Raising Native Animals, Overpopulation Solutions, Dealing with the Global Food Crisis and More

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<strong>Farming With Native Species</strong>: <a title=”The North American bison ” href=”https://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/wildlife/north-american-bison-tallgrass-prairie-zmaz10fmzraw” target=”_blank”>The North American bison </a>is not the only animal making a comeback on its native range. The government of South Africa is now telling its farmers that marginal land can produce six times as much income when used to raise wild animals instead of domesticated cattle. “Native eland, kudu and springbok are better suited to this country’s environment than imported cattle,” states a government report, “and there’s no reason why they cannot be farmed.” An experiment begun 80 years ago by some Russian explorers who took a small herd of eland back to their country supports that statement. Soviet scientists have announced that eland milk contains twice the protein and more butterfat than cow’s milk. It is also richer in several minerals and keeps longer.</p>
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<strong>Human Burial and Cremation</strong>: Human burials and cremations are not environmentally sound. That’s the word from Dr. S.L. Henderson-Smith of England. The good doctor writes in World Medicine magazine that “The human body has an important place in the ecology of nature. We do not burn sewage . . . so why burn the dead?”</p>
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  • Published on Jan 1, 1974
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