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Month: November 2023

Beef is a way of life in Texas, but it’s hard on the planet. This rancher thinks she can change that

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press ROSSTON, Texas (AP) — The cattle part as Meredith Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and their calves. It’s the way she starts most days on her 3,000-acre Texas ranch: ensuring all the cattle are safe, deciding when they should move to another pasture,

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Cincinnati Zoo partnering with other zoos to help recover, repopulate Texas ocelots

By Fletcher Keel Click here for updates on this story     CINCINNATI (WLWT) — The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, with the assistance of other zoos, is implemented an ambitious recovery program for wild ocelots in Texas, the zoo announced Wednesday. “SAFE Ocelot will provide a potential lifeline to Texas ocelots by broadening their genetic diversity,

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Rep. George Santos won’t seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Congressman George Santos of New York says he won’t run for reelection in 2024 after a scathing House Ethics Committee report on his conduct cited “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking. The Ethics panel says it has referred its findings about Santos to the Justice Department. Shortly after

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Pastoralists have raised livestock in harsh climates for millennia. What can they teach us today?

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, KRISTA LARSON and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pastoralists in Senegal and Mongolia draw on millennia of experience to raise livestock in harsh, volatile climates. But they and other pastoralists around the world face mounting pressures from deteriorating environments, shrinking rangelands, and new generations who seek a less grueling

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Pastoralists have raised livestock in harsh climates for millennia. What can they teach us today?

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, KRISTA LARSON and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — The half-crescent moon glowed in the predawn Mongolia sky as Agvaantogtokh and his family began preparing for yet another big move with their animals. On horseback, he rode to a well with nearly a thousand sheep and goats. Occasionally, he and

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Republican Rep. George Santos of New York is seen at the US Capitol in Washington

George Santos announces he won’t seek reelection following damning Ethics Committee report

By Clare Foran, Marshall Cohen, Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN Republican Rep. George Santos announced he will not seek reelection to the House next year, following the Ethics Committee’s release of a long-awaited report on Thursday, which concluded that there is “substantial evidence” that the New York congressman used campaign funds for personal purposes.

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