MA: Animal Welfare
Family farm advocates in MA rally against EATS Act
A coalition of animal-welfare and family-farm advocates say a proposed amendment to the 2023 Farm Bill jeopardizes states' ability to regulate their o…
Leaving Leaves on Property Can Help Environment, Wildlife
BOSTON -- If you're feeling lazy about leaves piling up on your property, experts say you shouldn't. Leaving those leaves can help the environment as …
How Lobster-Gear Changes Could Save Right Whales from Extinction
CAPE COD, Mass. – North Atlantic right whales number slightly more than 400 and are facing extinction, including off the shore of Massachusetts…
Work Intensifies to Keep Guns Away from Animal Abusers
By Lynne Peeples/Broadcast version by Mary Schuermann Reporting for the FairWarning-Commonwealth News Service Collaboration BOSTON – A convict…
Solid Reasons to Stick to Chocolate Bunnies, Avoid Impulse Pet Purchases
BOSTON – A real, live bunny may seem like a cute, cuddly Easter gift for a little one, but animal-welfare groups are cautioning Bay Staters to …
Retailers "Not Offering Enough" Organic Food; MA Consumers Demand More
BOSTON – Bees and other pollinators are responsible for one of every three bites of food we eat, but 40 percent of all pollinating species are …
Cage-Free Decision on November Ballot for Bay Staters
BOSTON -- When Commonwealth voters cast their ballots in November, one box they may check will for Question 3: a measure to prohibit cruelty in the …
New England Scores: First Atlantic Marine National Monument
CAPE COD, Mass. - With the stroke of a pen, President Obama has designated a new national monument off the coast of Cape Cod. It is the first-ever …
MA Cage-Free Egg Ballot Proposal Deemed More Important After Probe
BOSTON – Local animal rights advocates say a cage free ballot proposition in the Commonwealth is all the more urgent after an undercover investi…
Lifeline for Endangered Right Whales: Along Bay State and More
BOSTON - Wildlife protection advocates are calling it a lifeline that will protect the most endangered whales on earth, off the coast of New England …
MA Ranks in Top 10 States for Animals
BOSTON – Massachusetts scores in the top 10 for animals in a new report that ranks protection laws in all 50 states. The report from the …
Fall Signature Drive: MA Farm Animal Confinement Initiative
BOSTON - People who are concerned about animal cruelty are hitting the streets gathering support for a 2016 Ballot Initiative to curb farm animal conf…