Throughout northern Europe, scientists and local authorities are dealing with the emergence of a new virus. The microorganism attacks cattle, sheep and goats, and causes females to display fetal malformations during pregnancy, or give birth to dead offspring.
Epidemiologists are currently working as hard as they ca... |
17 January 2012
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A helicopter crash in Russia, which took place in January, brought to the media's attention a phenomenon that may be very widespread within the country's elite – that of hunting endangered animal species, which are on the brink of extinction, from up in the air. The aforementioned crash killed seven i... |
6 May 2009
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An adviser from the Australian government who is involved in climate change matters asks people to let go of their beef and lamb-based meals and shift to kangaroo meat consumption if they want to help saving the planet.Economist Ross Garnaut based his 600-page studies on the fact that cattle and sheep have reached wo... |
2 October 2008
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French actress and fierce animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot is on trial this week, accused of inciting racial hatred in her native France. Incidentally, France - along with most of the other European countries - has very strict anti-racism laws, therefore Bardot's angry anti-Muslim remarks didn't go do... |
18 April 2008
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While scientists face political and ethic issues in getting hybrid embryos, farm animals ignore all the fuss and go on their own. Such an example is Lisa, the geep, a crossbreed between a goat and a sheep. The lamb/kid was born following an unsuspected sexual encounter on the farm of Klaus Exsternbrink, in Schwerte, ... |
11 February 2008
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1. The bighorn sheep originates in Siberia. It reached North America 100,000 years ago. Sheep's genus, Ovis, has common origin with the goat's genus, Capra. 20,000 years ago, in the southern Rocky Mountains lived Ovis catclawensis, a ship 12-20 % longer than the bighorn (Ovis canadensis) and 50-70 % heavier... |
25 January 2008
16:54 GMT |
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