Animals

John McClaughry: Free-Market Conservative and…Champion of Frogs?

by Ken Picard on April 4, 2013 at 1:02PM

John McClaughry has never been shy about offering his opinions on just about anything done by the state or federal government. An ex-state senator, former speechwriter and senior policy advisor to President Reagan, and founder of the free-market think tank, Ethan Allen Institute, McClaughry made a career out of wading hip-deep into the weeds of public policy matters. Perhaps all that time spent in bureaucratic swamps explains McClaughry's personal fondness for frogs.

Quiz: Know Your Vermont State Symbols

by Tyler Machado on February 1, 2013 at 4:11PM

Should kale be Vermont's official state vegetable? State Senators Anthony Pollina (P/D-Washington), Bill Doyle (R-Washington) and David Zuckerman (P/D-Chittenden) recently introduced a bill to make it so.

Former WCAX News Anchor Charged With Animal Cruelty in Horse Case

by Andy Bromage on January 29, 2013 at 2:26PM

A former WCAX news anchor found himself on the wrong side of a perp walk on Tuesday. George Wilson (pictured) was charged with animal cruelty for allegedly keeping horses locked up inside dark stalls on his Shelburne property for years, and letting several other animals die.

Horse Rescue Group Says Shelburne Case "Worst" It Has Ever Seen

by Andy Bromage on January 24, 2013 at 9:02PM

An animal welfare group is calling a horse rescue in Shelburne "the worst case of abuse and neglect we have ever seen." Clarendon-based Spring Hill Horse Rescue issued a press release Thursday saying it was called to a property in Chittenden County last Tuesday, January 15, to help three horses in dire straits.

UVM's Beavers Earn a Reprieve from Trapping

by Kathryn Flagg on January 2, 2013 at 5:23PM

The University of Vermont has removed kill traps set for a family of beavers living in Centennial Woods and will rethink how to deal with the animals in the coming weeks. Last month Seven Days covered the story of a family of beavers that had taken up residence in a UVM stormwater retention pond.

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John McClaughry: Free-Market Conservative and…Champion of Frogs?

Quiz: Know Your Vermont State Symbols

Former WCAX News Anchor Charged With Animal Cruelty in Horse Case

Horse Rescue Group Says Shelburne Case "Worst" It Has Ever Seen

UVM's Beavers Earn a Reprieve from Trapping