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Is the chicken being raised for its own sake, or someone else's table?
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (491+ words) Li Yang, China Daily Because in Washington's ledger, the island increasingly looks less like a partner and more like a procurement problem. Another $14 billion in arms sales is another nudge, another reminder that deterrence, like charity, begins with writing checks…...
How trading wild turkeys for other animals became a conservation success story
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (202+ words) No one wants a weasel on their'Thanksgiving table, but swapping turkeys for other animals was once surprisingly common. Trading turkeys " for wildlife management, not dinner " was a key part of one of North America's biggest conservation success stories After dwindling…...
Poultry products from Germany and Japan banned due to bird flu
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (163+ words) The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced that highly pathogenic bird flu outbreaks have occurred in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district of Brandenburg State, Germany, and in Hokkaido, Japan. Applications to import poultry meat and poultry products from these affected areas will not…...
IAM bans poultry imports from UK bird flu zones
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (154+ words) The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) has suspended import applications for poultry and related products from Breckland in Norfolk, England, and Aberdeenshire, Scotland, following outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5 N1 avian influenza. Importers in Macau have been notified, and the bureau stressed that…...