When dozens of sloths died this month, a community identified the harm, expressed its values, and its government acted. Now ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The darker corners of YouTube document state-sanctioned conservation efforts with video compilations of feral pig hunting. Legal, lethal control of ...

State law allows landowners to trap and kill furbearers without a license, oversight or proof of actual damage.

The most high-profile decision of my four-decade career in animal welfare was in 2007. As the then-president and CEO of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, I greenlit the ...

Since its founding, Charleston Animal Society’s mission has always stayed the same: the prevention of cruelty to animals. The nonprofit became South Carolina’s first animal organization in 1874, and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over recent decades, animal advocacy efforts have been mainly geared towards domesticated animals – including farmed, laboratory and companion ...

I’ve jokingly told my husband many times we went into the wrong side of farming because our farm is missing cows. We both grew up on and around dairy farms and have the mud boots and stories to prove ...

Mental health is a crisis in modern America, with nearly 1 in 5 adults having a diagnosable condition during any given year. Not discussed enough is the role pets can play in improving mental health ...

A few years ago, I heard about a family who had surprised their children with what they thought was the “perfect” Christmas present: a tiny calico kitten named Freya, complete with a big red bow tied ...

One of my favorite destinations is our local Metropark. I love to find a quiet bench at dusk and listen to the symphony of owls and crickets mixed with the rustling of nocturnal animals scurrying ...