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8 Fascinating Facts About Cows

    Click through to learn some mind-blowing facts about cows! See Also: What Should You Do if You Find a Baby Bird?   1. Cows are quite socially complex creatures. T…

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Cow Wants a Kiss (Video)

This cow wants a kiss, but Bow the dog doesn't want to return the love!   What's with all the cow content? One wily Care2 member, Bessie Holstein, decided cows were underrepresented and…

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Is Our Food Fracked?

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a method of natural gas extraction using deep natural gas well drilling. A well is drilled and millions of gallons of water, sand and proprietary chemicals are in…

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Farm Feeds Cows Candy Because Corn is Too Expensive

  It's been a rough summer for farmers across much of the United States. The worst drought in decades has destroyed millions of acres of crops, dried up water supplies, and forced the price of…

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The True Impact of Hamburgers (Video)

By Brian Merchant, TreeHugger On average, Americans eat three burgers a week. That may sound surprising in statistic form, but it squares pretty evenly with our nation's fast food infatuation…

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Chiropractors for Cows?

Dairy farmers use chiropractors to keep cows comfortable in an attempt to boost milk output. Photo Credit: I-Man--10N via Flickr. Science News by NewsLook   // …

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Scientists Tackle Cow Emissions

Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally? Science News by NewsLook v…

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Human Genes Introduced Into Dairy Cows

Brace yourself:  scientists have created some freakish genetically-modified human-cow amalgams to produce cow’s milk with the properties of human breast milk.  According to the Telegraph, the scientis…

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Can Slaughter-Free Milk Deliver What it Promises?

  U.K.-based Ahimsa Milk is the first and only company that sells "slaughter-free" milk -- milk that is produced without killing any cows, calves or bulls. But what exactly is slaughter-free m…

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Pig Slaughter Case: Supreme Court Will Decide

Last year a California law that banned the sale of pork products made from pigs that are unable to walk on their own was reinstated. The ban's revival took place in a federal appears court, but the me…

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