Tag: sheep
Some of the fat sheep removed from the Nieuwegein animal pasture were put to sleep
Nieuwegein – A number of overweight sheep that were previously removed from the animal pastures in Nieuwegein have been stocked. A spokesperson for the municipality confirmed this. The hope was…
Wolf bit at least 32 sheep to death in the province in September
The Provincial Executive of Utrecht wants one of the wolves walking around in our province to get a transmitter. GroenLinks, BBB and the Party for the Animals asked questions about…
Entire sheep sector at risk from bluetongue: ‘There must be a vaccine before spring’
The outbreak of the bluetongue virus, which started in September in Central Netherlands, is a serious threat to sheep farms. Agriculture Minister Piet Adema warns about this. Together with neighboring…
Farmer Joop from Portengen has already lost 24 sheep to bluetongue virus: ‘You are so powerless’
According to figures from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), more than 2,250 livestock farms are affected by the bluetongue virus. In our province there are infections…
The wolf killed ten of Anna’s sheep: “Didn’t think it was true”
Even though the sheep pen had an electric fence, the wolf managed to get in and kill ten of the sheep. What remained were three lambs and one ewe. –…
8 sheep killed in suspected wolf attack in Woudenberg
“It is already the fourth time that I have experienced this,” says a special investigating officer in the Leusder Newspaper. “The way they were dragged is typical of a wolf,…
11 sheep dead in Driebergen, farmer Hetty thinks she is a wolf: ‘They are quite deep wounds with teeth marks’
“What struck me was that the sheep had extreme wounds,” says veterinarian Helma Breunissen of Vallei & Wetering veterinarians in Renswoude. She was called in after the discovery and examined…
He had opened a new page in the world of science! Ian Wilmut, the scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep, passed away
The British scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep, the first animal cloned from an adult somatic cell using the nuclear transfer process, has died. In the statement made by the…
Bluetongue virus at sheep farms in Stichtse Vecht and Wijdemeren
Stichtse Vecht – An infection with the bluetongue virus has been detected at four sheep farms in the same region. It concerns the municipalities of Stichtse Vecht and Wijdemeren. Outgoing…
Baambrugse sheep show themselves on the Amsterdam Fashion Week catwalk
The Amsterdam Fashion Week is an important moment for the Baambrug fashion brand. “I think there are two thousand visitors a day and a lot of press,” says owner Reina…