesnake Mules 235

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2014

The Ash-throated Flycatchers ( Myiarchus cinerascens ) pictured below start their nest base with dry cow or horse dung. The cup is made up of dry grasses, rootlets, and weed stems, then lined with finer grasses, hair and fur. The nestling has darker down and whiter gape flanges than the nuthatch nestlings.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

She started birding 30 years ago while she accompanied her father when he worked macheting pasture for cows. Julia Patiño has 20+ years of experience guiding in birding tours and is one of the first women guides in Ecuador! She was attracted by the number of different species and their colors.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2014

In summary: unless you’re a cow or a human, cow’s milk is always a bad idea. – will develop serious and often fatal stomach problems if fed cow’s milk. Feeding tiny bits of blueberry will help keep the nestlings hydrated until you can them to a rehabber – which should be as fast as humanly possible.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Eggs Squirrels 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

From the next curve in the road, I can see the cows grazing deep in the valley: “If I was a tiger, I would check my prey from here.” Nitin was talking to rangers and explains: “A few days ago, one of the 70 or so tigers in the reserve has indeed taken a cow.

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India Owls Tigers Endangered Species 260

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2020

The local levee warden sometimes shepherds his cows here, and the eagle would stand right above him, giving him no second glance. At first I stopped to admire it, then came a bit closer, but still giving it space so it would feel safe. I am a stranger in his realm.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

On our last morning, we drove out to the Carson Lake Wetlands , following long and dusty trails through cow pastures and marshy terrain. The specials for our dinner at The Slanted Porch in Fallon included dishes prepared from cows and lambs raised by local 4-H Club kids.). The best, in my opinion, was saved for last.

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Nevada Barn Owls Cows Lamb 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

This was followed by a couple of trucks and motorcycles that drove past the cabañas from the town to their small farms to milk the cows. The morning arrived and I was woken up by a Rufous Antpitta that called at my window. We got up and followed the dirt road downhill heading towards the east.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. The guide keeps one hand on a steering wheel and holds a spotlight in other, flooding the bushes. Here and there, eyes are shining, mostly numerous Scrub Hares.

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South Africa Africa Game Elephants 277

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

The cows and their entourage of Cattle Egrets sloshed through the pastures, each time they moved we lurched forward hoping to see a disturbed Grey-breasted Crake hop into view – but alas, no such luck even though we were hearing the little skulkers consistently. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also.

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Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2012

Clearly a win for the damn livestock industry. It was a question of federal vs. state authority. And it was a unanimous decision. Read the full story at CNN. A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court.

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Laws California Downers Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

This time I have a shot taken with my 50 mm lens without the scope just to illustrate the range we were working at here: Bad picture aside it felt like an honor just to share a field with Sociable Lapwings , but not much of an honor considering we were also sharing the field with cows and lots of cow poop!

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Kazakhstan Cows 2009 Endangered Species 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2012

I was able to watch them not only through the afternoon, as they continued to ignore the humans and cows hanging around what was obviously THEIR bridge, but well into the evening. They were, of course, Grey Wagtails , in their typical habitat.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

These birds even lay their eggs on piles of cow or horse dung, most likely to elevate them from the cold ground and possibly provide some heating through the process of rotting plant material. That can be traced back in time to 1875, when Alfred Brehm wrote that he had found Sociable Lapwings only alongside the domestic cattle.

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Sudan India Ukraine Camels 252

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2013

The primary justification is their status as reservoirs for the plague and the fleas that may spread it, but their habit of “destroying” crops, pastureland (cows might trip!) But to many humans they are just a pest, eliciting endless recommendations from the internet on how to trap, gas, shoot, and poison them.

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