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    By Carol Vinzant

    | 8:00AM 3/03/2009
    Now that Obama is in control of the government, one of the big priorities of animal advocates -- even bigger than getting the Obama family a shelter dog -- is the elimination of the USDA's Wildlife Services Department, which spends $117 million a year in a Sisyphean quest to exterminate predators....

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 4:00PM 8/22/2008
    The Environmental Group WildEarth Guardians says an anachronistic part of the Department of Agriculture spent $117 million last year to kill 2.4 million animals. The Wildlife Services has changed names plenty of times, but dates back to the days when the prevailing wisdom was just to wipe out any...

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 6:00PM 8/08/2008
    As the summer of the staycation draws to a close, you may be looking for something, anything fun to do around home that doesn't cost a lot of money. My big hobby is going places to see wild animals. And I'm certainly not alone. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2006 recreation survey says 87...