Tag: Animal welfare

Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for...

Biden admin targets Trump rollbacks of species protections

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections...

River herring, once eyed for endangered list, grow in counts

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PORTLAND, Maine — A small fish that has been the subject of conservation efforts for years appears to be growing in number in the...

Woman arrested at US border with sloth, crocodile parts

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HIGHGATE SPRINGS, Vt. — A Montreal woman has been arrested on charges of trying to cross the U.S. border into Canada with “numerous undeclared...

Most stringent whip rule in thoroughbred racing starts in NJ

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The most stringent rule regarding the use of a whip in thoroughbred horse racing will be the controversial focal point when Monmouth Park opens...

New wolf killing laws prompt push to revive protections

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican...

US wildlife managers propose protections for rare chicken

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — U.S. wildlife managers on Wednesday proposed federal protections for the lesser prairie chicken, saying its habitat across five states is in...

Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says

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WASHINGTON — Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that...

Activists blockade McDonald’s distribution centers in UK

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LONDON — Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald's distribution centres in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commit...

Feds seize 68 big cats from ‘Tiger King Park’ in Oklahoma

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THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal authorities have seized 68 big cats from an animal park in Oklahoma featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King.” ...