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Will Kennedy’s Lyme disease plan mean an all-out war on wildlife?

Last month, Human Health Service (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. announced a sweeping new initiative to combat Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. The plan hinges on a tick-control pilot program, which will “develop and deploy practical strategies to target and eliminate ticks on wildlife before they can spread disease to humans” and “making the […]

In Our View on June 12, 2026

‘Environmentalists, I mean, they are terrorists’ 

In Our View on April 8, 2026

Slow down, amphibians are on the move to vernal pool parties 

In Our View on April 7, 2026

Don’t purchase chicks; it’s a death sentence

In Our View on April 1, 2026

Bunnies are not Easter gifts

In Our View on March 31, 2026

Cook inlet lease sale gets no bids

In Our View on March 26, 2026

A cruelty-free Easter

In Our View on March 23, 2026