Culling animals is not cruel. ... Alternatively would it not be possible to domesticate the camels, as happens in Saudi, where there are large herds now kept solely for their milk and meat. Surely they would be a lot better for the environment than sheep. ... Australia also has feral donkeys and horses. Which are also culled.
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2009/aug/12/camel... www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2009/aug/12/camel-cull-australia
Three soldiers have become the first human victims of the foot and mouth epidemic, falling ill to a rare disease, Q fever, which they apparently caught while burying the carcasses of culled animals. ... People handling animals are at particular risk of catching the disease, especially from pregnant sheep and cattle,
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/jun/28/footandmouth.jamesmei... www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/jun/28/footandmouth.jamesmeikle
The animals are part of a wild herd of more than a million camels which roam the central Australian desert. ... They were introduced to the country in the 19th century when white settlers built roads and rail across the Outback, and used the animals for transportation.
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Culling (PDF File)
An early step in your drought management culling plan will be to decide which cows and replacement heifers you will keep no matter what happens. The first step in the culling process is working the cows and making a prioritized ... These cows should be culled immediately. ... These animals would have a culling priority score of 1.
www.ces.ncsu.edu/disaster/drought/cow_herd_culling.pdf www.ces.ncsu.edu/disaster/drought/cow_herd_culling.pdf
If poisonous trees or shrubs over hang the fence line animals can nibble at heir leaves. ... Cattle burping is usually unnoticeable, and yet it happens roughly once a minute, increasing to 3 or more times each minute at peak times. In bloat the distention of the rumen by gas, or other contents, interferes or halts the...
www.2farm.co.nz/common-diseases.html
While pest destruction permits offer a practical solution it often takes time to obtain them, the numbers issued are inadequate and current destruction permits demands (sic) wastage of culled animals. The wastage of resources, even those resulting from culled animals, is ethically unsustainable.
www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/primind/pestanimals/chap... www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/primind/pestanimals/chapter8.htm
Butch Otter initially said he wanted the wolf population culled to 100 animals, less than one sixth of the population today. He backed off to the state plan’s goal of 150 wolves. ... Then what happens when the population is down to just a handful again, put them back on the list, just doesn’t make sense to me.
www.friendsofanimals.org/news/2007/april/wolves-elk-the... www.friendsofanimals.org/news/2007/april/wolves-elk-the-overr.html
Farmers face a new threat with the discovery last night of the first case of bluetongue disease in Britain. ... Restrictions have been placed on animal movements from the farm and the cow is expected to be culled today. ... What happens to animals?; It is fatal in up to 70% of sheep but infected animals are culled...
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2511986.ece
Describe campaigns and issues related to wildlife, farm animals, captive wildlife, elephants, environment, and more. ... posted December 1, 2008; Canada must be granted a distinct reputation for its particular crimes against animals and the earth. Just to name a few:;
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The welfare of animals in zoos. Stereotypic behaviour, the conservation con and the suffering of reptiles. ... WHAT HAPPENS TO SURPLUS ANIMALS? ... Newborn or young male animals are often culled. In the wild, male antelope would leave the family group and find their own territory and mates, but this is not possible in captivity.
www.captiveanimals.org/zoos/zse1.htm www.captiveanimals.org/zoos/zse1.htm