Normally having eyes glued to your ass would be a workplace no-no, but this new technique is a real life-saver down at the farm (All images courtesy of UNSW Sydney; photo by Ben Yexley) A joint study ...

In 1975, a more innocent time, the European Union signed the beef and veal protocol, which granted what became of its former African colonies access to the EU beef market. That was before the ...

The Federal Government has signalled a shift toward data driven and commercially focused reforms in Nigeria’s livestock ...

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana has put restrictions on the movement of cloven-hoofed animals in the northeast of the country after an incursion of buffalo from Zimbabwe put cattle at risk of ...

A conservation biologist at Australia’s University of New South Wales said in July that his team was headed to Botswana to paint eyeballs on cows’ rear ends. It’s a solution to the problem of farmers ...

In Botswana, Africa, researchers have painted eyes on the rumps of cattle to prevent lions and other predators from attacking. Early trials were effective. According to a paper the researchers ...

A conservation biologist has come up with a novel method for protecting cattle from being hunted by African lions: paint eyes on their butts. The lions will think their intended prey has seen them and ...

It sounds like a strategy to protect the poor cattle, but the idea is actually to protect endangered African lions from human retaliation Photo: Courtesy Following rampant cases of human-wildlife ...

Around the world Botswana has been lauded as an 'African miracle', with steady high rates of economic growth for more than three decades and a stable political system since independence. And yet, ...

What do you get when you paint a pair of eyes on a cow’s butt? The answer: a cost-effective approach to scaring predators away. The promise of this simple trick, called the “i-cow” solution, has been ...