livestock

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The scheme started after the EU's Common Agricultural Policy began calculating subsidies based on land instead of livestock in 2014.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Under the Federal Hunting law, it will now be possible to hunt wolves in order to manage their populations and protect sheep and other livestock.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Their stand-in renditions spared livestock and human attendants from sacrifice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"The findings highlight how assumptions about livestock intelligence may reflect gaps in observation rather than genuine cognitive limits," says Alice Auersperg, a cognitive biologist at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Few men were left in the war-torn Soviet villages—they were all at war, leaving the women to drive tractors, manage livestock, and raise crops.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein