Well the big news this week is that state pollution officials claim that the happy dairy cows of California are expelling huge amounts of gas and causing the air pollution in the San Joaquin valley!! They tried to blame the sheep in New Zealand for the same thing a few years back!! If you have ever been in the San Joaquin valley, you know how ludicrous this "junk science" study is. The heavy mega-farm agriculture in the valley, along with the industries to support it is the more likely candidate. The dust, pesticides, diesel particulates, ash from crop burns, etc. is the real cause of air pollution, not a few or even a lot of cows.
In Switzerland, some Brown Bears have been sighted in the Alps. Apparently they are from a population that was re-introduced in Northern Italy a few years ago (the bears were imported from Slovenia). Brown bears have been extinct in Switzerland since the 1800's. Interesting thing I noticed, these brown bears are the same or closely related to our North American Brown Bears, more commonly called Grizzlies!! The Swiss apparently have mixed emotions about the Bears, and I now understand why!! It would be as if the Californian brown Bear (i.e. Grizzly) suddenly made an appearance in San Diego county. These bears tend to be the top of the food chain in any environment, so it will be interesting to see how the Swiss fair with their new bears!!
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