The Rural Blog

A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism, based at the University of Kentucky. Links may expire, require subscription or go behind pay walls. Please send news and knowledge you think would be useful to benjy.hamm@uky.edu.

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Veterinarians face pet owners who reject vaccinations; research shows fewer vaccinations could be dangerous

Friday Fauna: World's oldest chicken; island for cows; dog escapes to nursing home; giraffe with no spots?

Flora and fauna: Why dogs tilt their heads; women lobster boat leaders; cacti losing their arms; what do moths do?

Flora and fauna: Cat is a shepherd; your fruit is sweeter; the American Serengeti; wild boar for dinner; Vt. prefers cats

Flora/fauna: The grizzly bear may return to the Cascades; revelations in 'chicken-speak,' how to repel mosquitoes . . .

Goat's 9-year-old keeper didn't want her slaughtered, so Mom saved the animal; then the law came with a warrant

Flora/fauna quickies: How snails travel so far, pet-inspired art, what to do when baby bird falls from a nest, and more

Flora/fauna quickies: Watching hybrid hogs from Canada, snaring pythons in Florida, protecting pets from coyotes

Applications open for Farm Bureau Farm Dog of the Year

Quick hits: Relationships still strained after Trump presidency; Farm Dog of the Year entries sought . . .

Purina to launch pet food with protein from bugs, Asian carp

Opioid epidemic giving rise to addicts who go 'vet shopping' for drugs

Lack of after hours emergency pet care in some rural areas putting owners in tight spots

Is the crazy cat lady mentally ill? When is animal hoarding, which is on the rise, a crime?

State law does not prohibit Ohio residents from owning bobcats, appeals court rules

Goodbye to a barn cat: 'It was a strange but very fulfilling relationship'

Large animal veterinarians are becoming a vanishing breed in underserved areas in the heartland

Rescue groups fill demand for pets by transporting more-at-risk Southern dogs to the Northeast

Volunteers bringing veterinarian care to pets, owners in remote areas of Alaska

Mich. governor signs law letting board decide what wolves will be hunted, when and where