£150 Fine For Farmer Who Kept Cows In The Dark

October 14th, 2009

Daily Mail:

A farmer has been fined £150 – for keeping his cows in the dark.

Ronald Norcliffe, 65, failed to meet the ‘psychological and ethological’ needs of the animals, magistrates were told.

Under animal welfare rules farmers have to provide suitable shelter with either natural or electric lighting for livestock during winter…

Noise Pollution Threatens Animals

October 14th, 2009

BBC:

Noise pollution is becoming a major threat to the welfare of wildlife, according to a scientific review.

Sounds produced by vehicles, oil and gas fields and urban sprawl interfere with the way animals communicate, mate and prey on one another…

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