Tag: livestock farming
Bird flu in the district of Schwandorf: strict rules for neighboring districts – Bavaria
After the outbreak of avian influenza in livestock in the Schwandorf district, restrictions also apply to two neighboring districts. In parts of the Regensburg and Cham districts, it is forbidden…
Schwandorf: 70,000 ducks with avian influenza must be killed – Bavaria
After the outbreak of avian influenza in a farm in the district of Schwandorf, all of the around 70,000 ducks kept there are to be killed. As a spokesman for…
Animal welfare: Özdemir must remain firm – economy
The Minister of Agriculture and his initiative for more animal welfare in the pigsty are met with anger and resistance – from farmers and also from their own government. If…
Agriculture: More space for animals – politics
When Green Week begins in Berlin on Friday, it won’t just be a demonstration of good food and life. 1400 exhibitors of the culinary giant show will not save with…
Japan is running out of African elephants – Knowledge
Africa lies sleepy in the Japanese winter forest. Animal keeper Hideki Takehana steers the minibus through the sloping terrain of the Morioka Zoological Park in the north of the Japanese…
Upper Palatinate: How an old tie-stall became a modern cowshed – Bavaria
In the Upper Palatinate, a young part-time farmer shows how an old tie barn can be converted into modern cattle farming with the highest animal welfare standards with reasonable effort.…
Bavaria: The feel-good stable from Bauer Himmelstoss – Bavaria
Three or four farms, a trailer workshop and a few residential buildings: That’s Ponholz in the Cham district. On gray winter days, the air here in the Oberpfälzer Hügelland feels…
Why the Munich Tierpark Hellabrunn is most beautiful in winter – Munich
Galloping giraffes are such a thing in winter. Some are very happy about it, including at least all visitors, maybe even the accompanying pets. Others, however, are much more competent…
Animal welfare: Özdemir and Kaniber disagree over new law – Bavaria
Federal Minister of Agriculture Özdemir has developed a law for labeling of husbandry. His colleague in Bavaria rejects this, although she also wants better conditions for animals, as she says.…
Animal welfare: Özdemir and Kaniber disagree over new law – Bavaria
Federal Minister of Agriculture Özdemir has developed a law for labeling of husbandry. His colleague in Bavaria rejects this, although she also wants better conditions for animals, as she says.…