Swedish Foundation for Agricultural Research has granted three million kronor to the project on farmers' experiences of threats, Crime and criticism of livestock production in Sweden. The project is a collaboration between SLU Alnarp, KTH and LRF. Farmers with livestock production can experience different kinds of criticism of its activities through the media and inspecting authorities. On another level, […]
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Serious inbreeding bla ...
Wolf population in Uppland County is seriously inbred, reports P4 Upland. It was last year just a wolf pairs in Georgia, but they had eight puppies. Analyzes of droppings in Glamsenreviret shows that there is a female is mated with her son. - It is much inbreeding in the Scandinavian wolf population is, man […]
Scientists Agree: It...
Killing large predators to reduce livestock conflicts or benefit game populations has long been thought to be ineffective — and devastating for ecosystems — and a growing body of scientific literature criticizing the widespread practice is confirming those fears. Most recently, this month, the Journal of Mammalogy — a highly respected international scientific journal and […]
Monkeys and wolves f...
In the grasslands of Ethiopia, scientists were amazed to find a striking example of inter-species collaboration. Ethiopian wolves were seen casually strolling among herds of gelada monkeys, which you would expect to flee out of the way of such a predator. But it seems like the monkeys tolerate the wolves in their presence and are not […]
The Link – om samban
The Link Sweden and the Swedish Animal Welfare Society organized the 25 May a day of violence against animals and violence in close relationships with a lecture by Phil Arkow, initiator of The Link in the US. Arkow shows a connection between acts of violence against animals and people later convicted of violent crimes against people. In close relationships can […]