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Carbonaro and Primavera

With gasoline prices in Cuba going up and up, it is once again an excellent time to have-and to be-an ox.

by Susan Orlean

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Burgers from a lab? US study says it's possible

Laboratories using new tissue engineering technology might be able to
produce meat that is healthier for consumers and cut down on pollution
produced by factory farming, researchers said on Wednesday.

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Barcelona Votes to end Bullfights

Barcelona has voted to ban bullfighting, after a big campaign by animal
rights groups.

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Canadian officials looking for 141 animals

Canadian BSE investigators have identified 141 beef and dairy animals as
birth cohorts, cattle born on the same farm within on year of the birth
of the positive animal. These 93 dairy and 48 beef cattle were all born
between 1995 and 1997.

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Canada Confirms Second Case of Mad Cow Disease

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan. 2 (Reuters) - A final laboratory test has confirmed that an Alberta dairy cow had mad cow disease, the second case Canada has found in its herd, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Sunday.

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Possible New Case of Mad Cow Disease Found

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A second case of mad cow disease may
have turned up in the United States, Agriculture Department
officials said Thursday.

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Being a Cow's Best Friend

By RUTH LA FERLA

Erica Kubersky met her first cow when she was 8, during a visit to Israel. To hear her tell it, the experience was defining. "We formed this connection when it started sucking on my hand," Ms. Kubersky recalled. "I knew I could never eat meat again."

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Care for Cows

Hare Krsna Rural Life interviews Kurma Rupa dasa

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While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth?

George Bernard Shaw