The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade, effectively ending recognition of a constitutional right to abortion and giving individual states the power to allow, limit, or ban the practice altogether.
The president just mettled with animal farmers in California, but, maybe more significantly, with animal rights activists in the state. According to the Chronicle, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate pork producers’ lawsuit against Proposition 12, a law setting minimum cage standards for pigs, chickens, and veal calves. The companies who brought the suit— the National Pork Producers Council and the National Farm Bureau Federation — argue the law interferes too greatly with transnational commerce. The administration, for what it’s worth, is arguing courts should not have dismissed the suit, not that the law itself is unconstitutional.
The law, which received 64 percent approval by voters, mandated producers to provide at least 24 square feet of floor space for each breeding pig, one square foot for each egg-laying hen and 43 square feet of floor space for calves raised for veal. It further banned California sales of meat products from animals held in smaller cages. Wayne Pacelle, president of the nonprofits Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy, told the Chronicle, “It is shocking that the Biden administration is attacking the rights of states to enact anti-cruelty and food safety laws that are nonexistent at the federal level.”
Anew poll shows that nearly half of all Americans say that they’ve experienced the effects of the climate crisis — although scientific research suggests that the proportion of people who…
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Hundreds of dead birds have washed up onMartha’s Vineyardand animal control officials there think a highly contagious strain of avian flu may be responsible.
The Tisbury Animal Control posted an “avian influenza warning” on social media Monday, telling residents that hundreds of dead cormorants have washed up all over the island and it’s “extremely dangerous” for a small island.
Animal control officerscollected the birds and sent many to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife for testing.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa hunters will be able to use semi-automatic weapons including AR-15 rifles to kill deer in more parts of the state during a newly created antlerless season in January under a bill signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
Iowa lawmakers passed the bill in May and it was signed by Reynolds on Friday.
Advocates including Republican Sen. Ken Rozenboom, an Oskaloosa farmer, said the new law is designed to help control the deer population and respond to complaints that excess deer eat corn and are hazardous to motorists.
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Iowa has had January deer hunting seasons using semi-automatic rifles in the past but they were limited to a few sparsely populated counties where deer were more of a problem. The bill is…
Fish and Game said the hunters were pursuing black bears in the Ruby Creek area southwest of Bonners Ferry on June 8. The hunters shot a black bear and were retrieving it when a grizzly came out of the brush nearby.
The hunters reportedly backed away from the bear and yelled at it, but it continued approaching them. One of the hunters then shot the bear at close range, killing it. Afterward, one of the hunters called Boundary County emergency dispatch to report the incident…
Image caption,The vision is to live in harmony with nature by 2050
Major UN talks aimed at striking a deal on safeguarding nature have been moved from China to Canada.
The COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference began as virtual, online talks in October last year.
Negotiations were meant to reconvene in Kunming, China in April but that was repeatedly postponed due to Covid.
The talks are aimed at setting global policy for the next decade. They will now conclude in Montreal between December 5-17.
The aim of the summit, which China will still chair despite the venue change, is to approve the final version of the draft UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
COP 15 President, Minister Huang Runqiu said: “China would like to emphasize its continued strong commitment, as COP President, to work with all Parties and stakeholders to ensure the success of the second part of COP 15, including the adoption of an effective Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, and to promote its delivery throughout its Presidency.”
Observers have previously slammed the “snail’s pace” of negotiations and are pressing for a strengthening of ambitions.
The outcome will decide how the world will address the challenges of reducing the extinction risk threatening more than one million species, protecting 30% of land and sea, eliminating billions of dollars of environmentally-damaging government subsidies and restoring degraded ecosystems.
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Andrew Deutz, Director of Global Policy, Institutions and Conservation Finance at The Nature Conservancy said his organisation was “relieved and thankful that we have a firm date for these critically important biodiversity final negotiations within this calendar year.
The global community is already behind in agreeing, let alone implementing, a plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, a plan that people and wildlife desperately need.”
Animal Control: Steel leg clamps outlawed in state of California
A squirrel in Live Oak was caught by two illegal steel leg traps Sunday and now animal advocates are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. (Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter — Contributed)
PUBLISHED:June 21, 2022 at 4:39 a.m.| UPDATED:June 21, 2022 at 4:41 a.m.
LIVE OAK — A squirrel was euthanized after a resident discovered the rodent flailing with two different miniature steal traps clamped onto his limbs Sunday evening.
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is seeking information on the individual who set illegal steel rodent traps in the Live Oak area. (Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter — Contributed)
Now, a nonprofit wildlife emergency response group has put up a cash reward for the arrest and conviction of whoever set the illegal…
Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman
