Dairy and cattle farmers across the north and west of the country are coming under severe pressure as their slurry storage nears capacity. While the end of the closed period for slurry spreading is in sight, for some of the worst affected counties, such as Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan, unsuitable ground conditions are exacerbating the [...]
Trouble, Pepper, Sammie, Cheyanne and Annie have it made. They are well taken care of they are fed, given water and lavished with attention. There is just one catch these cats would prefer to be in a forever home. They are flood cats, pets that were among those left at the Souris Valley Animal Shelter [...]
Students from three Santa Maria high schools could gain access to a permanent, centralized space for their agriculture projects once district officials nail down a location. Teachers and administrators in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District have for years been trying to find the biggest, best piece of land to accommodate the growing [...]
OXFORD Placing the towns animal control officer on paid administrative leave and changing the lock on the old animal shelter the week before Christmas left volunteers concerned for the safety of the seven cats that had been sheltered there. Town Manager Joseph M. Zeneski declined to comment on the status of part-time animal control officer [...]
Oak Ridge High School FFA students and their animals will have a place to call their own. In time for next school year, the Otwell Agriculture Park and Livestock Complex will open at 10998 Fairview Drive. It will feature the Gullo Agriculture Learning Center, a classroom facility with a poultry science wing, a small animal [...]
These days, I can read about the places I might pass through on a road trip, but I imagine it might have been a little more intimidating in the past. To hear about these places before I hopped in a prairie schooner or stagecoach without any other way of learning about them besides the stories [...]
Kasey Dixson is the owner of Cozy Orchard Farm in Coos Bay; and she is opening her farm up to those with currently displaced livestock. Dixson tells KCBY it was hard for her to hear about those evacuated from their homes due to the flooding, and wanted to help out. Sometimes the smaller animals just [...]
MLK Basketball Tourney continues: The East Greenwich Basketball Association’s 4-day tournament moves into its third day today. Games are taking place at Cole Middle School, EGHS and Rocky Hill School. Check in to EG Patch for updates, photos and videos as the tournament continues. Adopt-A-Pet Open House: Animals are available for viewing and adoption today [...]
Patrick R. Kitchens Chief of Police City of Leavenworth To the editor: I have read with great interest over the last several months letters submitted by Crystal Swann Blackdeer to the Leavenworth Times about Leavenworths animal control services. As most of you are aware, we had significant difficulties over the summer due to the flood [...]
Perhaps you may have attempted to provide habitat that invites wildlife close to your home only to discover that you have been unintentionally feeding creatures that you really dont want so close to your house. What to do when the wrong species shows up hungry is the subject of an article, Uninvited Dinner Guests, written [...]