Tag: livestock farming
Why big dogs die earlier than small ones – knowledge
Which diseases dogs get as they get older depends largely on how big they are. Researchers now have a suspicion as to why this could be. From Tina Baier As…
Animal welfare tax – what you need to know – politics
“From the Federal Council’s perspective, the introduction of an animal welfare tax on meat, milk and other animal products is a central element in financing the necessary realignment of animal…
Leisure and nature: Which animals you can feed in winter – Munich
As soon as the temperatures drop into the minus range and the icy frost covers plants and trees, you quickly look for a way to warmth. While people make themselves…
The chickens cluck: people can hear how the animals feel – knowledge
It sounds like a broadcast from “Wetten, dass…” Thomas Gottschalk runs across the stage with a spring in his step. A candidate stands next to a bunch of chickens, her…
How humanity’s first large cities fed themselves – knowledge
More than 6,000 years ago, i.e. around 1,500 years before the ancient Egyptian pyramid of Cheops was built, large settlements arose north of the Black Sea: They are the oldest…
Wolves: New rules for unbureaucratic quick kills – politics
They exist, but you rarely see them. According to the latest figures, 184 wolf packs roam the country, most of them in East Germany. If there are traces of them…
The Sprengel Museum Hanover is showing an exhibition on the subject of pig culture
In the middle of the “Ocular Witness” exhibition are specimens of Christien Meindertsma’s pink ham “PIG 05049”. This encyclopedia of pork products lists, with double-page photos, 185 things that are…
Pfeffenhausen: 900 pigs die in a barn fire – Bavaria
At least 900 pigs died in a fire in a barn in Lower Bavaria and millions of euros in damage were caused. The cause of the fire was initially unclear,…
Commission of experts on animal husbandry gives up – economy
In the struggle for better conditions in animal husbandry, a much-noticed commission of experts is dissolved. The body around the former Federal Minister of Agriculture Jochen Borchert (CDU) decided on…
Innkeepers, farmers and butchers conclude “home pact” against “ideology” – Bavaria
In a “homeland pact” 31 associations – from the farmers’ association to the Munich Wiesn hosts – want to work together against unwelcome political guidelines. The official objective is to…