Animal rights group alleges mistreatment in Mississippi
An animal rights group said that it is filing complaints in courts in Forrest and Pontotoc counties against two livestock auctions sites where it alleges cows, sheep and other animals are being mistreated.
N.Y. sanctuaries take in animals escaping slaughter
NEW YORK — Winston escaped death to find a piglet’s paradise. The little piggy found wandering this summer along a bustling Queens boulevard is among
Columbus fair organizers expecting bigger crowds
The Lowndes County Fair had about 3,000 attendees in 2011.
That number jumped to nearly 5,000 last year and if you ask Jane Burns Jordan, the president of the Columbus Fair and Livestock Association, the reason for the increase is clear.
“We brought livestock back,” she said.
Livestock returns to Lowndes County Fair
It’s hard to imagine a county fair without a livestock show, but for many years — more than Jane Burns Jordan can remember — farm animals have been conspicuously absent from the sights, smells and sounds of the Lowndes County Fair.