Mississippi Business Journal » animal

USDA revokes zoo’s license; owners plan appeal

Associated Press — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:20:07 +0000

COLLINS — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has revoked the exhibitor’s license of the Collins Zoo following a hearing before an administrative law judge. The decision adds to the stack of legal troubles facing zoo owners Gus and Betty White following the most recent Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks raid of the U.S. [...]

The post USDA revokes zoo’s license; owners plan appeal appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Wild hogs continue to hurt economy, ecosystem

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:07:29 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s rapidly growing wild hog population is cutting its own destructive swath through the state, and along the way exacting a heavy toll on the state’s ecosystem. Wild hogs, sometimes referred to as feral pigs, are swine that were once domesticated and were released or escaped into the wild. Their ability to [...]

The post Wild hogs continue to hurt economy, ecosystem appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Livestock auction sets new records, passes $5M milestone

MBJ Staff — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:36:56 +0000

JACKSON — After a week of intense competition, 42 animals and their exhibitors qualified for the 44th annual Dixie National Sale of Junior Champions, Mississippi’s premier youth livestock auction. Thirteen hogs, 12 lambs, nine goats and eight steers were auctioned off at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds’ Trade Mart. For the first time, the animals were [...]

The post Livestock auction sets new records, passes $5M milestone appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Cochran cosponsors bill to reauthorize Wildlife Foundation

MBJ Staff — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:47:25 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is supporting legislation to reauthorize the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), which leverages federal funds with private resources to promote fish and wildlife conservation. Cochran is cosponsoring the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (S.51), which would reauthorize a program created by Congress in 1984 [...]

The post Cochran cosponsors bill to reauthorize Wildlife Foundation appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Cattleman to change plea to guilty in loan fraud case

Associated Press — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:56:07 +0000

ABERDEEN — Court records say a man will plead guilty to hiding the sales of cattle and using fake invoices to avoid paying back a federal loan. A filing in U.S. District Court in Aberdeen says Clint Mann intends to change his plea. He pleaded not guilty Aug. 19. Court records say Mann obtained a [...]

The post Cattleman to change plea to guilty in loan fraud case appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Expanded alligator hunting season proves popular

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:31:37 +0000

SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI — When state wildlife officials decided to expand alligator hunting this year — not once but twice — local officers got a tiny bit worried. At first, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said the hunt could take place on public waterways across two-thirds of the state, including all of southwest [...]

The post Expanded alligator hunting season proves popular appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Farmers concerned about disease that threatens bats

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:03:11 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Bats, an organic method of pest control, may become rare in the United States and Canada. The primary predators of night-flying insects, bats reduce the need for chemical pesticides and save the agriculture industry an estimated $3 billion per year in pest-control costs. But bat populations across the Eastern United States are [...]

The post Farmers concerned about disease that threatens bats appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

City asking homeowners to let hunters shoot deer

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:11:25 +0000

OXFORD — Officials are trying to control the local deer population, and they’re urging homeowners to let certified bow hunters harvest deer from their property. Emergency management coordinator Jimmy Allgood tells The Oxford Eagle he has all the hunters he needs. But for the program to be effective, he needs homeowners to sign up. Allgood [...]

The post City asking homeowners to let hunters shoot deer appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Judge asks MDWF&P for list of Collins Zoo’s violations

Associated Press — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:47:54 +0000

COLLINS — A Covington County Justice Court Judge has asked the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to create a comprehensive list of state regulation violations at the Collins Zoo and submit the list within 30 days. Judge Bobby Wayne Mooney said he would give the zoo owners six months from receiving the list [...]

The post Judge asks MDWF&P for list of Collins Zoo’s violations appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

Tens of thousands of dead nutria litter the Coast

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:09:35 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Crews are pitchforking dead nutria into front-end loaders on Hancock County beaches. The Sun Herald reports an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 of the semiaquatic rodents and other dead animals washed in Hancock County up after drowning in Hurricane Isaac’s storm surge. A federal contractor, U.S. Environmental Services, will dump the bodies in [...]

The post Tens of thousands of dead nutria litter the Coast appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.