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With government shutdown looming, what happens to bird flu surveillance?
4 days, 13 hours ago

With government shutdown looming, what happens to bird flu surveillance?

LA Times  

Cows graze in a field on Thursday in Petaluma, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to be better prepared to deal with the spread of Type A H5N1 bird flu, which has spread through dairy cows in 16 states — including California— and has caused illnesses in people in the U.S. As government agencies prepare for a …

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A USDA program may be killing wild animals that they're not supposed to, records show
2 months, 1 week ago

A USDA program may be killing wild animals that they're not supposed to, records show

NPR  

A USDA program may be killing wild animals that they're not supposed to, records show A USDA program kills wild animals at the request of private livestock owners. EISNER: Wildlife Services - it's a program that got its start back in the 1930s, when Congress gave the federal government permission to kill wildlife for people like Bardwell. EISNER: Zaranek says …

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White House's secret bird flu scare: Biden admin fears H5N1 could start next PANDEMIC after being briefed last week that a Texan farmer had caught virus from a COW
8 months, 3 weeks ago

White House's secret bird flu scare: Biden admin fears H5N1 could start next PANDEMIC after being briefed last week that a Texan farmer had caught virus from a COW

Daily Mail  

The White House is on red alert for bird flu after health officials revealed a Texan dairy farmer caught a deadly bird flu strain from a cow. Person in Texas infected with bird flu Tests revealed that an unknown number of cows have tested positive for bird flu Type A H5N1 in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico. The Texan was …

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In a remote corner of California, roaming dog packs leave a trail of blood and terror
11 months, 2 weeks ago

In a remote corner of California, roaming dog packs leave a trail of blood and terror

LA Times  

Drive down any of the long, rutted back roads of Anza, a dusty Riverside County community, and it won’t take long before you feel like you’ve fallen off the grid. But if you make a sound, one, two, three or more barking, growling dogs clamber down toward you — dogs that Riverside County animal control officer Harvey Beck says are …

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Elon Musk's Neuralink 'botched experiments' revealed by former employee and internal lab notes
2 years ago

Elon Musk's Neuralink 'botched experiments' revealed by former employee and internal lab notes

Daily Mail  

Neuralink has intervened in the case and argues it does not have to provide the public with the records, according to documents obtained by DailyMail.com The suit claims the university must hand over video footage and photographs of the experiments under California's Public Records Act These issues are part of a lawsuit filed by a group of doctors against the …

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Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5B damage/year
2 years ago

Feral hog control: 8 years, some progress, $2.5B damage/year

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Eight years into a U.S. program to control damage from feral pigs, the invasive animals with big appetites and snouts that uproot anything that smells good are still a multibillion-dollar plague on farmers, wildlife and the environment. The Texas population overall has been “fairly stable” at roughly 3 million since 2011, said Mike Bodenchuk, state director for …

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Ex-pork buyer dies in Iowa crash following fraud indictment
3 years, 1 month ago

Ex-pork buyer dies in Iowa crash following fraud indictment

Associated Press  

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A former manager for an influential Iowa-based pork dealer has died in a crash, days after federal prosecutors charged him in a scheme to swindle hog farmers through fraudulent buying practices. Steven Demaray, 70, the former regional buying manager for Lynch Livestock, was driving a truck that crashed head-on Monday morning into a concrete overpass support …

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