(When horses were fed a lot of oats, the husks stung at the anus, which resulted in a rather lively behavior. Therefore, the phrase "Stung by the oats" as a sign of cockiness.)

by Udo Pollmer / June 7, 2021 - updated Sept. 2023

As the list of side effects from soy milk grows longer and more unappetising, despisers of dairy products are now turning to a similar liquid, this time made from oats. Fortunately, oats do not have any of the nasty side effects of soy.

From the point of view...

by Udo Pollmer and Klaus Alfs

The number of wolf attacks is increasing dramatically. Cold-bloodedly, "wolf experts" try to gloss over the drama. Victims of their do-gooder activism are the animals in the care of humans. But also the people and their economic bases. Klaus Alfs and Udo Pollmer report from the bloody front of the ideologists.

The fascinating thing about the wolf is that...

by Klaus Alfs and Udo Pollmer

In the Lord’s name

He had finally succeeded to fit an alpha wolf male with a radio tracker! On 24 February 2023 the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment announced: "We can now collect a lot of authoritative data on wolf behavior such as migration routes, approaches to livestock or humans, from which...

by Udo Pollmer

Wherever people live, clean drinking water is needed, and not in short supply. With the vast amounts of water that are consumed, it is easy to get the impression that we will eventually run out. 

The German Federal Environment Agency knows how to address these fears: "In the future ... more groups of users than today will compete for an increasingly scarce resource. Therefore, we have to think about a fair distribution in case of prolonged drought, i.e. about a prioritisation that...

by Udo Pollmer / October 5, 2018

In midsummer 2018, the German river Elbe had low water. Young activists unrolled posters in the riverbed to show the world their indignation at the glorious weather. The words "Climate Change!" were emblazoned boldly on the banner. If, instead of standing around bored, they had curiously inspected the riverbed, they would have made some enlightening discoveries: Hunger stones, for example.

"The Elbe," wrote the Teplitz Newspaper in 1876, "offers a sad sight as a result of...