Animal Welfare
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
'Compassion Calculator' helps CO meat eaters offset animal welfare effects
A new "Compassion Calculator" launched by the charity portal FarmKind aims to help Coloradans who eat meat improve their animal welfare footprints by …
CA's Channel Islands Fox, a conservation success story
A small fox that lives on the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California is thriving after near extinction. The island fox - found nowhere …
Beavers' dam expertise helps NM communities restore waterways
Sometimes called the original "ecosystem engineers," beavers and the techniques they use are guiding conservationists in New Mexico to protect scarce …
Protecting furry friends from wildfire smoke
Minnesota's transition to the warmer months has been rough when factoring in air quality. Just like in 2023, there are occasional bouts of unhealthy …
OR farmers block construction of new factory farm
By Nina B. Elkadi for Sentient Climate.Broadcast version by Isobel Charle for Oregon News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service …
CAFO v. factory farm: What’s the difference?
By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Missouri News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaborat…
Spay and neuter program designed to reduce stray animal population across TX
CLARIFICATION: An earlier version of this story described the spay/neuter effort as a "bill," rather than a pilot program. (12:16 a.m. MDT, June 16…
Cal student faces prison for rescuing chickens
By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collabora…
ND mega-dairies draw criticism at Winnipeg news conference
North Dakota is facing growing opposition to two massive dairy operations planned near the Red River. Environmental advocates say the projects could …
Firewood permits available for Arkansas' Hobbs Park
As the cleanup effort continues at Hobbs State Park Conservation Area in Rogers, officials with Arkansas State Parks have authorized a temporary …
Oklahoma aims to protect livestock from possible screwworm outbreak
By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Oklahoma News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collabora…
Experts examine ethics of lethal animal population control in CA
By Amy McDermott for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for…