What is the origin of the Small Munsterlander? Also known as the Kleine Munsterlander, this breed comes from the Munster region of Germany. The breed is more than 500 years old. It’s excellent hunting abilities made it a breed for the nobility only. However, as of August 1919, the Weimar Constitution recognized all Germans as […]
The United States Department of Agriculture approved an application for horse slaughter inspections at a plant in Roswell, New Mexico and grant inspections at horse slaughter plants in Missouri and Iowa for Monday, July 1st (2013). The Safeguard American Food Exports Act (SAFE) will prohibit the slaughter of horses for human consumption in the U.S. […]
Conservation and animal welfare are similar causes with many overlaps. However, there are occasions when the two concepts conflict. Conservation is focused on the survival of species in the wild, while animal welfare is concerned with the well-being of individual animals. One example of this conflict relates to the attitude toward zoos. Modern zoos focus […]
