A part of the surrounding land was grassland, enabling the villagers to raise sheep and goats.

Unlike the Communist regime, the new Russian state doesn't treat its citizens like a flock of sheep.

Grazing ruminant animals, like cattle and sheep, also contribute significantly to climate change.

The Badia sheep population must be reduced by approximately 0.79 million animals to achieve the 0.1 sheep per hectare stocking goal.

A similar disease, called scrapie, was common in sheep, but had not previously been diagnosed in cows.

This meat generally is more tender than that from older sheep and appears more often on tables in some Western countries.

Iraq also notes that no effects of pollution were noticed either in sheep in Jordan or goats in Syria.

The joint projects would include trade and training activities, development of sheep breeding and the expansion of the fishery industry, in particular fish, lobster and shrimp farming.13

According to Iraq, the continuing decrease in sheep numbers after 1992 suggests that the reason could not have been the oil well fires.

Iraq states that Syria did not present any evidence of sheep death such as veterinary reports, tissue sample analyses or autopsy reports.

Information indicates that there is a large slaughterhouse in Beletweyne that has cold storage facilities with capacity for storing up to 2,000 lamb carcasses to be exported from Somalia.

The objective of the programme is to ensure effective management of Jordan's livestock grazing activities, in order to improve the productivity of rangelands and wildlife habitats.

In Libya and Algeria, from at least 7000 BC, there was pastoralism, herding of sheep and goats, large settlements and pottery.

Iraq states that sheep production is subject to regular peaks and troughs, linked to economic factors, diseases and management practices.

He used the example of a common grazing area in which each person by simply maximizing their own flock led to overgrazing and the depletion of the resource.

Cattle herding allowed nomads to create livelihoods in an increasingly unpredictable and challenging environment, characterized by an arid climate and scarce resources.

Iraq states that the number of sheep in Syria fluctuated between 1978 and 2002, and that a decrease in the number of sheep only occurred in 1992 and not in 1991.

Iraq further argues that Syria did not provide any evidence to support the alleged reduction in numbers of sheep during the five years following 1991.

7.8 As to the effects of logging on reindeer herding, the State party notes that it has not been shown that the effects of the earlier logging operations were more than anticipated. Nor was it shown that logging operations would create long lasting harm preventing the authors from continuing reindeer herding in the area at its present extent.

Anthrax in livestock grazing on open range where they mix with wild animals still occasionally occurs in the United States and elsewhere.

Under the Reindeer Herding Act, a Herdsmen's Committee consists of all herdsmen in a given area and who are not personally responsible for the performance of the Committee's duties thus, any claim on the Herdsmen's Committee's behalf amounts to an actio popularis.

Furthermore, Iran's estimates do not take account of damage that was due to factors unrelated to the invasion and occupation, such as uncontrolled livestock grazing.

Livelihoods are supported by semi nomadic livestock rearing in the north and subsistence farming in the south.

The Sahelian famine was associated with the slowly growing crisis of pastoralism in Africa, which has seen livestock herding decline as a viable way of life over the last two generations.

The knighted Professor was heading for the Freedom of the City of London (an obscure but valued honor that entitles the holder to drive a flock of sheep across London Bridge).

With reduced grazing pressure, the quality of the rangeland and wildlife habitats can be expected to improve, resulting in a more sustainable grazing regime that is less dependent on the purchase of livestock feeds.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh Behold, I am against the shepherds and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I am against the shepherds and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.

According to Kuwait, the damage resulted in disruption of ecological services (soil stabilization, soil micro community, wildlife habitat and vegetative diversity) and human services (grazing of animals and desert camping).

Another very popular activity called Shagaa is the flicking of sheep ankle bones at a target several feet away, using a flicking motion of the finger to send the small bone flying at targets and trying to knock the target bones off the platform.

The relevant provisions of the Finnish Constitution are based on the principle that both population groups have, as performers of professional activities, equal status before the law and neither group may be placed in a more favourable position than the other, not even in respect of reindeer herding.

Three thousand years ago, civilization just getting started on the banks of the Nile, some slaves, Jewish shepherds in this instance, smelling of sheep shit, I guess, proclaimed to the Pharaoh, sitting high on his throne, We, your majesty ness, are equal to you.

While common vervain is not native to North America, it has been introduced there and for example the Pawnee have adopted it as an entheogen enhancer and in oneiromancy (dream divination), much as Calea zacatechichi is used in Mexico.

The Lapponian herder (Lapinporokoira or Lapp Reindeer dog or Lapsk Vallhund) is a breed of dog from Finland, one of three Lapphund breeds developed from a type of dog used by the Sami people for herding and guarding their reindeer.

According to Jordan, the damage to rangelands and loss of rangeland productivity and wildlife habitats were the result of severe overgrazing by the livestock of the refugees, vehicular traffic and the excessive use of plants for fuel by the refugees in the Jordanian Badia.

At the outset, they complain that since the 1980s, some 1,600 hectares of the Herdsmen's Committee's grazing area in Paadarskaidi have been logged, accounting for some 40 per cent of lichen (utilized for feeding reindeer) in that specific area.

Unlike the Communist regime, the new Russian state doesn't treat its citizens like a flock of sheep. On the contrary, the state generally ignores its citizens it is in no way accountable to the public, nor does it bother to explain what actually goes on inside the Kremlin.

According to a statement given by the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute on 31 January 2002, the operations referred to in the communication do not have any significant additional adverse effects on reindeer herding in the long term if the numbers of reindeer are maintained approximately at their present level.

Zuma, who spent his youth herding cattle and only gained formal education while in the notorious Robben Island prison with Mandela, is refreshingly aware that Africa s biggest problem is its inequalities, not its global marginalization.

It notes that irrespective of whether the owner is the State or an individual citizen, the possible restrictions resulting from the right of the Sami, other Finns or nationals of other European Economic Area countries, to carry out reindeer herding cannot entirely deprive landowners of their own rights.

He said I would like to marry one of these two daughters of mine to you if you agree to work for me on hire for eight years . And if you stay on for ten , it is up to you .

He said , I wish to give you one of these two daughters of mine in marriage , the bridal money being that you work for me for eight years then if you complete ten years , it will be from you and I do not wish to put you in hardship Allah willing , you will probably find me of the righteous .

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He said I intend to wed one of these two daughters of mine to you , on condition that you serve me for eight years , but if you complete ten years , it will be ( a favour ) from you . But I intend not to place you under a difficulty .