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Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak Spreads Through South Korea
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsSouth Korea is suffering its worst-ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, with the highly contagious virus spreading to farms across the country despite a nationwide quarantine effort. The agriculture ministry today confirmed that four new outbreaks had been detected -- three on cattle farms and one at a pig farm -- raising the total number of cases in the country to 85, the Yonhap News Agency reported. The disease was first spotted at a pig farm in the southeastern city of Andong on Nov. 28, leading the government to ban livestock markets and severely restrict the transport of ...
Rare Miniature Panda Calf Born on Colorado Farm
By Lisa Holewa - AOL News(Jan. 2) – He does look a bit like a panda, with thick black fur interrupted by a white belt around the middle, and an adorable white face with black ovals around the eyes. But newborn Ben moos just like the calf he is. Ben is a miniature panda cow, reportedly one of only 24 in the world, born to a lowline Angus cow named Bella in a stall on a northern Colorado farm. "They're so small that they don't fit in a calf blanket, so we had to get him a lamb blanket," his owner, Chris Jessen told the Loveland, Colo., Reporter-Herald, as he prepared the calf for a cold day after the birth ...
Rinderpest Virus Eradicated: How to Knock a Virus Into Nonexistence
By Katie Drummond - AOL News
(Oct. 15) -- It's been more than three decades since the World Health Organization declared that mankind had "won freedom from smallpox," a devastating virus that once killed millions of people each year. Now rinderpest, a virus that afflicts cattle, has become the second virus ever declared fully eradicated by scientists, according to the United Nations. Originating in Asia, rinderpest spread worldwide centuries ago, as humans migrated -- bringing livestock with them -- to different continents. And the virus is remarkably deadly to cattle. With symptoms that include diarrhea and ...
Holy Cow! Cattle Embroiled in Violent Incidents
By Ben Muessig - AOL News(July 29) -- It's a bad time to be a cow. The often-docile farm animals known mainly for meat, milk and mooing have been involved in a number of violent incidents in recent days -- including several deadly confrontations. Reports of fatal encounters between "killer cows" and hikers in Switzerland have changed the public's perception of the seemingly placid livestock, leading Swiss authorities to release behavioral guidelines intended to help protect trail users from cattle. Toby Talbot, AP How now, multicolored cow? Sculptures of cows in Burlington, Vt., have been targeted by vandals. After ...
Animal Abuser Registry Proposed in California
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA proposed law in California would create the nation's first criminal registry for animal abusers, forcing those convicted of mistreating animals to register their names in a public database, The New York Times reports. The bill was drafted with the help of the Animal Defense Fund, an advocacy group based in San Francisco. The organization said the database would alert the public to dangerous individuals and possibly serve as an early detection service for other crimes. Abusers would be required to present personal information and a current photograph. The California Senate majority ...
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