Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

A new report ‘Eating Wild Animals: Rewards, Risks and Recommendations’ led by experts of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) uncovers the perils and promise of wild meat hunting, ...

Farmers say they have had to abandon planned measures to help wildlife following the abrupt closure of a flagship nature-friendly farming scheme. The Environment Department (Defra) announced in March ...

One day, I received a call from warehouse workers that completely stumped me. A snake had slithered into the facility overnight, and they were asking what to do. If you ask most EHS managers about ...

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Conservation practices are readily available for U.S. farmers to implement, but financial roadblocks commonly stymie their adoption. A study done in 2020 in cooperation between the Soil Health ...

Wild animals are being captured from the wild and subjected to inhumane conditions in commercial wildlife farming facilities. [File, Standard] From poaching to farming and trading, Kenya’s wildlife is ...

On the morning of Feb. 6, the road leading to the Bardiya District Administration Office in western Nepal was filled with people moving as one. Dust rose from their footsteps. Voices layered over each ...

South Africa’s conservation reputation is one of its greatest international assets. Yet latest opinion polling suggests that the country’s captive lion industry – long defended as part of the wildlife ...