AZ: Animal Welfare
AZ Governor Enacts Law Allowing Telemedicine for Pets
In Arizona, telemedicine is now not only available for humans but also for people's beloved animals. Last month Governor Katie Hobbs signed Senate …
AZ Group Wants Wild Horse Killings to Stop
Three dozen wild horses have been shot and killed in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, and an Arizona group is advocating for protection for …
Judge Orders Poaching Protections for Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves
TUCSON, Ariz. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has six months to develop new language in its Mexican gray wolf recovery plan, after a judge ruled …
Bald Eagles Make Stunning Comeback from Brink of Extinction
MORMON LAKE, Ariz. -- Bald eagle populations in Arizona and across the nation have quadrupled in the last decade, after once being on the brink of …
Conservation Groups Sue Trump Over Border-Wall Funding
PHOENIX -- A coalition of conservation groups is suing the Trump administration to stop border-wall construction in Arizona and other states that bord…
Border Wall Plans Threaten Habitat of Endangered Arizona Ocelot
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — While there are plenty of arguments over whether a wall should be built along the U.S.-Mexico border, the issue has become …
Arizonans Slam Tax Bill That Could Allow Drilling in Arctic
PHOENIX – Opposition to the Republican tax proposal in the Senate is growing in the conservation community – because the bill includes a p…
Feds Agree to Study Ways to Protect Endangered Ocelot Along AZ Border
TUCSON, Ariz. – In a victory for conservation groups, a federal judge in Tucson has approved a settlement that forces the federal government to …
Group Presses Feds to Improve Jaguar Recovery Plan
PHOENIX – Jaguars once roamed much of the southwest but now, there are only three thought to be living in the U.S., all in Arizona, according …
Elusive Jaguar Glimpsed in AZ Could be Game Changer
PHOENIX - A new jaguar sighting in Arizona is raising lots of questions. It's the third big cat caught on camera prowling the state since 2012…
Arizona A.G. Joins Lawsuit to Limit Habitat Protections
PHOENIX -- Conservation groups are vowing to intervene in a new lawsuit filed against the federal government by the attorneys general of 18 states…
Groups Sue Feds to Protect Endangered Ocelots in Arizona
PHOENIX – A pair of conservation groups has sued to protect endangered ocelots by blocking a federal agency's plan to remove other predators fro…