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TARANAKI remains free of bovine tuberculosis -- and the Animal Health Board is determined to keep it that way. This week two officials from the Animal Health Board -- Mark Bosson, the national disease control manager, and Rachael Glendining, the regional co-ordinator for the northern North Island - - attended a meeting with Taranaki stock agents and representatives from trucking firms and meat works to update them on current issues.
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PHILADELPHIA, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two years after Oprah Winfrey exposed Pennsylvania's puppy mills on her world-wide television show, animal advocates in Pennsylvania will hold a candlelight vigil in the East Falls section of Philadelphia to shed light on the ongoing plight of puppy mill dogs. Hundreds of people are expected to attend the event in an effort to urge PA Governor Ed Rendell and legislators to stop thousands of breeding dogs from continuing to stand on painful and dangerous wire flooring in commercial kennels throughout Pennsylvania. Rendell and the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate control five of the nine-member panel which will vote to reintroduce wire flooring after Rendell's new dog law banned wire or similar flooring in favor of solid or sl...
... of the flooring samples submitted to the health board by the breeders; flooring designed primarily...
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With thousands of animals streaming into the Central Missouri Humane Society each year and feral cat colonies taking up residence in ravines and vacant lots, city and county leaders recognize that the community has an animal control problem. The Columbia/Boone County Board of Health last night aimed to start a community conversation about the problem and find creative solutions. About 50 people, including veterinarians, feral cat caretakers, kennel club members and pet owners, gathered to weigh in at last night's public hearing.
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LEBANON -- With the increasing popularity in ownership of exotic or wild animal pets across the United States, I wanted to remind the citizens of Warren County that such ownership, excluding "pocket pets," is prohibited. In 1996, the Warren County Board of Health determined that the increasing number of exotic and wild animal pets coming into Warren County represented an increasing public health threat.
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Dogs, cats and birds have filled the agenda in recent months for the Columbia/Boone County Board of Health, and last night its members took steps toward resolving some of those issues, including barking canines and chickens in the city. At an April public hearing, more than 50 people gave suggestions about what laws could be changed regarding animal control in Columbia and Boone County. From that and other public input, the Board of Health chose about a dozen topics to explore. At its meeting last night, board members covered issues including:
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Bovine tuberculosis has been discovered in a cattle herd on the border with Canada - the first finding in Minnesota since 1971 - and will lead to the destruction of about 900 animals, state officials said Wednesday. A federal inspector monitoring the slaughter of a 5-year-old cow in February spotted suspicious internal lesions. Laboratory tests later confirmed the cow had TB, according to the Minnesota Board of Animal Health.
