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Plague of wild pigs has U.S. authorities squealing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters – Afew years ago, Jim Vich would not have dreamed of setting up an elaborate trap to catch wild hogs. But that was before Oklahoma was invaded by a plague of pigs that devour crops, uproot pastures, destroy wildlife habitats, spread disease to humans and animals, kill trees and even knock over cemetery stones. […] Read more
Reading, writing and collecting eggs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters / The first clue is a sign “Fresh Eggs for Sale” in front of the school. There is a sheep pen on the baseball field and the sounds of farm animals greet pupils every morning. This is not your ordinary elementary school. It is the Walton Rural Life Center, a kindergarten through fourth grade […] Read more
U.S. communities explore new horse slaughter plants
A town in Missouri is trying to be the first of several in the United States to get a new plant to slaughter horses now that the U.S. Congress has overruled animal rights groups to allow the killing for the first time in five years. U.S. slaughter of horses ended in 2007 when Congress, at […] Read more
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