Bird Feeders Banned in New Jersey Town As Legislators Push for State Ban
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — The village of Ridgewood has enacted new restrictions on wildlife feeding on private property, becoming the first municipality in New Jersey to impose local limits on bird feeders amid…
Swift Bird, SD Man Sentenced for Assault
PIERRE – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a Swift Bird, South Dakota, man convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury was sentenced on October 11, 2023, by Chief…
Marketmind: Is it a bird?
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook A flying octagon was the fourth object to be shot down over North America by a U.S. missile…
Westbrook Man Admits Illegally Baiting Ducks in Violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and James Casey, Regional Chief, Division of Refuge Law Enforcement, announced that DAVID FOSTER, 51, of Westbrook, pleaded guilty today before…
Black Bear Spotted in Freehold Munching on Some Bird Feeders
FREEHOLD, NJ – Black bear sightings in Monmouth County are not uncommon, but one bear caught on video in Freehold is causing quite a commotion. Most likely in search of picnic baskets,…
Bird flu puts organic chickens into lockdown from Pennsylvania to France
By Tom Polansek and Sybille de La Hamaide CHICAGO/PARIS – Organic and free-range chickens have been thrown into lockdown. Egg-laying hens that normally have access to the outdoors can no longer roam…
U.S. reports its first human case of H5 bird flu
(Reuters) – The first known human case of H5 bird flu in the United States has appeared in a person in Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on…
New bird flu cases identified in Pennsylvania and Utah, USDA says
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON – New bird flu cases were detected in a commercial chicken flock in Pennsylvania and a backyard flock in Utah, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday,…
ESI Energy LLC, Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Nextera Energy Resources LLC, Is Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Killing and Wounding Eagles in Its Wind Energy Operations, in Violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – ESI Energy Inc. (ESI) was sentenced today in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), announced Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim for the Justice Department’s…
Did Governor Murphy Just Change the State Bird?
TRENTON, NJ – From deep within his COVID-19 quarantine, Governor Phil Murphy made an April Fool’s Day appearance to announce an executive order to change the state bird. Let us not kid…
Nebraska reports highly lethal bird flu in commercial chicken flock
CHICAGO – The U.S. state of Nebraska reported on Tuesday an outbreak of highly lethal bird flu in a flock of 570,000 chickens being raised for meat. Millions of U.S. broiler chickens…
Wisconsin flock of 2.75 million chickens to be culled as bird flu spreads in U.S
CHICAGO -A commercial flock of 2.75 million egg-laying chickens in Wisconsin will be culled to prevent the spread of a highly lethal form of avian flu after birds on the farm tested…
Iowa reports highly pathogenic bird flu again this week
– A highly pathogenic form of bird flu was reported in a commercial turkey flock in Iowa, making it the second reported outbreak in the top egg-producing state of the United States…
Highly lethal bird flu spreads to Iowa backyard poultry flock
CHICAGO – Iowa reported a highly lethal form of bird flu in a backyard poultry flock on Wednesday, expanding a U.S. outbreak of the disease to the top egg-producing state. The flock…
Kentucky says highly lethal bird flu confirmed in turkey flock
CHICAGO – Testing confirmed a highly lethal form of bird flu in a commercial turkey flock in Kentucky, the state said on Wednesday, expanding outbreaks in the U.S. poultry sector. Kentucky on…
U.S. detects highly lethal bird flu in Tyson Foods chickens
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO -A flock of about 240,000 chickens owned by Tyson Foods Inc in Kentucky tested positive for a highly lethal form of bird flu, government officials and the company…
U.S. confirms highly pathogenic bird flu at Indiana turkey farm
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu in an Indiana turkey flock on Wednesday, the nation’s first case in a commercial…
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