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Reuters
7 hours ago
- Health
- Reuters
Slovenia reports outbreak of bluetongue disease on sheep farm
PARIS, July 22 (Reuters) - Slovenia has reported an outbreak of bluetongue disease on a sheep farm in the southwest, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, citing Slovenian authorities. Bluetongue can be deadly for domestic ruminants such as sheep, cattle and goats. It does not affect humans or the safety of animal meat or milk. One sheep was affected by the virus on a sheep farm with 49 animals in the town of Ilirska Bistrica, the report says.
BBC News
a day ago
- BBC News
Woman arrested after 35 sheep killed in dog attack in Suffolk
Thirty-five sheep died and 14 others were injured in a dog attack, police incident took place in a field near Assington Green, in Stansfield, Suffolk, on Friday, with the police report being made at 20:09 BST that day.A woman was arrested the following day on suspicion of criminal damage, an animal welfare offence and an offence of dogs worrying was bailed until 19 October, and two dogs were seized and remain in police kennels. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's house sheep in their Cotswolds home
'Our sheep keep coming inside. To be fair, we do have a piece of furniture that looks like a sheep, but that one doesn't try to eat our rugs.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israeli settlers accused of killing 117 sheep in West Bank attack
Israeli settlers accused of killing 117 sheep in West Bank attack By Ali Sawafta JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) -Palestinian Bedouins accused Israeli settlers on Friday of killing 117 sheep in an overnight attack and stealing hundreds of others in an apparent effort to chase farmers off their land in the occupied West Bank. The incident comes amid what the United Nations described this week as intensifying attacks by Jewish settlers and security forces against Palestinians in the West Bank and record mass displacements. The Israeli army did not respond to a request for comment about the mass slaughter of the animals belonging to the Arab al-Kaabaneh Bedouin community, in the Jordan Valley. Veterinarians were called in to treat a handful of sheep which had survived the knife and gun attack, some of the animals shaking uncontrollably and in apparent shock. Salem Salman Mujahed, a resident of Arab al-Kaabaneh, said multiple groups of settlers working in coordination had orchestrated the assault, and accused the army of standing by. "(Settlers) came near the houses. I asked them what are you doing here then we started fighting with each other," he said. "The army detained me, and they handcuffed me." He said other groups of settlers then attacked the sheep, which are vital to his community's survival. Reuters was unable to independently verify who was responsible for the attack. Palestinian Minister Moayad Shaaban condemned the incident, calling it part of a broader strategy to displace Palestinians from the region. "These sheep and animals were slaughtered and shot at," he told Reuters. "They are using these tools to terrify these people to leave these areas, which have been inhabited for dozens of years." MOVING AWAY The attack prompted at least one family to begin relocating. Bedouin Tareq Kaabaneh said he could no longer withstand what he called settler intimidation. "They were armed, they steal donkeys and sheep. In the night they come here and start shooting toward us," Kaabaneh said. "I am moving now from here, I want to protect my kids and my sheep, my livelihood ... yesterday I was safe, but I don't know what will happen to me tomorrow," he added. The United Nations reported this week that mass displacements in the West Bank had reached levels unprecedented since Israel first took military control of the territory nearly six decades ago. The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva also said there had been 757 settler attacks on Palestinians or their properties since January - a 13% increase from the same period last year. At least 964 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023. Over the same period, 53 Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinians or in armed clashes. The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee demanded this week a full investigation into the killing of a Palestinian American who was beaten to death by settlers in the West Bank on July 11, describing it as a "criminal and terrorist act". The United Nations' highest court said last year that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, including the West Bank, was illegal and should end as soon as possible. Israel disputes this, citing security needs as well as historical and biblical ties to the land, which it captured in the 1967 Middle East war. The West Bank is among the territories Palestinians seek for an independent state.
Bloomberg
4 days ago
- General
- Bloomberg
Its Easier to Get Mad About One Tree Than It Is Deforestation
One evening in September 2023, two men sawed down the Sycamore Gap tree that had grown alongside Hadrian's Wall in England for 150 years. When I read the outpouring of grief and rage at the baffling destruction, a thought struck me. Why was there only one tree in this vast landscape? The expanse of National Park in which the tree once stood is blanketed with grass and bare of trees, other than one replacement sapling protected by a wall from the nibbling of grazing sheep.
