Gamecocks carrying Newcastle disease to domestic flocks killed millions in 1971 and 2003 LOS ANGELES––The billion-dollar-a-year California poultry industry is betting the farm that state and federal authorities can get a two-year series of outbreaks of Newcastle disease under control before it becomes the biggest threat to profits in decades. An outbreak discovered in […]
Legendary undercover dogfighting investigator dies at 60
“Accomplished photographer and undercover investigator” Briar Storms, also known online as Briar Theelsmom, 60, died on September 11, 2014 in King County, Washington, after a long struggle with cancer. Said Humane Society of the U.S. senior law enforcement specialist Eric L. Sakach, “She asked that I post a Facebook message after her passing to let […]