Livestock breeds face 'meltdown'
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The world risks losing many of its rare livestock breeds unless conservation steps are taken now, a study warns.
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THE number of wild animals across the world has plummeted by 40 per cent in the past 30 years because of changes in the way humans are living.
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JOHANNESBURG -- The bellowing of a bull before a ritual slaughter is a joyous sign to many South Africans that their ancestors have accepted the animal's sacrifice. But to others, it is the bovine equivalent of a scream of trauma and pain.
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Britain's farmers face a new threat to their cattle after disease was found at Ipswich farm.
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A global crisis of bird flu will threaten animal and human life in the near future, UN agencies warn.
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By JAMES MORGAN  MICHAEL Henderson looked on helplessly yesterday as his entire farm was rapidly submerged by the River Tay.  The river burst its banks and began engulfing cattle at the Carse Farm, near Aberfeldy, one of several Tayside farms to suffer.
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_ Consumer and cattle-industry groups joined the government in cautioning against public alarm as federal scientists investigate a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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Crisis has been in the air in China the past week &#151; over pork.
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CALGARY (CP) - Alberta's premier and the cattle industry believe it's time to look at a cull of older animals to restore international confidence in Canadian beef after two cows tested positive for mad cow disease in the last 10 days.
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By TACON, Terry  TARANAKI dairy farmers wanting to buy cows may find them hard to obtain because of pressure from South Island buyers.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal groups are opposing the move.
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Initial blood tests on sheep on Surrey farm suggest a new case of foot and mouth disease, officials say.
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Marooned amid rising waters, many residents refused to leave their livestock, one of the most valuable assets in a country heavily dependent on agriculture.
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threatened that they may disappear soon due to intensive agriculture and climate change, scientists say. &quot;The number of bird species in trouble across Europe is rising,&quot; said BirdLife, a British-based conservation group.
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Wild camels in drought-stricken Australia are in plague proportions, damaging the environment and property as they compete with native animals for food and water.
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By Sean Poulter  A SUPERBUG similar to MRSA which affects thousands of hospital patients has been found in farm animals and meat.
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Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.