https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A judge at a regional court in Munich on Thursday dismissed a man's lawsuit against his neighbour's cows wearing bells around their necks. https://www.thelocal.de/20171215/cows-are-allowed-to-wear-bells-munich-court-rules Fri, 15 Dec 2017 16:50:40 +0100 cows-are-allowed-to-wear-bells-munich-court-rules Lidl is the first German supermarket chain to get the official 'GM-free' certification on its own-brand milk. https://www.thelocal.de/20160711/lidls-cows-are-going-on-a-gm-free-diet Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:12:44 +0200 lidls-cows-are-going-on-a-gm-free-diet Animal rights activists have demanded that one of the signature sounds of the Bavarian Alps – the gentle ringing of distant cow bells – be brought to an end, claiming it is cruel to the animals. https://www.thelocal.de/20150824/bavaria-fights-activist-assault-on-cow-bells Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:48:44 +0200 bavaria-fights-activist-assault-on-cow-bells A woman was trampled to death by cows near Laax in the Swiss canton of Graubünden after walking through a field containing grazing cows and their calves, cantonal police have reported. https://www.thelocal.de/20150803/german-trampled-to-death-in-swiss-mountains Mon, 03 Aug 2015 11:20:33 +0200 german-trampled-to-death-in-swiss-mountains The summer heat seems to have got cows all fired up in the west German town of Aachen this week - with many apparently heading out in search of pastures new. https://www.thelocal.de/20150724/daredevil-cows-give-motorists-a-surprise Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:28:42 +0200 daredevil-cows-give-motorists-a-surprise According to estimates of the national veterinary association 180,000 pregnant cows are killed every year in Germany. The government now wants to ban this practice. https://www.thelocal.de/20150715/slaughter-of-pregnant-cows-set-to-be-banned Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:40:57 +0200 slaughter-of-pregnant-cows-set-to-be-banned The widow of a farmer killed by one of his bulls earlier this month is suing an animal rights group that used an image of her deceased husband for slandering the memory of the dead, it was reported on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20150128/deceased-farmers-family-sue-animal-rights-group Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:10:27 +0100 deceased-farmers-family-sue-animal-rights-group Local authorities in Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, brought in hunters to gun down 21 cows after they left a trail of destruction across the countryside. https://www.thelocal.de/20141120/ordnungsamt-has-herd-of-rampaging-cows-shot-animals-cattle Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:14:00 +0100 ordnungsamt-has-herd-of-rampaging-cows-shot-animals-cattle The EU Commission wants to regulate where cows can lay their pies in the name of protecting ground water, but Bavarian farmers say that the new rules stink. https://www.thelocal.de/20141009/bavarian-farmer-diapers-cow-in-protest Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:02:00 +0200 bavarian-farmer-diapers-cow-in-protest Cattle thieves have broken into a dairy farm near Hamburg and stolen seven pregnant cows. They were worth over €10,000 and on Monday were still missing. https://www.thelocal.de/20140407/night-time-rustlers-steal-cows-worth-10000-2 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 18:46:00 +0200 night-time-rustlers-steal-cows-worth-10000-2 German scientists tackling one of the less appetising problems in modern agriculture reckon that cow burps and farts could become less damaging for the ozone layer if their dinner is more maize than grass. https://www.thelocal.de/20140318/maize-makes-cow-burps-better-for-climate Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:02:00 +0100 maize-makes-cow-burps-better-for-climate A cow injured two men in central Germany on Wednesday while making a break for freedom from an abattoir. One of the victims was so badly hurt he had to go to hospital. https://www.thelocal.de/20140312/cow-bolts-from-abattoir-injures-two Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:45:00 +0100 cow-bolts-from-abattoir-injures-two An anthrax outbreak has left at least nine cows dead and 50 people on antibiotics in eastern Germany, authorities said on Friday. Experts fear the cause was infected dead animals buried where the cows were grazing. https://www.thelocal.de/20120713/43741 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:23:00 +0200 43741 Regina Mayer is a cowgirl in the true sense. After her parents refused to buy her a horse, she saddled up the next best thing. https://www.thelocal.de/20110406/34221 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:24:00 +0200 34221 A Munich firm has patented "night milk" taken from cows during the night, which it claims has high levels of "sleep hormone" melatonin and can improve the sleep of people who drink it. https://www.thelocal.de/20101017/30549 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:15:00 +0200 30549 Some 200 of Germany’s prettiest dairy cows are strutting their stuff this week at one of the country’s largest livestock beauty contests near Versen. https://www.thelocal.de/20100225/25507 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:20:00 +0100 25507