Interest in indigenous cattle breeds like the Pulikulam is reviving: Karthikeya Sivasenapathy

Down To Earth speaks to the head of the environment wing of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam about the Pulikulam cattle breed of Tamil Nadu

In Court

Now cattle feel the heat

Climate change affects breeding patterns of cows in the UK

BST side-effects denied

What's eating the grasslands?

Overgrazing is just the tip of the iceberg.The real culprit is mismanagement

Treasures in grass

India has a huge variety of grasses. But the wealth is being destroyed

Bytes

Lumpy skin disease outbreak: Indigenous vaccine still awaits emergency-use clearance

Launched a month ago; Concerns over efficacy, production causing delay 

Global madness

The whole world is at risk of the mad cow disease, says WHO

Cool bug

Dung beetles keep methane from cattle in check

A scapegoat?

The government views goats as the greatest enemy of the environment

Simply Put: The cow and the cheetah

Ancient DNA is revealing the origins of livestock herding in Africa

Pastoralism’s roots could hold clues to help solve modern challenges

Simply put: Livestock fart and greenhouse gas emissions

What exactly are cattle fed?

In Punjab, too much limestone powder and urea: adulteration hardly a bother for feed-makers

Methane from Indian cattle overestimated

Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers

Buffalo protein against cattle diseases

High-yield cattle breed less

Novel land grab

First yak domesticated 2,500 years ago near the Brahmaputra in Tibet, not far from Indian border: Study

Not only did humans in Bangga domesticate yaks, they also domesticated cattle and created hybrid offsprings by crossing the two

Pak army factory pollutes stream, kills livestock

Livestock production causes global warming, strains land and water resources

Should villages in Desert National Park be relocated?

The importance (and baggage) of ghee

The social standing of ghee is heavier than the health one