A groundbreaking achievement for the Ahimsa team of both oxen and ox-trainers. With the help of John Turner – engineer extraordinaire at the farm in Little Bytham, we recently ran the first trial of our new capstan. A capstan is a broad revolving cylinder with a vertical axis used for winding a rope or cable, powered by a motor or pushed round by draft animals. When animal power was the primary source of farm power…
Continue readingHave you ever considered what the difference is between Animal Welfare and Animal Rights? In this insightful piece, Dr Sean Butler draws our attention to the subtleties in the definition of welfare and rights in relation to UK Legislation applied to cows in an agricultural context. Dr Sean Butler is Emeritus Fellow, St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge and the Director of Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law.
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