Under a Creative Commons license Open accessHighlights Abstract Although the welfare of farm mink has been debated for decades, the status at mink farms has not previously been reported. Likewise, little is known about the variation in housing conditions and animal responses between mink farms, alth...
Earlier this year, over 330 animals were saved from a fur and urine farm in Ohio. The rescue shed light… Scientists Discover New Invasive Flatworm Species in North Carolina Scientists have discovered a new species of flatworm living in North Carolina. Although it was first spotted in the...
North Carolina (at the time of this writing), like most states, required no treatment of animal waste. Since manure is produced on factory farms in excess of what can safely be absorbed by the farm’s soil, it is often shipped to neighboring farms for use as fertilizer. Unfortunately, ...
Four other Australian funds also reported corporate engagement activities on the issue of AMR through involvement with the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) Alliance’s Global Investor Statement on Antibiotics Stewardship (FAIRR 2017), which asks global fast food and casual dining companies...
In the United States, for example, only two percent of all farm cow deaths were the result of predators. Most of those predators were dogs, followed by coyotes.The bigger threat to cows comes from disease. Because cows move in herds, one sick cow can quickly infect others. Depending on ...
Trench-type burial, landfill-type mass burial, or small on-farm burial is commonly deployed in different areas globally [33]. However, proper site selection, trench design, and site maintenance should be in accordance with the criteria established by relevant authorities to ensure minimum ...
The rapid intensification of animal production that underpins the rise in meat consumption has had a vast impact on the air, land and water of the planet, in the form of not only emissions from farm animals, but also emissions from feed cultivation, land and soil degradation, and water ...
Over 200 of those, some 1,400 animals, came to the Lake Superior Zoo, which is such a big task to take on, and we are SO fortunate that the Lake Superior Zoo was able to take as many animals as they could. Get our free mobile app Of course taking in so many new animals has a...
One tactic has been to showcase egregious examples of improper care of farm animals and claim that these are the norm, putting not just the company responsible for the animals on the defensive but the entire industry as well. In recent years, some groups have found that they can effectively...
Simonneaux (2001) studied the impact of role-playing compared to a conventional debate on students’ argumentation regarding a SSI related to animal transgenesis. Specifically, participants were required to make an informed decision about whether to install a giant transgenic salmon fish farm in a co...