Seeking to address a growing problem of escaped or released giant snakes that have made certain parts of the United States their new home and reproduced there, federal officials are…
A jury this week took only 15 minutes to convict a 25-year-old man of animal cruelty for running over a mother duck, in front of her 12 ducklings, in a…
Forced to abandon his farm due to a mortgage foreclosure action, a Rhode Island farmer says he was assured by Wells Fargo Bank that his animals would be cared for.
Three energy companies in Colorado have banded together to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a poacher responsible for killing of a Rocky Mountain bighorn…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against a Colorado attorney for allegedly barring a woman from giving a deposition in his…
Daniel Greene says his almost 5-foot boa constrictor is a service snake. The reptile, who rides around town on Greene’s neck, helps alert the 46-year-old Washington man to impending seizures…
After earlier fining a Michigan lawyer $500 for naming a police dog as a defendant in a lawsuit over a bite, a state-court judge has now dismissed the claim citing…
California Chief Justice Ronald George is criticizing the state referendum process for creating a “dysfunctional” state government and curbing the rights of gay men and women.
After years of alleged bad behavior that allegedly includes a history of biting, a “vicious” dog has been banned from Aspen, Colo., by a municipal court judge.
Bill Weinstein says officials in the Seattle suburb in which he is building a waterfront home agreed he could have a salmon hatchery there, as part of a settlement of…
A baby monk seal swimming around the island of Molokai, in Hawaii, seems to love people. But he could love them to death as he gets bigger, perhaps by playfully…
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