Our View: Hey, Legislature, leave those cats alone

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Published
March 2, 2023

Our View: Hey, Legislature, leave those cats alone

A proposal to include domestic felines in Maine’s animal trespass law is ruffling feathers – and rightly so.
Published
February 27, 2023

Maine bill to control outdoor cats met with outstretched claws

Even some opponents of the bill acknowledged cat owners need to be educated about the danger their pets pose to birds if allowed outside.
Published
August 17, 2022

Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the U.S. West

Golden eagles, with 7-foot wingspans, are doubly vulnerable – to the shifting climate and to the wind energy promoted as a solution to that warming world.
Published
August 1, 2022

As species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape

Along part of coastal Maine, the recovery of America the bald eagle poses a problem for the only U.S. breeding population of great cormorants.
Published
June 22, 2022

Hundreds of birds wash up on Martha’s Vineyard, officials fear bird flu

Massachusetts animal control officers have collected the birds for testing.
Published
April 10, 2022

Maine Voices: Rare bird reminds us of the ways in which conservation pays off

The state's extended visit from a Steller's sea eagle is an important reminder of the successes Mainers have achieved to conserve our natural lands and waters.
Published
April 6, 2022

Wind energy company kills 150 eagles in U.S., pleads guilty

Companies historically have been able to avoid prosecution under the century-old Migratory Bird Treaty if they take steps to avoid bird deaths and seek permits for those that occur.
Published
April 4, 2022

Flocks at elevated risk for highly infectious avian flu in Maine

Strains of the virus have led the U.S. poultry industry to euthanize more than 15.6 million chickens and 1.3 million turkeys since Jan. 1. One Maine farm has lost 250 birds this year.
Published
March 17, 2022

Avian influenza detected in two more Maine counties

While not an immediate threat to humans, the disease is lethal to commercial and backyard flocks.
Published
February 23, 2022

Second case of avian flu detected in backyard birds in Knox County

The first case was confirmed on Sunday and the second on Wednesday; the USDA conducted tests and found the presence of the H5N1 strain in both flocks of birds.