“How I do admire a man who can sit down and whale away with a pen just the same as if it was fishing — or something else as full of pleasure and as void of labor.” — Mark Twain A bill in Oregon, known ...

I applaud Clark County for planning to add a $31 million animal shelter, as it’s badly needed. Our current shelters are terribly overcrowded, and more people are abandoning their pets to shelters ...

Animals are not born to become our shoes, handbags, gloves, hats, coats, down pillows, furniture, blankets, trinkets, pet toys and a host of other products. Animals killed for these items are ...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission are the primary government agencies that control and address scam phone calls. The two are responsible for handling phone ...

This season, the best gift isn’t found under a tree — it’s found at the Napa County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. During the "Home Fur the Holidays" event from Dec. 19–21, you have a chance to ...

To the Editor: Bull riding is not rooted in ranch work. Real cowboys have far more important tasks, and no one on a working ranch would waste time forcing an animal into a frantic display that would ...

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For decades, antibiotics have been routinely added to livestock feed to prevent illness, but this practice contributes to resistant bacteria that can move from barns into Indiana’s soil, water and ...

A Wisconsin-based website, Touch ESA, sells emotional support animal letters for as little as $49. A FOX6 Investigators producer obtained an ESA disability-determination letter signed by a licensed ...

Re: “The East Wing: Look at both sides now — There are things lost and gained with demolition and construction at the White House," by Talmage Boston, Sunday Opinion. I was amused but not surprised ...

As we mark one year since Hurricane Helene, Western North Carolina continues to reflect on the lives lost and the landscapes forever changed. At Animal Haven of Asheville, we also remember the ...

To the editor: If Zoe Rosenberg achieved her mission of releasing every poultry chicken from captivity, she would fail at her goal of making “every animal … safe and happy, free” (“An animal rights ...