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Scientists are examining cow farts and burps in a novel bid to combat global warming.The world's 'cow nation' is responsible for 4% of greenhouse gases, its claimed. Cows spend their days chewing grass and happily... Indians Better Off Not Eating Their Cows!
As an Indian American, I am amazed at some of the persistent misconceptions and derogatory attitudes of some of my fellow Americans concerning India. Of course, no country is perfect and that definitely includes India. The perennial question, of course, is why Indians... Hope for Environmentalist Carnivores
If this research proves out it could be a major step forward in reducing human-caused GHG emmissions. Methane is the second most important gas causing human-made climate change. Each molecule causes about 25... Woman Killed By Cows
"An investigation is under way to find out what caused a herd of cattle to trample a woman to death this week."The Clintons & Monsanto-A Profitable Family Affair
Though this article deals only with Bill Clinton's sleezy yet profitable involvement with Monsanto, GMO's, and mega-agribusinesses, Hillary's self-serving ongoing involvement with Monsanto is also well...The Dead Farmer and the Cow
The BBC reports that a 70 year old farmer has died in an "incident" with a cow. It won't say what the incident was (and they don't say "accident" mind you). No foul play is suspected, but they did kill the cow afterwards. Was this some sort of death from...Lots to learn in a cowshed
"You can learn a lot in a cowshed, especially if it has a resident teacher. In Britain a farmer's wife has set up a school in a derelict cow shed. The teacher, Anne Miller, had lost her job at the local village primary when it closed so she set up their own private school...143 Million Pounds of Beef, And We Can’t Fix This. . .
Three weeks after The Humane Society released an undercover video of workers abusing cows on the Internet, The Department of Agriculture forced the Westland / Hallmark Meat Company to recall 143 million pounds of... Chinese Factory Turns Environmental Bane into Boon
I have been asked to repost this interesting report from the Worldwatch Institute website, on China's efforts to recycle cow manure. The article is worth posting because all efforts to correct energy consumption and production practices must be applauded and celebrated.... A Convenient Truth: Cow Farts Go Green
A group of Japanese scientists have made inroads in stemming one of the major produces of greenhouse gases - cow farts. "Junichi Takahashi’s discovery could, he says, dramatically reduce the environmental damage... Cows not all black and white
"Research on colour vision in farm animals shows that they are dichromats with cones (colour sensitive retina cells) most sensitive to yellowish-green and blue purple light. Humans are trichromats and see the full colour spectrum. Dichromatic vision may make the animal...Skimmed milk cows on their way
"Herds of cows producing skimmed milk could soon be roaming our pastures, reports Cath O'Driscoll in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered that some cows have genes that give them a natural ability to produce skimmed...Researchers to measure methane from cow belch
About 20 cows in Sweden will be put on different diets and will wear collars in an effort to measure how much methane each one burps out in the air. Researchers believe that 95 percent of the methane... School raises $590,000 to study cow belching
The bovine belch has never been so lucrative."STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish university has received $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch.
About 20 cows will participate... Cows do recognise people
"Can Cows Discriminate People by their Faces?" Canadian and Japanese researchers trained eight Holstein cows five days a week for three months. For each cow, two people of different size - a rewarder and a...
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