Drought-ic action: 'Goat 'condoms' save Kenyan herds' (via BBC)

African farmers don't want to add to their livestock in times of drought.So "Maasai herdsmen in Kenya have turned to an age-old contraceptive device, the "olor", to protect their precious goat herds from an ongoing drought" writes Ruth Nesoba (BBC News, Nairobi) in Goat...

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...

Massive Animal Herds Flourishing Despite Sudan War, Survey Reveals

"New aerial surveys have revealed that staggering numbers of elephants, gazelles, and antelope survived Southern Sudan's ruinous 25-year civil war virtually unknown to the outside world."

A conservationist's dream in Africa

"The marching penguins of Antarctica and homing swallows of Capistrano, Calif., are dwarfed by the thunderous herds of wildebeests and zebras that make their twice-yearly migration across the Serengeti Plain in East Africa."

Border rancher concerned about disease from illegal crossers

The holes, cut by individual migrants or blasted out by fence-crashing vehicles, also created an easy passageway for cattle. In an effort to keep Mexican cows out, and their own cows in, they would devote an entire day each week to repairing the breaches.

County decides it cannot block Minuteman fence

"The group plans to build a new security fence on private property, and Cochise County officials say there is nothing to stop the fence from being built."