Newslinks   July-Oct 2008

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Livestock Industry
Grazing site for strays needed
Agrofest seminar to focus on livestock
Sabah's Largest Bird Nest Producer
More using worm fertilizer for potency..
Farmers taking to worm poop
Milking the business
Thousands rush to buy meat sold at discounts
Swiftlet complex in the works
Call to fix farm price of chicken
EM tech being used in Malacca farms
Making first million by selling worms
Farmers use micro-organismtech to fight pollution
FLFAM Assure Enough SS & No Increase In Price..
Aussie cows for dairy industry
Croc farm churns out skin for leather goods
Adequate Supply Of Chicken For Hari Raya
Ample supply of meat, eggs for this season
Enough food supply for festive season
Chicken price goes up
Illegal chicken slaughterhouse closed
AG's Report:
RM3.19 million for only nine studs
Agriculture Sector Expected To Grow By 3.6 Pct..
Commercial Breeders Ask Gov To Review..
RM130 mln fund for Sabah dairy cow project
Sabah biggest milk producer
Costlier chicken in Kedah
Sabah free from animal diseases
CAKE Calls On Traders To Reduce Chicken Price
More Efforts Needed To Bolster Agriculture Sector
Vampire therapy, anyone?
No kidding, this goat venture pays well
Swiftlet rearing lucrative
Illegal pig slaughter raises fear of '98 tragedy
Just kid-ding around
There’s money in livestock dung
Malaysia-Australia In Goat Breeding JT Venture
Leech Treatment...
Livestock Breeders..To Adopt High Technology
Dream to create nucleus Jamnapari goat farm
Herders want more grazing land
State Govt wants a new waste treatment system..
Negri to have cow dung collection centres
Poultry Farmers Want Chicken Prices To Go Up
New Zealand says world dairy prices set to fall
Sabah can be mutton exporter by 2010: Yahya
'Pig farm issue should have been resolved yrs ago'
Mark this 'ayam kampung'
Plans for RM10m goat research centre
Terengganu to construct swiftlet ‘hotels’
Plans Afoot For RM10 Mln Goat Research Centre..
Sawit Kinabalu Farm targets 35,000 heads of cattle
Feed from waste
Less cholesterol, no goat smell
Terengganu heading for goat-hub status
Govt Aims For 25 % Local Mutton Production..
Boost for livestock
Sick and miserable over swifts, sewage
Sabah can export meat and dairy by 2011
Sabah hopes to be self-sufficient in meat production
Taking beef supply by the horn
Pig farm project to go ahead
High-Tech Farm To Resolve Scattered Pig-rearing..
NGO says no of pigs at village increases to 600,000
Group wants pig farm relocated
Boost for free-range chicken
Pig farmers advised to cut production
Birds' Nests Industry In Perlis Will Be Licensed
Slaughterhouses play by halal rule, says Daud
Birdhouses only allowed in shophouses
Indian maize export ban to hit livestock industry..
Probe on so no action against chicken traders
A beast that brings out beauty
Chicken farmers to cut production
Sabah govt to buy fresh milk from dairy farmers..
Fresh milk price increased to RM2.50
Residents say pig farm too close to homes
35 baskets of chicken stolen from market
Chickens stolen at market
Chicken manure shortage...
Just RM2 for a plate of chicken rice at Ipoh stall

Research, Discoveries Tech.
Red meat primes body for intestinal germ
South Korea land grab killing migratory birds
Why eating males pays off, for spiders
Birds' decline shows wider damage to nature
Warmer world threatens "Happy Feet" penguins
Wildlife, already struggling, faces fresh threat..
Don finds quick way to detect pig DNA in foodstuff
Rare images captured in the wild  
Australian researchers discover elusive frog
Research on jumbos’ social life 
Centre to study more on Bornean elephants  
Studying the social structure of Bornean Elephant
Australian researchers discover elusive frog
Why it's so hard to swat a fly  
Little robin from Gabon is world's newest 
Elephant seals enlisted in study of Antarctic seas
Kangaroo farming would cut greenhouse gases
World's smallest snake is as thin as spaghetti
Study on the orang utan
A gadget to kill rats
Pygmy jumbos collared 
Tasmanian Devil mating earlier to beat extinction
Landmark study on the social structure
Jumbo research takes off 
Tracking pygmy's habits
Measures needed to save 'pockets' of orangutans
Orangutans in danger of extinction
Orangutans in Kinabatangan may become extinct.  
New research shows orangutans facing extinction
Birds Identify Eggs By Its 'Colors'

Diseases
U.S. pledges extra $320 million for bird flu fight
Bird flu pushed back, pandemic threat remains
Hong Kong finds bird flu virus in crow
1,500 dogs die from tainted feed in China
Togo confirms H5N1 bird flu outbreak
Indonesian man dies of bird flu, brings toll to 112
H5N1 Vaccine Effectively Prevents Bird Flu 
Nipah Virus probe team honoured..
Vietnam May Produce Bird Flu Vaccines..
Vietnam-made Bird Flu Vaccine Proves Effective
More than 80 pct of Indonesia bird flu cases die
New bird flu threat could be H9N2, researchers say
Governments Must Not Be Complacent...     
New bird flu strain found in Nigeria
Indonesia testing 13 for bird flu in Sumatra village
Suspected bird flu cases in Indonesia village
'Outbreak actions protected by law'

Corporate
Mutton specialist
Restaurants may change menus, hike prices..
Joint venture with Aussie firm
Lay Hong turns to Indonesia for cheaper poultry feed
Move to can mutton for Aidil Adha aid
Dutch Lady aims to be top seller of yoghurt products
S'pore trader Olam buying into NZ dairy sector
Islamic Relief Worldwide Appoints Hadhari Cattle For
 
Deboning Sacrificial Meat

Food & Hygiene
China turns to fixing system as toxic milk cases fall
Bird’s nest from Kelantan is halal
Herbal Stewed Duck in Wine Sauce
Star-quality roast chicken
Escargots and dessert to wipe clean 
Game for exotic meat? 
Duck feet delicacy
Intoxicating lamb ribs
Indulge In Madras Chicken In Great Ambience
Peppery hot beef 
Exotic congee
Yam Neur Yang (Grilled Beef Salad) 
More than roasted 
Ibrahim’s grilled chicken a big Ramadan hit
Grilled ox tongue a favourite 
Spareribs simplified
Chicken soup for the soul
Rat meat in demand in Cambodia as inflation bites 
Horse milk makes debut at agriculture show
Attracting visitors like bees to honey
Tasty roast pork in Salak South Garden
1st US beef shipment arrives in S.Korea..
Safety of cloned animal products uncertain
Dog Meat Off The Menu For Beijing Olympics
Risky diet
Appetite for dog meat
Going against the grain
Steak in all its natural goodness
Eat: Ostentatiously ostrich

Environmental Conservation
Booklet shares info on turtle conservation
Fisheries Dept To Enforce Use Of Trawl Nets..
Sanctuary for sun bears in Sabah soon
SAVING BORNEO’S SUN BEARS
Rabbits force temporary closure of Robben Island
Monkeys trapped
Extinction alert for pangolin, tapir
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers
Many jumbo casualties
New programme allows locals & foreigners to adopt..
Half of mammals 'in decline', says extinction Red List
Adopt A Sea Turtle At Sarawak's Turtle Island
Animal crusaders
Animal pen also breeding diseases
Wildlife Dept officers capture rogue jumbo
Crop-destroying jumbo caught
Cows allowed to graze in danger plantation again 
Image of another rhino captured  
Up to 300 birds die in Alberta oil spill
Sabah Moves To Conserve Turtles..
Cows relocated due to use of weed killer 
Kertih residents help track turtles  
Salco to use data from dolphin, porpoise survey
Male rhino 'in his prime' delight 
Hawksbill turtle tagged in Malacca 
Turtle hatchlings return to sea 
Sumatran Rhino rescued, taken to wildlife  
Rare rhino gets new home..
Sumatran rhino is rescued
SUMATRAN RHINO RESCUED 
Endangered Sumatran Rhino Found Wandering...
 Endangered rhino rescued in Borneo
Watching orang utan in their natural habitat...
Taking a closer look at orang utan in Sepilok
Another turtle satellite-tagged
Orang Utans au naturel At Rehabilitation Centre 
1,719 crows shot
The Turtle Whisperer
Gunned down by park rangers 
Outrage over bloody cull
Monkeys have a right to roam...
State’s wildlife population goes down
Watch out for meandering cows
Are the hornbills becoming a rare sight? 
Turtles can fly
Bull elephant in new home with help from the gals
Dozens of sea turtles found dead..
Folks out to stop monkey acts
Crocs revolt
Help for jumbos
Orang Asli's elephant woes
Orang utans survive in forests within estates
BCT acts on protecting the Orangutans
Life at sea for KL-bred turtles
Paradise lost