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  1. "Why are there no wild cows?"

    Narrator refers to the torah as the hebrew bible.

    The aurochs was the domesticated ancestor of modern cattle. They first appeared 700,000 years ago and became extinct about 1627

    mastodon.social/@audubonballro

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    #extinctions #aurochs #animals #domesticlivestock #jewish

  2. "Why are there no wild cows?"

    Narrator refers to the torah as the hebrew bible.

    The aurochs was the domesticated ancestor of modern cattle. They first appeared 700,000 years ago and became extinct about 1627

    mastodon.social/@audubonballro

    1/4

    #extinctions #aurochs #animals #domesticlivestock #jewish

  3. "Why are there no wild cows?"

    Narrator refers to the torah as the hebrew bible.

    The aurochs was the domesticated ancestor of modern cattle. They first appeared 700,000 years ago and became extinct about 1627

    mastodon.social/@audubonballro

    1/4

    #extinctions #aurochs #animals #domesticlivestock #jewish

  4. "Why are there no wild cows?"

    Narrator refers to the torah as the hebrew bible.

    The aurochs was the domesticated ancestor of modern cattle. They first appeared 700,000 years ago and became extinct about 1627

    mastodon.social/@audubonballro

    1/4

    #extinctions #aurochs #animals #domesticlivestock #jewish

  5. "Why are there no wild cows?"

    Narrator refers to the torah as the hebrew bible.

    The aurochs was the domesticated ancestor of modern cattle. They first appeared 700,000 years ago and became extinct about 1627

    mastodon.social/@audubonballro

    1/4

    #extinctions #aurochs #animals #domesticlivestock #jewish

  6. #aurochs #rewilding

    "Bringing back the aurochs

    By conjuring the extinct ancestor of modern cattle, breeders are making Europe just a little wilder.

    Ronald Goderie glances skeptically at a rickety wooden fence in the Danube delta. After a marathon journey from the Netherlands, some of the most unusual cattle in the world are about to arrive in this lonely corner of eastern Romania. 'Don't underestimate their strength,' the Dutch ecologist warns the son of a local farmer who will help take care of the herd. The dozen brawny creatures must remain quarantined in the pen for 24 days to satisfy veterinarians that they are disease-free. Goderie's worry is that the cattle may leap the fence, or smash through it.

    For 7 years, Goderie has been breeding this line of animals with a remarkable vision in mind. The Taurus cattle are his latest creations in a long quest to resurrect the aurochs, the fearsome ancestor of today's cattle. The last of their kind died in the 17th century. But the genes that endowed aurochs with traits such as massive horns and a grand stature persist, diluted and dispersed across dozens of cattle breeds.

    Several efforts are underway to collect these genes by cross-breeding heritage cattle, which predate the rise of industrial agriculture. Creating a facsimile of primeval cattle is not the only goal. Goderie and others intend to set the tough, self-sufficient animals free as part of an ambitious long-term aim to 'rewild' millions of hectares of abandoned farmland. They are counting on the heavy-weights' grazing and trampling to prevent forests from encroaching on diverse grasslands. Rewilding Europe, a nonprofit conservation group, has provided about €200,000 over the past few years to help establish herds of cattle that resemble aurochs in Croatia, Portugal, Spain, and now Romania."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

  7. #aurochs #rewilding

    "Bringing back the aurochs

    By conjuring the extinct ancestor of modern cattle, breeders are making Europe just a little wilder.

    Ronald Goderie glances skeptically at a rickety wooden fence in the Danube delta. After a marathon journey from the Netherlands, some of the most unusual cattle in the world are about to arrive in this lonely corner of eastern Romania. 'Don't underestimate their strength,' the Dutch ecologist warns the son of a local farmer who will help take care of the herd. The dozen brawny creatures must remain quarantined in the pen for 24 days to satisfy veterinarians that they are disease-free. Goderie's worry is that the cattle may leap the fence, or smash through it.

    For 7 years, Goderie has been breeding this line of animals with a remarkable vision in mind. The Taurus cattle are his latest creations in a long quest to resurrect the aurochs, the fearsome ancestor of today's cattle. The last of their kind died in the 17th century. But the genes that endowed aurochs with traits such as massive horns and a grand stature persist, diluted and dispersed across dozens of cattle breeds.

    Several efforts are underway to collect these genes by cross-breeding heritage cattle, which predate the rise of industrial agriculture. Creating a facsimile of primeval cattle is not the only goal. Goderie and others intend to set the tough, self-sufficient animals free as part of an ambitious long-term aim to 'rewild' millions of hectares of abandoned farmland. They are counting on the heavy-weights' grazing and trampling to prevent forests from encroaching on diverse grasslands. Rewilding Europe, a nonprofit conservation group, has provided about €200,000 over the past few years to help establish herds of cattle that resemble aurochs in Croatia, Portugal, Spain, and now Romania."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

  8. #aurochs #rewilding

    "Bringing back the aurochs

    By conjuring the extinct ancestor of modern cattle, breeders are making Europe just a little wilder.

    Ronald Goderie glances skeptically at a rickety wooden fence in the Danube delta. After a marathon journey from the Netherlands, some of the most unusual cattle in the world are about to arrive in this lonely corner of eastern Romania. 'Don't underestimate their strength,' the Dutch ecologist warns the son of a local farmer who will help take care of the herd. The dozen brawny creatures must remain quarantined in the pen for 24 days to satisfy veterinarians that they are disease-free. Goderie's worry is that the cattle may leap the fence, or smash through it.

    For 7 years, Goderie has been breeding this line of animals with a remarkable vision in mind. The Taurus cattle are his latest creations in a long quest to resurrect the aurochs, the fearsome ancestor of today's cattle. The last of their kind died in the 17th century. But the genes that endowed aurochs with traits such as massive horns and a grand stature persist, diluted and dispersed across dozens of cattle breeds.

    Several efforts are underway to collect these genes by cross-breeding heritage cattle, which predate the rise of industrial agriculture. Creating a facsimile of primeval cattle is not the only goal. Goderie and others intend to set the tough, self-sufficient animals free as part of an ambitious long-term aim to 'rewild' millions of hectares of abandoned farmland. They are counting on the heavy-weights' grazing and trampling to prevent forests from encroaching on diverse grasslands. Rewilding Europe, a nonprofit conservation group, has provided about €200,000 over the past few years to help establish herds of cattle that resemble aurochs in Croatia, Portugal, Spain, and now Romania."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

  9. #aurochs #rewilding

    "Bringing back the aurochs

    By conjuring the extinct ancestor of modern cattle, breeders are making Europe just a little wilder.

    Ronald Goderie glances skeptically at a rickety wooden fence in the Danube delta. After a marathon journey from the Netherlands, some of the most unusual cattle in the world are about to arrive in this lonely corner of eastern Romania. 'Don't underestimate their strength,' the Dutch ecologist warns the son of a local farmer who will help take care of the herd. The dozen brawny creatures must remain quarantined in the pen for 24 days to satisfy veterinarians that they are disease-free. Goderie's worry is that the cattle may leap the fence, or smash through it.

    For 7 years, Goderie has been breeding this line of animals with a remarkable vision in mind. The Taurus cattle are his latest creations in a long quest to resurrect the aurochs, the fearsome ancestor of today's cattle. The last of their kind died in the 17th century. But the genes that endowed aurochs with traits such as massive horns and a grand stature persist, diluted and dispersed across dozens of cattle breeds.

    Several efforts are underway to collect these genes by cross-breeding heritage cattle, which predate the rise of industrial agriculture. Creating a facsimile of primeval cattle is not the only goal. Goderie and others intend to set the tough, self-sufficient animals free as part of an ambitious long-term aim to 'rewild' millions of hectares of abandoned farmland. They are counting on the heavy-weights' grazing and trampling to prevent forests from encroaching on diverse grasslands. Rewilding Europe, a nonprofit conservation group, has provided about €200,000 over the past few years to help establish herds of cattle that resemble aurochs in Croatia, Portugal, Spain, and now Romania."

    science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

  10. #zoos #Nazis #documenteries #aurochs #HeckCattle

    "‘American Zoo’ reveals Nazi-linked animal breeding program at Catskill Game Farm

    A new documentary examines the beloved zoo’s dark past. But don’t expect the filmmaker to tell you what to think.

    Memories of the Catskill Game Farm tend to carry plenty of nostalgia for locals who visited the family-owned petting zoo during its 73 years in operation. But a new documentary turns a spotlight on a particularly dark corner of the tourist attraction’s history.

    'American Zoo' had its U.S. premiere on June 4 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by British filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins, the film uses footage Travers Hawkins discovered in 2022 during a visit to the former zoo to explore its troubled past — including links to a Nazi-era animal-breeding program aimed at reviving extinct animal species.

    'When I was first looking at the film, I absolutely had no idea it was going to lead me to a Nazi breeding program,' Travers Hawkins, a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, said in an interview with the Times Union.

    Opened in 1933 by German immigrant Roland Lindemann, the Catskill Game Farm became the nation’s first privately owned zoo in 1958. Over its seven decades of operation, the Game Farm’s menagerie grew to approximately 2,000 animals and 150 species.
    In addition to being a major tourist attraction in the Catskills, the Game Farm had breeding programs to supply animals to other zoos — and, apparently, to bring animals back from extinction.

    Through the found footage and numerous interviews with former gamekeepers and descendants, Travers Hawkins was able to piece together the history of the two main families at the core of the operation: the Lindemanns and the Hecks."

    timesunion.com/movies/article/

  11. #zoos #Nazis #documenteries #aurochs #HeckCattle

    "‘American Zoo’ reveals Nazi-linked animal breeding program at Catskill Game Farm

    A new documentary examines the beloved zoo’s dark past. But don’t expect the filmmaker to tell you what to think.

    Memories of the Catskill Game Farm tend to carry plenty of nostalgia for locals who visited the family-owned petting zoo during its 73 years in operation. But a new documentary turns a spotlight on a particularly dark corner of the tourist attraction’s history.

    'American Zoo' had its U.S. premiere on June 4 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by British filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins, the film uses footage Travers Hawkins discovered in 2022 during a visit to the former zoo to explore its troubled past — including links to a Nazi-era animal-breeding program aimed at reviving extinct animal species.

    'When I was first looking at the film, I absolutely had no idea it was going to lead me to a Nazi breeding program,' Travers Hawkins, a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, said in an interview with the Times Union.

    Opened in 1933 by German immigrant Roland Lindemann, the Catskill Game Farm became the nation’s first privately owned zoo in 1958. Over its seven decades of operation, the Game Farm’s menagerie grew to approximately 2,000 animals and 150 species.
    In addition to being a major tourist attraction in the Catskills, the Game Farm had breeding programs to supply animals to other zoos — and, apparently, to bring animals back from extinction.

    Through the found footage and numerous interviews with former gamekeepers and descendants, Travers Hawkins was able to piece together the history of the two main families at the core of the operation: the Lindemanns and the Hecks."

    timesunion.com/movies/article/

  12. #zoos #Nazis #documenteries #aurochs #HeckCattle

    "‘American Zoo’ reveals Nazi-linked animal breeding program at Catskill Game Farm

    A new documentary examines the beloved zoo’s dark past. But don’t expect the filmmaker to tell you what to think.

    Memories of the Catskill Game Farm tend to carry plenty of nostalgia for locals who visited the family-owned petting zoo during its 73 years in operation. But a new documentary turns a spotlight on a particularly dark corner of the tourist attraction’s history.

    'American Zoo' had its U.S. premiere on June 4 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by British filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins, the film uses footage Travers Hawkins discovered in 2022 during a visit to the former zoo to explore its troubled past — including links to a Nazi-era animal-breeding program aimed at reviving extinct animal species.

    'When I was first looking at the film, I absolutely had no idea it was going to lead me to a Nazi breeding program,' Travers Hawkins, a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, said in an interview with the Times Union.

    Opened in 1933 by German immigrant Roland Lindemann, the Catskill Game Farm became the nation’s first privately owned zoo in 1958. Over its seven decades of operation, the Game Farm’s menagerie grew to approximately 2,000 animals and 150 species.
    In addition to being a major tourist attraction in the Catskills, the Game Farm had breeding programs to supply animals to other zoos — and, apparently, to bring animals back from extinction.

    Through the found footage and numerous interviews with former gamekeepers and descendants, Travers Hawkins was able to piece together the history of the two main families at the core of the operation: the Lindemanns and the Hecks."

    timesunion.com/movies/article/

  13. #zoos #Nazis #documenteries #aurochs #HeckCattle

    "‘American Zoo’ reveals Nazi-linked animal breeding program at Catskill Game Farm

    A new documentary examines the beloved zoo’s dark past. But don’t expect the filmmaker to tell you what to think.

    Memories of the Catskill Game Farm tend to carry plenty of nostalgia for locals who visited the family-owned petting zoo during its 73 years in operation. But a new documentary turns a spotlight on a particularly dark corner of the tourist attraction’s history.

    'American Zoo' had its U.S. premiere on June 4 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by British filmmaker Tim Travers Hawkins, the film uses footage Travers Hawkins discovered in 2022 during a visit to the former zoo to explore its troubled past — including links to a Nazi-era animal-breeding program aimed at reviving extinct animal species.

    'When I was first looking at the film, I absolutely had no idea it was going to lead me to a Nazi breeding program,' Travers Hawkins, a two-time Emmy-nominated filmmaker, said in an interview with the Times Union.

    Opened in 1933 by German immigrant Roland Lindemann, the Catskill Game Farm became the nation’s first privately owned zoo in 1958. Over its seven decades of operation, the Game Farm’s menagerie grew to approximately 2,000 animals and 150 species.
    In addition to being a major tourist attraction in the Catskills, the Game Farm had breeding programs to supply animals to other zoos — and, apparently, to bring animals back from extinction.

    Through the found footage and numerous interviews with former gamekeepers and descendants, Travers Hawkins was able to piece together the history of the two main families at the core of the operation: the Lindemanns and the Hecks."

    timesunion.com/movies/article/

  14. Auroch bones are found in large numbers at the Ness of #Brodgar these appear to have been dumped as part of camp celebrations after a successful hunt carried out by boat-people visiting orkney for an annual hunt.

    #aurochs #neolithic #orkney #archaeology #prehistory

    orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/202

  15. Auroch bones are found in large numbers at the Ness of #Brodgar these appear to have been dumped as part of camp celebrations after a successful hunt carried out by boat-people visiting orkney for an annual hunt.

    #aurochs #neolithic #orkney #archaeology #prehistory

    orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/202

  16. Auroch bones are found in large numbers at the Ness of #Brodgar these appear to have been dumped as part of camp celebrations after a successful hunt carried out by boat-people visiting orkney for an annual hunt.

    #aurochs #neolithic #orkney #archaeology #prehistory

    orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/202

  17. Auroch bones are found in large numbers at the Ness of #Brodgar these appear to have been dumped as part of camp celebrations after a successful hunt carried out by boat-people visiting orkney for an annual hunt.

    #aurochs #neolithic #orkney #archaeology #prehistory

    orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/202

  18. ~ Ūruz ~

    When this rune appears in a reading, it can help spur energies that manifest change in your life - your health, in particular. Keep things in perspective and don't let circumstances overwhelm you. Be strong, like bull!

    inkedgoddesscreations.com
    #Uruz #Aurochs #Vitality #Manifestation #Strength #Trials #Norse #Rune #Divination #Magick

  19. ~ Ūruz ~

    When this rune appears in a reading, it can help spur energies that manifest change in your life - your health, in particular. Keep things in perspective and don't let circumstances overwhelm you. Be strong, like bull!

    inkedgoddesscreations.com
    #Uruz #Aurochs #Vitality #Manifestation #Strength #Trials #Norse #Rune #Divination #Magick

  20. La #grotte de #Tinshemet se situe à mi-chemin entre #Jérusalem et #Tel-Aviv, à la jonction des hauts plateaux de #Judée et de la plaine côtière méditerranéenne. Elle a été découverte dans les années 40, mais ne fait l’objet d’une #fouille approfondie que depuis 2017.
    Fouille difficile : les
    #sédiments sont cimentés, comme du #béton. Mais cela vaut le coup.
    Les premiers résultats que viennent de publier les
    #archéologues démontrent que la grotte a bien été occupée par des #humains, il y a 100 000 ans.
    Ils ont découvert des traces de cendres de
    #bois, des dizaines de #silex savamment taillés, des milliers de #fragments d’#ocre de tailles, formes, textures et #couleurs variées, des restes d’#aurochs, d’équidés, de gazelles, de sangliers - même une phalange de rhinocéros…
    Et, surtout, les
    #squelettes de 5 humains, dont deux quasi-complets, en position fœtale, signe qu’ils ont été enterrés lors d’une #sépulture.
    C’est déjà très émouvant.
    Avec quatre autres sépultures de la
    #région datant de la même époque, dont une qui se trouve à seulement dix kilomètres de là, voilà le plus vieux #cimetière humain jamais découvert.

    #Israel #archeologie
    https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/la-terre-au-carre/la-terre-au-carre-l-actu-du-mardi-25-mars-2025-6988075

  21. La #grotte de #Tinshemet se situe à mi-chemin entre #Jérusalem et #Tel-Aviv, à la jonction des hauts plateaux de #Judée et de la plaine côtière méditerranéenne. Elle a été découverte dans les années 40, mais ne fait l’objet d’une #fouille approfondie que depuis 2017.
    Fouille difficile : les
    #sédiments sont cimentés, comme du #béton. Mais cela vaut le coup.
    Les premiers résultats que viennent de publier les
    #archéologues démontrent que la grotte a bien été occupée par des #humains, il y a 100 000 ans.
    Ils ont découvert des traces de cendres de
    #bois, des dizaines de #silex savamment taillés, des milliers de #fragments d’#ocre de tailles, formes, textures et #couleurs variées, des restes d’#aurochs, d’équidés, de gazelles, de sangliers - même une phalange de rhinocéros…
    Et, surtout, les
    #squelettes de 5 humains, dont deux quasi-complets, en position fœtale, signe qu’ils ont été enterrés lors d’une #sépulture.
    C’est déjà très émouvant.
    Avec quatre autres sépultures de la
    #région datant de la même époque, dont une qui se trouve à seulement dix kilomètres de là, voilà le plus vieux #cimetière humain jamais découvert.

    #Israel #archeologie
    https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/la-terre-au-carre/la-terre-au-carre-l-actu-du-mardi-25-mars-2025-6988075

  22. La #grotte de #Tinshemet se situe à mi-chemin entre #Jérusalem et #Tel-Aviv, à la jonction des hauts plateaux de #Judée et de la plaine côtière méditerranéenne. Elle a été découverte dans les années 40, mais ne fait l’objet d’une #fouille approfondie que depuis 2017.
    Fouille difficile : les
    #sédiments sont cimentés, comme du #béton. Mais cela vaut le coup.
    Les premiers résultats que viennent de publier les
    #archéologues démontrent que la grotte a bien été occupée par des #humains, il y a 100 000 ans.
    Ils ont découvert des traces de cendres de
    #bois, des dizaines de #silex savamment taillés, des milliers de #fragments d’#ocre de tailles, formes, textures et #couleurs variées, des restes d’#aurochs, d’équidés, de gazelles, de sangliers - même une phalange de rhinocéros…
    Et, surtout, les
    #squelettes de 5 humains, dont deux quasi-complets, en position fœtale, signe qu’ils ont été enterrés lors d’une #sépulture.
    C’est déjà très émouvant.
    Avec quatre autres sépultures de la
    #région datant de la même époque, dont une qui se trouve à seulement dix kilomètres de là, voilà le plus vieux #cimetière humain jamais découvert.

    #Israel #archeologie
    https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/la-terre-au-carre/la-terre-au-carre-l-actu-du-mardi-25-mars-2025-6988075