A sheep called Lottie has proved that not all of her kind are stupid by regularly letting herself out of her locked pen... with her tongue. Staff at Swansea Community Farm, south Wales, were baffled when Lottie and her three pen-mates started escaping every night. CCTV cameras installed to watch over the sheep - now dubbed Ewe-dini - showed the rare Llanwennog breed was unbolting the gate using he... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

In her "squirrel attack report" she wrote: "On walking up farm access I was jumped upon by a squirrel. Then another landed on my head." She rated the "severity of incident" as "insignificant to catastrophic". picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Foot and mouth crisis first struck Britain in 2001, costing the country an estimated £8bn. The epidemic saw 2,000 cases of the disease in farms throughout the UK. Around seven million sheep and cattle were killed in order to halt the spread of the disease.
Now it's happening all over again. picked by Kitsune86 2 years ago

Are tattooed animals the next big thing? Wim Delvoye might answer, “Yes!” Wim is a Belgian artist who tattoos pigs, and even launched a whole farm dedicated to the cause. picked by fogowar 2 years ago

In vitro meat would reduce the demand for farm animals, slowing the spread of diseases and minimizing the meat industry’s environmental footprint

I found an entry by pulsisX 2 years ago. This is a new article. picked by stinkobinko 11 months ago

Hundreds of coins and other valuables. Some coins mixed Christian and pagan imagery, shedding light on the beliefs of newly Christianized Vikings, said Gareth Williams, a curator at the British Museum. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

Craiglist items for sale

Huge windmills...HUGE!
687 of em!
Never used!
reel cheep! picked by hoosker 5 months ago

The Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, Florida has just acquired what may be one of the biggest snakes in captivity. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

You can treble your farm output using human s**t and pee. If you don’t have a cow or piggies, don’t worry. If you add human crap to your tomato patch you end up getting a tomato as big as a bureaucrat’s head. picked by suebe 2 years ago

The federal EPA is considering a gas tax on dairy cattle and other farm animals. For dairy cows, the tax could be $175 for each animal per year. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Thousands of children across the South of England may be at risk from the E. coli bug in what looks to be the largest UK outbreak linked to transmission from farm animals picked by ruthstark 3 months ago

1954 The CIA obtained the film rights to "Animal Farm" from Orwell's widow, Sonia, after his death and covertly funded the production as anti-Communist propaganda. Some sources assert that the ending of the story was altered by the CIA picked by Hoosker 2 years ago

The Asian Arowana (aka Dragon Fish) is native to Southeast Asia. A pair of Siamese Asian Arowana was seen at the Imperial Arowana Breeding Farm in Singapore. Includes video. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A Serb farmer used a grinding machine to cut in half his farm tools and machines to comply with a court ruling that he must share all his property with his ex-wife, local media has reported. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A calf born with two heads at a US dairy farm this week has been euthanased after one its lungs collapsed. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Hardened RSPCA officers discovered severely emaciated animals cooped up in pens with rotting carcasses when they raided the farm earlier this year, it is alleged. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Food safety in the United States is no longer improving, highlighting the need to reevaluate the way an American meal makes its way from farm to table picked by jLoSsDh 8 months ago

A responsive sub-flooring system would be placed under, say, the platform of a subway terminal. The blocks that make up the system would depress slightly under the force of human footsteps. As the blocks slipped against each other, they would generate power in the form of an electric current. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

Hens are dropping dead on a free-range farm because hot-air balloons and low-flying aircraft are causing their eggs to explode inside them. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

They'll always have a very different outlook on life.

But even though Gerald the giraffe is rather lofty and Eddie the goat is more down to earth, they are the perfect pairing.

They have formed an unlikely bond after Eddie was placed with 15ft Gerald as a short-term solution to keep the giraffe company at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Bristol. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago