Animal Welfare Stories
- Spay and neuter program designed to reduce stray animal population across TX CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this story described the spay/neuter effort as a "bill," rather than a pilot program. (12:16 a.m. MDT, June 16, 2025) Animal welfare advocates hope a program approved by the Texas Legislature will help reduce the number of stray […]
- CAFO v. factory farm: What’s the difference? By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Missouri News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration An estimated 99 percent of farm animals in the U.S. live in what the government calls Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. But what exactly makes something a […]
- ND mega-dairies draw criticism at Winnipeg news conference North Dakota is facing growing opposition to two massive dairy operations planned near the Red River. Environmental advocates say the projects could harm water quality locally and in downstream communities – including Lake Winnipeg in Canada. Madeline Luke, a volunteer with the Dakota Resource Council, said farms […]
- Cal student faces prison for rescuing chickens By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration In 2023, UC Berkeley student and activist Zoe Rosenberg removed four severely ill chickens from a slaughterhouse truck in Petaluma, California, and brought them to an animal sanctuary. […]
- Firewood permits available for Arkansas' Hobbs Park As the cleanup effort continues at Hobbs State Park Conservation Area in Rogers, officials with Arkansas State Parks have authorized a temporary firewood permit to help remove some of the fallen trees. The park was damaged by tornadoes in May of last year. Mark Clippinger, superintendent at Hobbs […]
- Oklahoma aims to protect livestock from possible screwworm outbreak By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Oklahoma News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration On May 11, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the U.S. is suspending all livestock imports from Mexico due to a resurgence of New World […]
- Experts examine ethics of lethal animal population control in CA By Amy McDermott for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Pulitzer Center-Public News Service Collaboration. Wildlife biologist David Wiens was extremely nervous the first time he shot an owl. He steadied himself […]
- Corporate practices jack up Mississippi’s egg prices By Grey Moran for Sentient.Broadcast version by Trimmel Gomes for Mississippi News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration As avian flu decimated poultry flocks, two major U.S. egg producers – Vital Farms and Cal-Maine – have seen their profits and stock values soar. Between February 2024 […]