Normally having eyes glued to your ass would be a workplace no-no, but this new technique is a real life-saver down at the farm (All images courtesy of UNSW Sydney; photo by Ben Yexley) A joint study ...
The government has said the ongoing battle against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is placing significant pressure on the ...
GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has put restrictions on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals in the northeast of the country after an incursion of buffalo from Zimbabwe put cattle at risk of ...
A conservation biologist at Australia’s University of New South Wales said in July that his team was headed to Botswana to paint eyeballs on cows’ rear ends. It’s a solution to the problem of farmers ...
Cattle, a cover term for cows (female cattle) and bulls (male cattle), have played a key role in human societies. There are over 1,000 breeds of cattle worldwide, and they have served as a major ...
It is not often that we reflect at some of the industries that are billion dollar spinners fort our economy. One of those industries is the Jwaneng mine, the world's largest gemstone producer. Jwaneng ...
A conservation biologist has come up with a novel method for protecting cattle from being hunted by African lions: paint eyes on their butts. The lions will think their intended prey has seen them and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cows are seen at a a farm in a file photo, outside Heidelberg, south-east of Johannesburg April 13, 2011. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko ...
Botswana is intensifying efforts to control a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak while managing investigations into ...
What do you get when you paint a pair of eyes on a cow’s butt? The answer: a cost-effective approach to scaring predators away. The promise of this simple trick, called the “i-cow” solution, has been ...
Cattle herds in the Okavango delta region in Botswana are plagued by attacks by lions and other predators, prompting farmers to retaliate by killing the predators. An alternative nonlethal technique ...
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