I missed England already. They don't allow plagues there; Defra has eliminated them as surely as they've outlawed rabies. Yes, I know I used to mock Health and Safety; that was before I came to these Former Colonies and discovered 12 year olds could buy guns. Traffic lights are more a...
There were no movement restrictions in place for the 2023-2024 winter, and is it unlikely for Defra to take future restrictive action against the disease. This is because SBV cases that are being detected in new born animals are likely to be as a result of infection in the summer/autumn. ...
Mike explored a wide range of uses of Dartmoor’s water from earliest times when the first settlers required a supply of water for their own survival, as well as that of their grazing animals. He used the example of Grimspound which enclosed part of the stream known as Grim’s Lake, a ...
it is difficult to see how the wind is less an agent than John”; and authors like Schlesinger (1989:194) have argued against intentionality, alleging that “it is generally recognized that intention is not a necessary feature of agentivity, for after all we often do things accidentally”. ...
According to the UK’sDepartment for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), air pollutioncan cause both long-term and short-term effects on health. The following groups of people are very concerned about air pollution: People with lung or heart conditions. ...
If there is a risk of E. coli contamination where is it coming from? Is it from nearby ranches? Is it weather dependent? Does it depend on what factories the food goes through? Is it dependent on wild animals coming through the farms? Or are there other things going on?
ANNETTE operates as a sort of narrative history of what I can only imagine is the tension at the heart of Sparks as an artistic project; the serious musical ambition and mastery of form that is embodied by Marion Cotillard’s Ann Defrasnoux, a beloved soprano whose work in the opera bring...
“All of these rules and processes will remain the same until Defra and the devolved administrations introduce new agriculture policies, either through the Agriculture Bill due to be introduced in the UK Parliament, or an Agriculture Bill in one or more of the devolved parliaments.” ...
The real options approach has been used within environmental economics to investigate the impact of uncertainty on the optimal timing of control measures t
Despite many dogs living in homes in the UK, there is still more to know about the welfare of those individual animals. Past research has shown that owners’ thoughts and behaviours have a substantial impact on their dog’s welfare. This study aimed to b