Animal Welfare Stories
- AR nonprofit works to protect Buffalo National River from contamination Members of the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance are supporting two moratoriums on concentrated animal feeding operations to be voted on today by the Arkansas Administrative Rules subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council. Concentrated animal feeding operations are large agriculture facilities which keep animals confined in […]
- Mixed results for CA measures to end factory farming A measure to end factory farming in Sonoma County has only received about 15% of the vote so far – so supporters are gathering tomorrow in Santa Rosa to find a new way forward. Measure J would have required big dairy and poultry farms classified as […]
- More Iowa farmers support gestation crate ban By Nina Elkadi for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration When Brent Hershey entered the hog business, he was told that every pork producer in America uses gestation crates on their farm. Gestation crates are metal enclosures, typically […]
- Hoosiers push back on bobcat hunting season Indiana's Department of Natural Resources is pushing a bobcat trapping plan after a new law required a hunting season by 2025. Opponents said the plan is premature and risky without accurate data on bobcat numbers. Samantha Chapman, Indiana state director for The Humane Society of the United States, […]
- GA activist focuses on zoning violations to advocate for environmental health By Grace Hussain for Sentient.Broadcast version by Shanteya Hudson for Georgia News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration In April 2019, Chris Eubanks, head of the animal rights group Apex Advocacy, chanted along with a group of other activists in front of […]
- Indiana’s farmers and Trump’s deregulation dilemma By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration Agriculture policy may not be the most high-profile political issue, but it’s an immensely important one that significantly shapes millions of lives — human and animal alike. During his presidency, […]
- Denver could become first city to ban slaughterhouses By Grace Hussain for Sentient.Broadcast version by Eric Galatas for Colorado News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration The largest lamb slaughterhouse in the country is located in the Globeville neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Each year, up to 500,000 young sheep are carted into the […]
- WI farmers regroup after massive 'chicken giveaway' on Facebook CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the name of the poultry producer. (9:55 a.m. MDT, Oct. …(Read More)