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The advisory, posted by the department on Dec. 30, was issued for outdoor enthusiasts in South Texas after the New World Screwworm was recently found in a cow in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.
Developed in Texas in the mid-19th century as a working dog for herding, hunting and tracking, the Blue Lacy is the state's official dog breed. Its intelligence, speed, and stamina make it an ...
The animal rights movement, sometimes called the animal liberation, animal personhood, or animal advocacy movement, is a social movement that advocates an end to the rigid moral and legal distinction drawn between human and non-human animals, an end to the status of animals as property, and an end to their use in the research, food, clothing, and entertainment industries.
In the late 20th century, police and animal control law enforcement task forces, primarily of local and state authorities, were formed in many parts of the country to combat dog fighting rings, which constituted serious animal welfare violations and had links to organized crime and social problems.
If any animal has a system of laws regulating the body politic, it is certainly the prairie dog." [57] "Dog Town" or settlement of prairie dogs, from Commerce of the Prairies. From Josiah Gregg's journal, Commerce of the Prairies: "Of all the prairie animals, by far the most curious, and by no means the least celebrated, is the little prairie ...
Since 1973, the gray wolf has been on and off the federal government's endangered species list. When the wolves are on the list, advocates say the protections help wolves' place in the natural ...
Of those, 37 were in California, 11 in Washington state and 10 in Colorado. ... Austin health officials encourage anyone who comes across a sick or dead bird to contact the Texas Animal Health ...
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. Animals with more specific designations are also listed.