An article shared tens of thousands of times on social media claims gas from cows is not to blame for global warming because the carbon they emit was already in the atmosphere. This is misleading; while scientists say some calculations have misrepresented the effect of methane on global warming, studies and data show cow emissions do contribute to climate change.
A DEDICATED band of Mid Wales animal activists mobilised to save hundreds of chickens from being slaughtered after seeing a farmer’s post on Facebook. Animal lover Abi Foster, from Newtown, organised the daring rescue on Sunday, February 7, travelling across the Shropshire border in a convoy of three vehicles – and managing to save 250 of their feathered friends. The lucky birds were brought back to Powys before being rehomed in friendlier confines the following day – 21 chickens even spent their first night of freedom in 23-year-old Abi’s flat in Newtown. The remainder were taken to a friend’s house just up the road in Berriew and gratefully allowed to roam around for the night.