#livestock industry

[plethoraworldatlas]

Oregon’s gray wolf population did not increase last year due in part to a large number of wolves killed by people, causing concern among conservationists and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials.

The latest Annual Wolf Report found the population remained steady at 178 wolves, marking the first time in eight years that their numbers didn’t increase. Typically, the population has grown by 6% a year. Among the 36 wolf deaths in 2023, 33 were caused by people. The state sanctioned the killing of 16 wolves following livestock deaths and 12 were killed illegally, the report said. 

“The amount of poaching and other suspicious deaths is alarming, impacts our conservation goals and could affect our ability to manage wolves in Oregon,” Bernadette Graham-Hudson, the agency’s wildlife division administrator, said in a news release.

[soup-mother]

Australians are constantly trying to make lamb less appealing of a meat

[indignantlemur]

Hi again! What do you think the cast would think of a rodeo?Like the different showes i.e. bull riding, calf roping, and barreling? What would andorain in general think of rodeos?

Hello!

So this is an interesting question, because by the time of Emigre and the early years of the United Coalition of Planets/Federation... these things wouldn't exist. Well, that is, they wouldn't be like they are now.

After Humans dropped warheads across the globe on major city centers, there was massive ecological die-off. About 30% of all life on the planet was wiped out, with significant human casualties and the extinction many species during the event and in the aftermath. The Human species as a whole experienced a high resource scarcity era and only clawed its way out of said era with the help of the Vulcans and their replicator technology.

With Vulcan aid came Vulcan influence. The meat industry, and indeed many of the animal industries, were fundamentally altered. Humans no longer consumed vast quantities of non-replicated meat - indeed with replicators in place the demand in some sectors disappeared almost overnight.

So in order to answer your question we kind of have to adjust what these events would actually look like in a post-scarcity era where non-replicated meat is a luxury item, rather than a major food source. We know that there are still farms and ranches on Earth throughout the various Star Trek series, and certainly throughout the Federation - particularly in regards to the edges of Federation space and new colonies. Horses and other livestock species appear to have survived the bombs, and those species have been so altered by Human efforts that they cannot survive without Human intervention; leaving them to the wilds that they can no longer naturally survive in would be negligent and senselessly wasteful at best.

However, since it no longer became necessary to maintain large herds of cattle for food security many years after First Contact, there would have been some changes. The market for trading and breeding cattle (and other livestock) would likely become significantly reduced, and a number of minor events which had taken on a cultural significance around herding and animal husbandry in the past might quietly die off over the ensuing years.

Now, that being said, the various rodeos and stampedes and other such gatherings are major cultural touchstones, particularly in North America (and the remains of North American post-war.) I don't think those would have entirely faded away but they would likely have been altered nonetheless. Events involving the deliberate aggravation or agitation of livestock (such as bull riding) would likely be replaced with versions involving mechanical substitutes, trading/auction markets would be smaller and more heavily regulated than they already are, and so on.

So now, with this context, we can look at your questions properly.

What would the cast of Emigre think of rodeos?

Dagmar never had much to do with rodeos, livestock, or farming in her time, and even less in the modern era. The closest she got was occasionally hunting deer, caribou, or elk with her father and younger brother, really (and one really bad hunting trip involving a mountain lion.) She was tangentially aware of events like the Calgary Stampede, but never had any interest in attending. This hasn't really changed in the modern era.

Shral and Thelen would regard them as novel events, of apparent cultural significance to Humans involving what must be traditional youthful displays of dexterity and temerity. Terran animals aren't especially fearsome by Andorian standards in terms of strength or natural armour, but only a fool underestimates what he does not understand. They'd partake in a rodeo or stampede event once or twice, perhaps, out of curiosity. (Dagmar spends a great deal of time fielding questions on the subject from these two, most of which she has to go and look up the answer to herself.)

Ambassador Thoris would find such events mildly entertaining, but ultimately not enough to fully engage his interest. If he wanted to wrangle a dangerous animal for fun, he'd go hunt more veeg. Still, there's merit to taking the time to observe and understand such gatherings and their significance to Humans as a foreign ambassador. He might inquire as to historical facts, socioeconomic relevance, and so on. On a good day, he might even deign to compliment a particularly skilled participant. He can understand and value the cultivation of fast reflexes and keen hand-eye coordination that these activities require as well as base strength and agility well enough, but the proceedings are somewhat dull to him after the first viewing. He's a one-time visitor.

Vrath would most likely be trying her hand at mechanical calf roping the moment Dagmar took her eyes off her, and generally having a good time of it.

As for a general opinion from Andorians on the subject? It's a very Human thing. Novel and entertaining, but ultimately largely of interest only to those Andorians who handle livestock and animal husbandry. There's not much in common between Terran and Andorian livestock species, biologically speaking, but somehow Andorian ranchers still find enough common ground with Human ranchers to spark lively debates and very intense conversations over herd management and predation.

Cheers!

[werebutch]

So many times I’ve seen people on here be like wowww it’s so funny seeing ppl rage over vegans 😁!! ….. these people genuinely have no idea what they’re talking about. If you mention all their stuff being made of plastic they cover their ears and go lalala like they’re 5. I’m sorry but it DOES make me mad. I wish your passion for the environment could go somewhere actually useful and not to blissful ignorance and even environmental harm. -_-

[alistair-blackwood]

while watching nimona, my friends and I got into a huge argument about how they could have scottie terriers with no scotland and jazz with no harlem renaissance so now I too just like to drop explicit references to real world things in my fic that have 0% justification being there in the first place and i feel like the funniest mfer alive

[vegandude73]

[knight-in-baggy-sweatpants]

it is literal agony to read anything about livestock animals that is from the pov of or written by someone who does not know anything about the industry that surrounds them. i don't think i've ever said it here, but i've lived on a farm since i was just barely a teenager. one thing that the meat industry depends on is CHILDREN "showing" their animals at competitions, YES like dog shows. My brother and two of my sisters started out showing dairy cows(of which there was a competitive team already in place at my school), but two of them no longer show at all and my sister now shows pigs.

And the entire operation is focused on getting your animals the best they can be for either breeding or market(those are the actual official categories for pigs. for cows it is either dairy or beef) and those are two completely different categories with different standards! and there are so many different breeds of any livestock animal, and at least for cows they are specialized for one of the two categories! You would never see a Holstein heifer shown for beef, just like you would never see an Angus steer shown for dairy! they also have very different grooming standards and builds; dairy cows are much thinner, clean-shaven, and you should be able to easily see their prominent hip-bones and first few ribs, while beef cows are much stockier with shorter legs, usually left hairy and only trimmed a little. i'm not as familiar with beef cow standards but i know you aren't expected to be able to see their ribs.

all this is to say, if you describe an animal's breed or even just markings, i can usually identify which breed you're talking about(it is always a Holstein for cows). But then you go on to describe them as large and in charge, and that is NOT how dairy cows should be! if you want a big, tough cow, at LEAST go for a breed that is MEANT to be that way.

and YES, this IS about Batcow fics.

[petsincollections]

Phillip Gregg and Dr. James L. McBee Jr., Buckwheat Festival, Preston County, W. Va., ca. 1965

Shown in the picture is Phillip Gregg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gregg of Masontown, with his Baby Beef Carcass that placed Second in the Carcass Contest sponsored by Sterling Packing Company of Reedsville, W. Va. Shown with him is Dr. James L. McBee Jr., Associate Professor of Animal Industry of West Virginia University.

West Virginia History OnView

[makerscockandballs]

if you think vegan food is just shit like quinoa and imported "exotic" foods you dont know jackshit about veganism outside of movie stereotypes and animal agriculture industry propaganda (which is a real thing, big surprise. capitalism is full of industry propaganda) and should inform yourself outside of that. read a fucking cookbook at this point.

[plethoraworldatlas]

Somewhere on a remote mountainside in Colorado’s Rockies, a latch flipped on a crate and a wolf bounded out, heading toward the tree line. Then it stopped short.For a moment, the young female looked back at it’s audience of roughly 45 people who stared on in reverential silence. Then she disappeared into the forest.

She was one of five gray wolves Wildlife officials released in a remote part of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains on Monday to kick off a voter-approved reintroduction program that was embraced in the state’s mostly Democratic urban corridor but staunchly opposed in conservative rural areas where ranchers worry about attacks on livestock.

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It marked the start of the most ambitious wolf reintroduction effort in the U.S. in almost three decades and a sharp departure from aggressive efforts by Republican-led states to cull wolf packs. A judge on Friday night had denied a request from the state’s cattle industry for a temporary delay to the release.

The group watched as the first two wolves — 1-year-old male and female siblings with gray fur — were set free. The male bolted up the golden grass, running partially sideways to keep an eye on everyone behind, then turning left into the trees.

The crowd watched in silence, then some hugged each other and low murmurs started up.

[teabookgremlin]

i love listening to people who have devoted their lives to working with cows talk about cows

[canopy-structures-for-seasonal]

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[concrete-canopies-for-commercial]

How to integrate renewable technologies into bespoke canopies

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[solarpoweredbirds]

the fact that there's people who really seem to think that the world would be perfect if everyone was vegan fascinates me. the amount of mental gymnastics it takes to come to such a shallow conclusion would honestly be impressive if it weren't so depressing

[dairymitra]

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[fabric-for-canopy-structures]

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