"cruelty laws are treated inhumanely and that halal meat processing facilities exist in Australia, making the export of live animals redundant. Entertainer Pink has pledged to boycott all Australian sheep products in protest. History of the domestic sheep The history of the domesticated sheep goes back to between 11000 and 9000 BC, and the domestication of the wild mouflon in ancient Mesopotamia. Sheep are among the first animals to have been domesticated by humans, and there is evidence of sheep farming in Iranian statuary dating to that time period. These sheep were primarily raised for meat, milk, and skins. Woolly"
"domesticated animals, where they have naturalized in the mountainous interiors of these islands over the past few thousand years, giving rise to the subspecies known as European mouflon (""O. orientalis musimon""). On the island of Cyprus, the mouflon or ""agrino"" became a different and endemic subspecies known as the Cyprus mouflon (""O. o. ophion""). The Cyprus mouflon population contains only about 3,000 animals. They are now rare on the islands, but are classified as feral animals by the IUCN. They were later successfully introduced into continental Europe, including Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, central Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, the"
"mammals, the European mouflon (""Ovis orientalis musimon"") and Corsican red deer (""Cervus elaphus corsicanus"") inhabit the park. The Corsican red deer was re-introduced after it was extinct due to over hunting. This Corsican subspecies was the same that survived on Sardinia, so it's endemic. There are other species endemic to Corsica especially in the upper mountain ranges, i.e. Corsican nuthatch, Corsican fire salamander and Corsican brook salamander and many plant subspecies. Corsica, like all the other Mediterranean islands, was home to indigenous animals of the Pleistocene, some endemic to it and some coming to it and Sardinia (as Sardinia was"
"Grunewald (where mouflon had been kept since 1905), were brought to the state enclosure at Kaundorf in the Ösling. They were released in 1970 and spread to the Obersauer region. There are also mouflon in the area of Hosingen (Ösling) and especially in the canton of Echternach (Gutland). In Corsica and Sardinia the European mouflon was endangered by hunting and poaching. Only strict regulation and resettlements appear to have slowly stabilized the population. In Corsica, where hunting for mouflon has been prohibited since 1953, there were only about 180 in 1967, but by the 2010 the population had grown to"
"Corsican finch The Corsican finch (""Carduelis corsicana""), also known as Corsican citril finch or Mediterranean citril finch is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. It was formerly regarded a subspecies of the citril finch, but it differs in morphology and vocalizations (Cramp & Perrins, 1994, Förschler & Kalko, 2007) as well as mtDNA sequence (Sangster, 2000, ""contra"" Pasquet & Thibault, 1997, Förschler ""et al."" 2009) and they are now considered distinct species (Sangster ""et al."", 2002, Förschler ""et al."" 2009). Formerly, both were placed in the genus ""Serinus"", but they appear to be close relatives of the European goldfinch"
"Domestic muscovy duck The domestic Muscovy duck (""Cairina moschata domestica"") is a domesticated form of the wild Muscovy duck that originated in South America. It is bred for meat, feathers and eggs, as pets and sometimes as guard animals. Muscovy ducks had been domesticated by various Native American cultures in the Americas when Columbus arrived in the Bahamas. The first few were brought onto the Columbus ship Santa Maria they then sailed back to Europe by the 16th century. The Muscovy duck has been domesticated for centuries, and is widely traded as ""Barbary duck"". Muscovy breeds are popular because they"
"mouflon, a wild type of sheep, is bigger and muscular than domestic sheep. The mouflons prefer the plains where they can graze the whole year. These agile rock climbers have long and muscular legs. Thanks to this feature they can run very fast. The Caucasian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor), one of the rarest animals in the world, inhabits the southern Caucasus Mountains, Zangezur Range and the Talish Mountains in Azerbaijan. Caucasian leopards are endangered because of illegally hunt, human disturbance, etc. The World Wildlife Fund has stated that these animals are one of the most critically endangered species in the"
"Corsican donkey The Corsican Donkey, , , is a breed of domestic donkey from the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a ""région"" and territorial collectivity of France. It is not recognised by the Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt, the French ministry of agriculture, or by the Haras Nationaux, the French national stud; nor is it reported to the DAD-IS database of the FAO. Its numbers have fallen alarmingly; two associations are seeking its official recognition as a breed. The indigenous Corsican donkey is small and usually grey, and it is thought to have been present on the"
"Corsican horse The Corsican ( or , ) is a breed of small domestic horse indigenous to the Mediterranean island of Corsica, off the coast of south-eastern France. The breed was officially recognised in February 2012, more than thirty years after the process was begun. The stud-book is kept by a breeders' association, the Association Nationale de Race U Cavallu Corsu. The total population in the island is estimated at approximately 1000. Since the stud-book was established in 2012, about 100 animals have been registered. The Corsican is a small horse, standing between at the withers and weighing The coat"
"Corsican cattle Corsican Cattle or Corsicana is a French cattle breed. Corsican Cattle is the only native cattle to the island of Corsica. There is no breed registry and therefore is not considered a breed in a narrow sense but rather a population. There is no collective program of genetic selection. Studies have shown that its isolation for millennia helped to form a stable homogeneous population. In 2001 there were 28,000 cows and 1,300 bulls for natural and 6 for artificial insemination. The numbers are stable and 60% of females reproduce purebred. The breed has a tan coat with shades"
"I Muvrini I Muvrini is a Corsican folk music group, who sing traditional Corsican music in their native Corsican language. The group was formed in the early 1980s by the brothers Jean-François Bernardini and Alain Bernardini who were born in the village of Tagliu-Isulacciu in the north of Corsica. They are named after a species of wild sheep (mouflon) which live in the mountains of Corsica. The Bernardini brothers were introduced to traditional Corsican music at an early age by their father, Ghjuliu, who was a well-known poet and singer. They recorded their first single with their father in collaboration"
"Chicken The chicken (""Gallus gallus domesticus"") is a type of domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl. It is one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of more than 19 billion as of 2011. There are more chickens in the world than any other bird or domesticated fowl. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food (consuming both their meat and eggs) and, less commonly, as pets. Originally raised for cockfighting or for special ceremonies, chickens were not kept for food until the Hellenistic period (4th–2nd centuries BC). Genetic studies have pointed"
"horned, while others are polled. The horns of mature rams are curved in almost one full revolution (up to 85 cm). Mouflon have shoulder heights around 0.9 m and body weights of 50 kg (males) and 35 kg (females). Today, mouflon inhabit the Caucasus, Anatolia, northern and eastern Iraq, and most parts of Iran and Armenia. The range originally stretched further to the Crimean peninsula and the Balkans, where they had already disappeared 3,000 years ago and came back to Bulgaria. Mouflon were introduced to the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Rhodes, and Cyprus during the neolithic period, perhaps as feral"
"Corsican painted frog The Corsican painted frog (""Discoglossus montalentii"") is a species of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). It is endemic to the French island of Corsica. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. The Corsican painted frog is very similar in appearance to the Tyrrhenian painted frog but has a noticeably more rounded snout and a flatter back. The fourth finger of its front foot is tapering and not spatulate, and its hind legs are longer. It grows to about long. The colour varies and is either plain brown, grey or reddish brown, or one of"
"a caprine is a kind of bovid. Although most goat-antelopes are gregarious and have fairly stocky builds, they diverge in many other ways – the muskox (""Ovibos moschatus"") is adapted to the extreme cold of the tundra; the Rocky Mountain goat (""Oreamnos americanus"") of North America is specialised for very rugged terrain; the urial (""Ovis orientalis"") occupies a largely infertile area from Kashmir to Iran, including much desert country. The European mouflon (""Ovis musimon"") is thought to be the ancestor of the modern domestic sheep (""Ovis aries""). Many species have become extinct since the last ice age, probably largely because"
"remained almost constant for over ten years. The relatively high cull compared to the overall population arises from the need to keep wildlife damage under control as well as to ensure a healthy population. In the 2015/16 hunting season, the total numbers culled in Austria came to 2,450 mouflon (in 2014/15 it was 2,640), of which 885 were shot in Lower Austria alone, corresponding to 36 per cent of the total cull. European mouflon The European mouflon (""Ovis orientalis musimon"") is the westernmost and smallest sub-species of mouflon. It was originally found only on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and"
"domesticated turkey is descended from one of six subspecies of wild turkey (""Meleagris gallopavo"") found in the present Mexican states of Jalisco, Guerrero and Veracruz. Pre-Aztec tribes in south-central Mexico first domesticated the bird around 800 BC, and Pueblo Indians inhabiting the Colorado Plateau in the United States did likewise around 200 BC. They used the feathers for robes, blankets, and ceremonial purposes. More than 1,000 years later, they became an important food source. The first Europeans to encounter the bird misidentified it as a guineafowl, a bird known as a ""turkey fowl"" at that time because it had been"
"Domestic turkey The domestic turkey (""Meleagris gallopavo"") is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus ""Meleagris"" and the same as the wild turkey. Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago, recent research suggests a possible second domestication event in the Southwestern United States between 200 BC and AD 500. However, all of the main domestic turkey varieties today descend from the turkey raised in central Mexico that was subsequently imported into Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century. Domestic turkey is a popular form of poultry,"
"Domesticated quail A domesticated quail is a domestic form of the quail, a collective name which refers to a group of several small species of fowl. Thousands of years of breeding and domestication have guided the bird's evolution. Humans domesticated quail for its meat and egg production; additionally, quail can be kept as pets. Domesticated quail are commonly kept in long wire cages and are fed game bird feed. The most common domesticated breed is the Coturnix quail (also known as the Japanese quail). Quail live on the ground, and rarely fly unless forced to do so. Twenty types of"
"of donkey salami in shops there is a consequence of tourist demand. The current population of the Corsican Donkey is estimated at about 1000; its conservation status was listed as ""critical"" by the SAVE Foundation in 2008. Two associations, A Runcata (""the bray"") and Isul'âne, have been formed for its protection, and the first steps towards seeking official recognition for the breed were taken in 2010. Corsican donkey The Corsican Donkey, , , is a breed of domestic donkey from the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a ""région"" and territorial collectivity of France. It is not recognised by the Ministère de"
"on the island of Cozumel, Mexico. The Cozumel fox, which has not been scientifically described to date, is a dwarf form like the island fox, but a bit larger, being up to three-quarters the size of the gray fox. The genus ""Urocyon"" is considered to be the most basal of the living canids. Urocyon The genus Urocyon (from the Greek word for ""tailed dog"") is a genus that contains two (or possibly three; see next paragraph) living Western Hemisphere foxes in the family Canidae; the gray fox (""Urocyon cinereoargenteus"") and the closely related island fox (""Urocyon littoralis""), which is a"
"mules. When the military ceased to breed horses there, the animals remaining were bred by local people and reverted to a homogeneous phenotype due to what essentially became natural selection. Today most Corsican horses are used for trail riding, primarily within the tourist industry. They are noted for toughness and endurance. Corsican horse The Corsican ( or , ) is a breed of small domestic horse indigenous to the Mediterranean island of Corsica, off the coast of south-eastern France. The breed was officially recognised in February 2012, more than thirty years after the process was begun. The stud-book is kept"
"In 1840, another 19 specimens were imported from Corsica and Sardinia. After 20 years of gamekeeping, as many as sixty rams were able to be shot as game, and there were similar experiences with animals that were later reared for game in Hungary, Bohemia, and Silesia. From the beginning of the 20th century, mouflon were introduced directly from Sardinia and Corsica as park and game animals in Germany. Here, above all, the Hamburg merchant, Oscar Louis Tesdorpf, was instrumental in driving forward their naturalisation. The first specimens were released into the Göhrde State Forest in 1903, the next ones in"
"raised for meat and eggs: some Galliformes (chicken, turkey, guineafowl) and Anseriformes (waterfowl: duck, goose, swan). Also widely domesticated are cagebirds such as songbirds and parrots; these are kept both for pleasure and for use in research. Domestic pigeon is known as a messenger, research suggests it was domesticated as early as 10,000 years ago. Chickens were domesticated at least 7,000 years ago, with fossils in China from c. 5400 BCE. The chicken's wild ancestor is ""Gallus gallus"", the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia, and another species, probably the grey junglefowl of India. It appears to have been kept initially"
"In addition to other bovid species (such as bison, yak and water buffalo), these include the young of camels, dolphins, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses, larger deer (such as moose, elk (wapiti) and red deer), rhinoceroses, porpoises, whales, walruses and larger seals. However, common domestic species tend to have their own specific names, such as foal and lamb. Calf A calf (plural, calves) is the young of domestic cattle. Calves are reared to become adult cattle, or are slaughtered for their meat, called veal, and for their calfskin. The term ""calf"" is also used for some other species. See ""Other animals"" below."
"and mammal currently residing in Cyprus is the endemic Cypriot mouflon. Other notable mammals are the large critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal and the endemic Cypriot mouse, which the only remaining endemic rodent on the Mediterranean islands. Most of the reptiles of Cyprus are harmless, and non-venomous such as the Cyprus whip snake (""Hierophis cypriensis"") and the European blind snake (""Typhlops vermicularis)"". Other snakes, European cat snake (""Telescopus fallax"") and Montpellier snake (""Malpolon monspessulanus"") are nominally venomous, but neither aggressive nor particularly dangerous. In contrast, the Cyprian blunt-nosed viper, (""Macrovipera lebetina lebetina""), though not aggressive, is a large, front-fanged viper."
"Union for Conservation of Nature as being of least concern. Hawfinch The hawfinch (""Coccothraustes coccothraustes"") is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest living relatives are the evening grosbeak (""Hesperiphona vespertinus"") from North America and the hooded grosbeak (""Hesperiphona abeillei"") from Central America especially Mexico. This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia. It is mainly resident in Europe, but many Asian birds migrate further south in the winter. It is a rare vagrant to the western islands of Alaska. Deciduous or mixed woodland, including parkland, with large trees – especially hornbeam – is favoured for breeding."
"Mulard The mulard (or moulard) is a domestic duck hybrid of Pekin and muscovy ducks. The mulard, therefore, is not just a hybrid between different species, but between different genera: the muscovy is (""Cairina moschata"") whereas the Pekin (""Anas platyrhynchos domestica"") is descended from the mallard (""Anas platyrhynchos""). Like many inter-specific F1 hybrids, mulards are sterile and are commonly called ""mule ducks"". They can be propagated by mating male muscovies with female pekins, but most are produced by artificial insemination. Strictly speaking, by analogy to hybrids between horses and donkeys, the term mulard or moulard should be reserved for offspring"
"Domestic canary The domestic canary, often simply known as the canary (""Serinus canaria"" forma ""domestica""), is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands (The Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands). Canaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century. They were brought over by Spanish sailors to Europe. This bird became expensive and fashionable to breed in courts of Spanish and English kings. Monks started breeding them and only sold the males (which sing). This kept the birds in short supply and drove the price up. Eventually,"
"Dog The domestic dog (""Canis lupus familiaris"" when considered a subspecies of the wolf or ""Canis familiaris"" when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus ""Canis"" (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore. The dog and the extant gray wolf are sister taxa as modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated, which implies that the direct ancestor of the dog is extinct. The dog was the first species to be domesticated and has been selectively bred over millennia for various behaviors, sensory"
"Hawfinch The hawfinch (""Coccothraustes coccothraustes"") is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Its closest living relatives are the evening grosbeak (""Hesperiphona vespertinus"") from North America and the hooded grosbeak (""Hesperiphona abeillei"") from Central America especially Mexico. This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia. It is mainly resident in Europe, but many Asian birds migrate further south in the winter. It is a rare vagrant to the western islands of Alaska. Deciduous or mixed woodland, including parkland, with large trees – especially hornbeam – is favoured for breeding. The hawfinch builds its nest in a bush or tree,"
"for cockfighting rather than for food. Two insects, the silkworm and the western honey bee, have been domesticated for over 5,000 years, often for commercial use. The silkworm is raised for the silk threads wound around its pupal cocoon; the western honey bee, for honey, and, lately, for pollination of crops. Several other invertebrates have been domesticated, both terrestrial and aquatic, including some such as ""Drosophila melanogaster"" fruit flies and the freshwater cnidarian ""Hydra"" for research into genetics and physiology. Few have a long history of domestication. Most are used for food or other products such as shellac and cochineal."
"methods are practiced: In the mountains it is pure breed in areas where it is the only one to be profitable. There is extensive farming with the animals almost ranging free. This farm provides weanlings, young beef bulls and heifers for breeding. In the more favorable zone there are herds of female Corsican cows crossed with bulls of beef breeds like Limousin, Aubrac or Charolais. Corsican cattle Corsican Cattle or Corsicana is a French cattle breed. Corsican Cattle is the only native cattle to the island of Corsica. There is no breed registry and therefore is not considered a breed"