Kyrgyzstan to issue passports to sheep

sheep.smallMillions of sheep in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan are to be issued with passports in a bid to monitor and control disease among the animals. Read More »

Legal guinea pigs: Swiss to vote on lawyers for animals

guinea.pigs.smallSwitzerland could become the first country to give animals – including goldfish and guinea pigs – the right to be represented by lawyers in cruelty cases if voters back the plan in a March referendum. Read More »

Milking it: Introducing the world’s most expensive cow

A dairy cow from Canada has smashed agricultural records by selling for $1.2 million at an auction in Toronto – but the three-year-old Holstein called Missy has already repaid her new owners more than twice that sum.

 

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Massachusetts outrage over llama farm killings

llama.small1A small Massachusetts community has been stunned by the shocking killings of a pair of llamas on a local farm. Read More »

Introducing the micro pig: Clean, intelligent and loves TV

minipig.smallForget cats, dogs and rabbits. The latest pet craze sweeping the UK is for “micro pigs” — tiny swine animals which prefer curling up on the sofa to watch TV with their owners to wallowing in farmyard muck. Read More »

Raise the alarm! Llamas go on the run in Kentucky

llamaThree furry fugitives from a llama farm in Kentucky are safely back home after going on an “all-nighter.” Read More »

Dog-walking woman trampled to death by cows

cattleA woman in Yorkshire, northern England, has been trampled to death by a herd of cows while out walking her two dogs. Read More »

Supermarket matador takes on bull with shopping trolley

bullThe beef at the meat counter was a little fresher than usual for shoppers at an Irish supermarket last week as a bull escaped from a nearby cattle market and rampaged through the store. Read More »