Farm Produces Non-Violent Milk
(NewsCore) - An Australian farm is laying claim to producing the country's only non-violent milk, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported Tuesday. Workers on New Govardhana farm in Queensland do not use dogs to round up cattle, machines for milking or send cows to slaughter. One of the 80 Hare Krishna devotees who live on the farm, Vrindavana Sevika Devi Dasi said milk from the cows, known as ahimsa milk, was much creamier and sweeter than normal milk because of the treatment of the herd. She said the cows were hand milked and the faith's followers wanted to show the dairy industry a positive alternative. More>>
(NewsCore) - An Australian farm is laying claim to producing the country's only non-violent milk, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported Tuesday. Workers on New Govardhana farm in Queensland do not use dogs to round up cattle, machines for milking or send cows to slaughter. One of the 80 Hare Krishna devotees who live on the farm, Vrindavana Sevika Devi Dasi said milk from the cows, known as ahimsa milk, was much creamier and sweeter than normal milk because of the treatment of the herd. She said the cows were hand milked and the faith's followers wanted to show the dairy industry a positive alternative. More>> 
Dharamshala, Inida - True to his practice of Buddhist faith, Ven. Thupten Phelgye, a MP of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile bought over 100 of goats and sheep from going to slaughterhouses in Leh, the capital of Ladakh, J&K. Later, he donated the animals to poor families in remote areas of Nubra Valley, 150 Kms from Ladakh. The campaign happened after Ven Phelgye, who recently went to the Himalayan Region of India. According to recently issued statement said the animals were rescued on November 17 to coincide with the day of Wednesday which is considered to be an auspicious day for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Buddhist leader and to contribute in part to his call for global responsibility of compassionate attitude to all beings.
One scientist's hobby: recreating the ice age
CHERSKY, Russia – Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and reindeer are here, and may one day be joined by Canadian bison and deer. Later, the predators will come — Siberian tigers, wolves, and maybe leopards. Russian scientist Sergey Zimov is reintroducing these animals to the land where they once roamed in millions to demonstrate his theory that filling the vast emptiness of Siberia with grass-eating animals can slow global warming. "Some people have a small garden. I have an ice age park. It's my hobby," says Zimov, smiling through his graying beard. His true profession is quantum physics.
