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Farmer’s hack to get a giant bag of cattle feed off a truck brings garage ceiling crashing down 

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Bad moo-ve: Farmer’s hack to get a giant bag of cattle feed off a truck brings garage ceiling crashing down Brothers James and Johnny Bouge try to move animal feed in Longford, Ireland They throw a rope over wooden roof beams inside the garage to lift it off truck Ceiling boards come down along with … Read more

Wacky tube man could keep dingoes from killing cattle in Australia, study finds

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Forget about scarecrows – Australian farmers hoping to save their livestock from dingos might want to borrow a wacky tube man from their local used car dealer. A new study suggests the humorous figures’ unpredictable gyrations can scare off the legendary wild dogs. Dingoes are a major problem for Australia’s sheep industry, slaughtering thousands of … Read more

Talking to cattle face-to-face helps them relax and makes better meat, study finds 

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Farmers should converse with a cow face-to-face if they want them to unwind in the run up to being slaughtered, according to a new study. Austrian researchers found cows were more relaxed when spoken to directly by a human, compared with when they were played voice recordings over a loudspeaker.  The experts observed signs of relaxation … Read more

Pugs called Tuff and Paisley herd cattle on an Oregon ranch

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Round ’em up! Two PUGS called Tuff and Paisley herd cattle on an Oregon ranch Paisley, three, and Tuff, one, are herding dogs at Silvies Valley Ranch, Oregon Footage shows the pair excitedly running after dozens of cows and also goats Sara Jean Wedel taught Paisley commands after seeing her mimic Border Collies By Georgia … Read more

Devon mother is shocked to discover cattle staring at her through her living room window

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A mother was left stunned when she awoke to find a cow staring into her living room window and another 50 trampling through her garden.  Natasha Hooper, 39, was getting ready in her bathroom at her home in Sprayton, Devon, when her son Tyler Findlay, 13, told her, ‘there’s a cow looking through the window.’ At … Read more

Herd of longhorn cattle are returning to Wanstead Park in east London after 150 years

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Mooving in! Herd of longhorn cattle are returning to grade II listed Wanstead Park in east London after 150 years to help maintain rare grasslands Herd of rare cows was let out to graze at one of London’s oldest parks today Longhorn cattle were reintroduced to Wanstead Park in east London    The park is near Epping Forest … Read more

Henrietta Moore has a meltdown while helping Alex Taylor draft cattle on Farmer Wants A Wife

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She is not a-moosed! Farmer Wants a Wife star Henrietta Moore has a MELTDOWN while helping Alex Taylor draft cattle at his ranch By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:34 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 11:34 BST, 17 August 2020 Henrietta Moore was left terrified on Monday’s episode of Farmer Wants a … Read more

Pet CATS were living with nomadic cattle herders more than 1,000 years ago

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Millions of people today adore their pet cats, and the feline obsession spans back more than a millennium, scientists now believe.  Evidence from the ancient Silk Road reveals domestic cats were kept as pets by nomadic livestock herders more than 1,000 years ago.   Animal bones found in Kazakhstan, along what used to be the vast transcontinental … Read more

Measles first spread to humans from cattle more than 2,500 years ago

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Measles first spread to humans from cattle more than 2,500 years ago, likely during the rise of the first large cities, scientists claim. The measles virus, measles morbillivirus, diverged from a closely related cattle-infecting virus in approximately the sixth century BC – around 1,400 years earlier than current estimates. The highly-contagious virus emerged at roughly … Read more