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Aside from the obvious benefits of more effective global meat and dairy production, consumption of which is set to double by 2050, the moral benefits have been acknowledged by vegetarians who agree that they have no ethical objection to the procedure,

Scotland is a land of mysteries. Does Nessie exist? Do bagpipe players really go "commando" under their kilts? And are the forces of "cosmic justice" at work, protecting the country's harassed, maimed, and hunted animals? That last one was recently

One Australian farmer could've used our swine flu mask recently, but not for the reason you might think. After smelling what he thought was a gas leak, he called emergency services, and two fire trucks rushed over to his farm. When the fire captain came

Troy Jackson with Northwest Animal Companions is the man who took the dog and a few of her puppies to Boise. He says the owner even helped him load the dogs into his vehicle. Now, Jackson says the Jefferson County Sheriff is issuing a warrant for his

Here's my problem with the No Kill movement: the rhetoric makes it impossible for the movement to succeed. It starts with the name. By calling it "no kill," other shelters have been left with the label "kill," giving the impression -- which is often

"Taja," a two-year-old white Bengal tiger, is back to her old self, bounding around her enclosure, and recovering well following a minimally invasive spaying procedure at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. The 180-lb white

A tide is rising in Columbia, and that tide has a name: Chickens! That was the sense at Wednesday's City Council meeting, where a majority of the six members present expressed support for allowing people to keep up to four hens in fenced-in backyards.

Novella Carpenter grabs a cup of coffee, heads out to her backyard, where a Discount Market stands just beyond a chain-link fence, and watches four chickens scratch at the ground, chase bugs and lie in the sun.

Last week, the Atlanta Backyard Poultry Meetup Group topped the 800-member mark. Andy Schneider, aka the Chicken Whisperer started the group just 19 months ago to bring together local Atlanta residents that keep backyard chickens. In the beginning, the g