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• Pets Left To Suffer After Owners' Foreclosure
There could have been multiple animals at each of these residents (officers) went to." Sarah Kairoff takes care of four abandoned cats, including one that her friend found in a foreclosed home.
• Lawmakers vote to bar cyber harassment
The bill also requires school officials to tell police about harassment and stalking on school grounds and expands state laws against stalking to cover "credible threats" not only against the victim, but also family and household members and animals.
• Protect yourself from your home's most toxic places
They harbor perchloroethylene, the most common dry-cleaning chemical, which causes cancer in lab animals, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• 'Nitrogen cascade' called threat to ecosystems
Nitrogen is needed to grow food, but because of the inefficiencies of nitrogen uptake by plants and animals, only about 10 to 15 percent of reactive nitrogen ever enters a human mouth as food," Galloway said.
• Chinese county clubs to death 50,000 dogs
Led by the county police chief, killing teams entered villages at night creating noise to get dogs barking, then beat the animals to death, the reports said. Owners were offered 63 cents per animal to kill their own dogs before the teams were sent in ...

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» Animal Health Service - The Netherlands - The 'Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren' or GD helps Dutch cattle, dairy, beef, sheep, goat, pig and poultry farmers to attain the highest possible health and quality levels
» Animal Production Systems Group - Explores sustainable development options for high and low external input animal production systems on a worldwide scale.
» Breeds of Livestock : Oklahoma State University - Encyclopedia of individual breeds of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, and other species.
» EnterFarm - Online link to the livestock news, content, research, webboard communities and website directory.
» European Animal Disease Genomics Network of Excellence for Animal Health and Food Safety - EADGENE aims to provide the basic knowledge necessary for the development of new or improved therapeutics and vaccines, improved diagnostics and the breeding of farm animals for disease resistance.
» Federation of Animal Science Societies - US society promoting animal agriculture. Details of the society, member directory, newsletters and meetings.
» Grazing Systems and Alternative Livestock Breeds - Livestock production alternatives provide farmers with a wide variety of options, from raising unusual animals to utilizing pasture-based systems or developing value-added animal products.
» Journal of Animal Science - official journal of the American Publication lists results of new research in genetics, growth and physiology, nutrition, and production. Includes access to archived issues.
» Microlivestock: Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future - Describes little-known small animals and microbreeds of common livestock animals that may be economically useful. Targeted at developing countries.
» The National Institute for Animal Agriculture - Describes its work in serving and promoting the livestock industry in the United States. Includes downloadable technical papers, event and educational information.
» New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research - Articles on animal husbandry and pasture. Abstracts of articles available online.
» New Zealand Society of Animal Production - Includes details of the society, lists of articles, details of conference proceedings, newsletters, how to join.
» Polish National Research Institute of Animal Production - Research interests include genetic improvement, nutrition, and development of biotechnical methods for growth, development and production of animals and product quality.
» South African Society for Animal Science - Association of scientists who practice and report on animal agriculture.
» Studswap.com - Free service allowing farmers, ranchers and others to buy, sell or swap cattle, sheep, horses, pigs or other animals, including dogs and cats.