Livestock

Details have emerged of a photo taken in the Black Sea province of Rize showing a shepherd girl and her dog carrying a newborn goat and its mother in their backpacks, which went viral on social media.

A heart-melting photo depicting a shepherd girl and her dog carrying a new-born goat and its mother in their backpacks, which was reportedly shot in the Black Sea province of Rize, has gone viral on social media.

Bulgarian farmers will demonstrate in the capital Sofia on Monday to vent their anger at new rules for the allocation of EU subsidies.

Under recently adopted changes to the subsidies mechanism, a farm needs at least 50 female sheep and 20 female goats to be eligible for funding.

Documents establishing the sheep and goats' pedigree will also be required.

As part of a project carried out at the Uludağ University campus in the northwestern Turkish province of Bursa, the number of deer increased more than eightfold in 13 years. 

The dean of the university's Veterinary Faculty, Professor Ülgen Günay, said they first started the project in 2004 with the establishment of a special deer-breeding center. 

As night-time approaches in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa,  most of the alleyways of the city's old bazaar are emptying out, except for one.

Between BGN 5 M and BGN 6 M will be needed in order for the state to deal with bird flu and compensate farmers, stated outgoing Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva.

Taneva explained that bird flu is not dangerous for people.

Sheep are generally associated with being meek and docile creatures. But it seems this ram didn’t get the memo. In an uncharacteristic move it suddenly started attacking the shepherd of the herd. As a car approaches, its dash-cam records the herd initially scattering, but out of nowhere the “rogue” ram turns against the shepherd butting him.

Turkey's first sperm bank for goats has been founded in the capital Ankara in order to protect the species of the Ankara goat. 

The project, which is carried out by Ankara University, received support from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK) worth 240,000 Turkish Liras. 

Turkey's water buffalo population has decreased to 100,000 from 1 million in 15 years due to extensive losses in wetlands in Turkey.

Experts say the country's water buffalo stock farming has suffered a huge impact due to degradations in Turkey's wetlands.

A baby goat born without hooves became friends with a blind goat after being adopted by a New Jersey rescue shelter for animals.
When Pocket, the baby goat, was born without legs, his owners were dismayed, reaching out through social media for help. “Is there any hope for him, or should we let him go?” they asked on a FaceBook group for vets.