Livestock
Rules on pet care tightened up
Ljubljana – The National Assembly have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill that seeks to better protect pet, increase their well-being and enhance the responsibility of their owners. The amendments to the animal protection act were backed on Wednesday in a 87:1 vote.
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Donkey under protection gives birth
The donkey, which was injured by two shepherd dogs after the command given by its owners in Ankara, is being carefully looked after at the Retired Animals Farm in Bursa.
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The donkey, named Zeynep, which also lost her foal in the dog attack, recently gave birth again.
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Hybrid carriages presented as part of cross-border project
Murska Sobota – A ride with an innovative horse-drawn electric carriage developed as part of a Slovenian-Austrian EU-sponsored project was demonstrated on Tuesday at the Rakičan Mansion near the city of Murska Sobota. The project aims at developing carriage routes in a bid to promote sustainable cross-border tourism.
'Miracle' goat born from flames during forest fires
A baby goat that was born in massive flames in Turkey's southern Antalya province has been named "Miracle."
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Sercan Bayat returned to his farm hours after he was evacuated because of forest fires to find a baby goat among perished farm animals in the burned woodland in Manavgat district.
He said fires reached his village right after they began.
Brazen Bull: Gruesome Ancient Greek Torture Device Turned Screams into “Music”
As its name suggests, the Brazen Bull was a bronze object in the shape of a bull
Ancient Greeks Vs.Chinese - Who won in the war of the “Heavenly Horses” (photos-video)
The War of the Heavenly Horses lasted for 3 years
Tech-savvy shepherd herds goats with drone
A technology-savvy Turkish shepherd in western Turkey uses a drone to herd his around 600 goats.
Cemil Çoban is an unusual shepherd in the Bodrum district of Muğla province as he takes his drone with him every morning when he rides on his motorcycle to herd his goats in the rural area.
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Meet the Ancient Greek horse that still exists today! (video)
It is called the Skyrian Horse
Nomads preserve their ancestral way of life
Nomadic sheep-breeders in eastern Turkey, spending the winter and spring in their tents, continue to preserve the generations-old livelihood they inherited from their forefathers.
In Dedepınari, a village near the city center of Elazığ province, seven families consisting of 35 people eke an existence in harsh conditions far from the blessings of modern technology.
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Istanbul Municipality rescued nearly 1200 horses from Princes’ Islands last year
Following a ban of horse-drawn carriages in the Princes' Islands, an archipelago of nine islands off the coast of Istanbul, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality bought nearly 1200 horses and rehomed over 800 last year.