Adorable moment a playful puppy called PJ grabs a leash to take a HORSE on a walk around their family’s farm Puppy grabs a leash and takes horse for a walk around farmland estate Cattle dog attempted to drag the foal along the gravel using makeshift leash The adorable puppy excitedly tugged on leash to encourage … Read more
Forget about scarecrows – Australian farmers hoping to save their livestock from dingos might want to borrow a wacky tube man from their local used car dealer. A new study suggests the humorous figures’ unpredictable gyrations can scare off the legendary wild dogs. Dingoes are a major problem for Australia’s sheep industry, slaughtering thousands of … Read more
Farmers should converse with a cow face-to-face if they want them to unwind in the run up to being slaughtered, according to a new study. Austrian researchers found cows were more relaxed when spoken to directly by a human, compared with when they were played voice recordings over a loudspeaker. The experts observed signs of relaxation … Read more
Round ’em up! Two PUGS called Tuff and Paisley herd cattle on an Oregon ranch Paisley, three, and Tuff, one, are herding dogs at Silvies Valley Ranch, Oregon Footage shows the pair excitedly running after dozens of cows and goats Sara Jean Wedel taught Paisley commands after seeing her mimic Border Collies By Georgia Simcox … Read more
Mooving in! Herd of longhorn cattle are returning to grade II listed Wanstead Park in east London after 150 years to help maintain rare grasslands Herd of rare cows was let out to graze at one of London’s oldest parks today Longhorn cattle were reintroduced to Wanstead Park in east London The park is near Epping Forest … Read more
Millions of people today adore their pet cats, and the feline obsession spans back more than a millennium, scientists now believe. Evidence from the ancient Silk Road reveals domestic cats were kept as pets by nomadic livestock herders more than 1,000 years ago. Animal bones found in Kazakhstan, along what used to be the vast transcontinental … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Pig and cattle breeder Genus hits an all time high as it targets Chinese farmers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 What is it? Genus breeds pigs and cattle with the best genes for providing high-quality meat and … Read more
Measles first spread to humans from cattle more than 2,500 years ago, likely during the rise of the first large cities, scientists claim. The measles virus, measles morbillivirus, diverged from a closely related cattle-infecting virus in approximately the sixth century BC – around 1,400 years earlier than current estimates. The highly-contagious virus emerged at roughly … Read more
The novel strain of coronavirus responsible for the current pandemic may have evolved to infect domestic cats and many species of farm animal — potentially creating a vast haven from which it may repeatedly invade humans, new research has found. A scientific report, submitted to a journal run by the world-renowned Pasteur Institute, in Paris, … Read more