{"id":614633,"date":"2009-12-27T06:06:55","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T11:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecoworldly.com\/2009\/12\/27\/six-contentious-animal-culls-in-the-news-in-december-are-small-compared-to-the-usa%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cherd-retirement-program%e2%80%9d\/"},"modified":"2009-12-27T06:06:55","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T11:06:55","slug":"six-contentious-animal-culls-in-the-news-in-december-are-small-compared-to-the-usa%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cherd-retirement-program%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/614633","title":{"rendered":"Six Contentious Animal Culls in the News in December are Small Compared to the USA\u2019s \u201cHerd Retirement Program\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Antarctic<\/a>The Fur Seal – victim of possibly the most emotive culling.<\/h5>\n

A recent post on the culling of rabbits on Robin Island, prompted a quick look at news items on culling over the last month. This revealed a variety of motivations for culling, very different numbers culled and a range in the opposition to the culls. The culling of a quarter of a million dairy cows in an attempt to raise milk prices with almost no protest is the outlier in the group.<\/h3>\n

40,000 Domestic Goats and Sheep in Netherlands<\/h4>\n

The Dutch government is culling 40,000 goats and sheep this month<\/a> in an attempt to limit the spread of Q fever, an animal-borne disease that can cause flu-like symptoms in people. It is believed that Q fever has caused six human deaths in the Netherlands in 2009.<\/p>\n

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The Fur Seal – victim of possibly the most emotive culling. A recent post on the culling of rabbits on Robin Island, prompted a quick look at news items on culling over the last month. This revealed a variety of motivations for culling, very different numbers culled and a range in the opposition to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2zTr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}