Poultry Lawsuit Ropes Ranchers' Concerns
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By Chris Casteel, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 23--WASHINGTON -- The nation's cattlemen, concerned about legal action taken in Oklahoma regarding poultry waste, are pushing a House committee to pass a bill that would prevent the regulation of animal manure under federal environmental laws.
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An animal-rights group has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Agriculture of improperly withholding information gathered during its investigation into the near-fatal tiger attack on illusionist Roy Horn.
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By John David SutterAfter decades of being hunted, poisoned and yanked from their homes by vacuum machines, black-tailed prairie dogs in Oklahoma and elsewhere could have new protection under the Endangered Species Act if a federal lawsuit is successful.
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Heightened fears that potentially devastating livestock disease is spreading.
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SANTA FE, NM -- A coalition of environmental groups plans to sue the federal government over its failure to list the Columbian sharp-tailed grouse as an endangered species.
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While environmentalists applaud some measures, farmers are concerned about financial curbs.
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Amid an intense lobbying effort by energy and ranching interests in the West, a team of Interior Department biologists has recommended that the sage grouse, a bird
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In California, traditional ranchers still use dogs to move flocks of sheep. But hobbyists are getting into the activity as well.
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In a victory for animal-rights   supporters, a U.S. district court ruled on Wednesday that   members of The Humane Society of the United States can sue the   federal government over the way chickens and turkeys are   slaughtered.
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A timber-industry group that sued for a review of the threatened-species status of the northern spotted owl said yesterday it does not expect the bird to lose federal
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U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday questioned whether the government can compel cattle ranchers to pay for an industry marketing program, famous for its "Beef, It's What's for Dinner" advertisements.
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A wave of poaching has alarmed state and federal wildlife officials in several Western states.
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By RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press writer  A bill that would prohibit large livestock farms within 2 miles around schools, cities and towns drew criticism Tuesday from a state agricultural official and support from residents who said dust and odors from the farms make them ill.
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By Jennifer Bowles, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, Calif.  Feb. 7--Environmental groups on Tuesday put the U.S. Fish and Wildlife  Service on notice they intend to sue the agency for approving development on a  key Inland endangered-species preserve although land was set aside elsewhere.
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A seemingly divided Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether the free speech rights of cattle ranchers are violated by a federal law requiring them to help fund a government-sponsored
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Farmers leaders in Wales say the latest foot and mouth case in Surrey is a "hammer blow."
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Even as the beef industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year to keep harmful pathogens out of the meat it sells to the public, it appears to be losing ground.