New TB Testing Regime A Step Forward, But Not A Solution On Its Own, National Farmers’ Union, UK
New TB Testing Regime A Step Forward, But Not A Solution On Its Own, National Farmers’ Union, UK
Defra’s decision to use the gamma-interferon blood test to increase the accuracy of the TB testing regime will be a useful step forward in detecting infection in cattle, but attacking TB at source remains the key to making lasting progress in controlling and eradicating the disease, says the NFU. [click link for full article]
China And Its Friends Push Tiger Farm Idea
Could farming tigers prevent wild ones from being hunted into extinction? That is the claim made this week by the Liberty Institute, a free-market think tank based in New Delhi, India. It makes conservationists fear that China is preparing to vastly expand tiger farming so that tiger body parts, used in traditional medicines, and skins can be sold on the international market.The Liberty Institute estimates that about 4000 tigers are being reared in a handful of Chinese farms. [click link for full article]
La. Mom Says Pet Ferret Ate Baby’s Toes (phillyburbs.com)
BENTON, La. - A woman jailed after four of her infant daughter’s toes were gnawed off says the family’s pet ferret did it, not their pit bull pup as police had said.