livestock

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To limit the spread of the disease, the authorities have banned livestock farmers from allowing their animals to graze freely.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

David Bowles, the organisation's head of public affairs, said that was "putting wild animals, pets and livestock at risk, while rural communities face intimidation and anti-social behaviour."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 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

When Grandpa-down-the-hill was a young man, there’d been herds of livestock spread across the mountain, and they were tended on horseback.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover