Matthew Russell
Articles by Matthew Russell
Commercial Breeders Are Using Fake Rescues to Keep Puppy Mills Alive
When you adopt from a rescue, you expect to be saving a dog who truly needed help. But a growing number of so-called rescue organizations are paying commercial breeders for...
Commercial Breeders Are Using Fake Rescues to Keep Puppy Mills Alive
When you adopt from a rescue, you expect to be saving a dog who truly needed help. But a growing number of so-called rescue organizations are paying commercial breeders for...
Trump's BLM Is Rounding Up Wild Horses and Selling Them to Slaughterhouses
Wild horses and burros have been federally protected since 1971. But a quiet loophole in how the Bureau of Land Management sells — not adopts — these animals has opened...
Trump's BLM Is Rounding Up Wild Horses and Selling Them to Slaughterhouses
Wild horses and burros have been federally protected since 1971. But a quiet loophole in how the Bureau of Land Management sells — not adopts — these animals has opened...
Shelter Dogs and Cats Face Death as Screwworm Transport Ban Stalls Rescues
Thousands of healthy dogs and cats are stranded in overcrowded Texas shelters — not because they're sick, but because a livestock parasite has triggered sweeping transport restrictions that make no...
Shelter Dogs and Cats Face Death as Screwworm Transport Ban Stalls Rescues
Thousands of healthy dogs and cats are stranded in overcrowded Texas shelters — not because they're sick, but because a livestock parasite has triggered sweeping transport restrictions that make no...
The VA Is Using AI to Decide Veterans' Disability Claims With Almost No Oversight
The VA is moving fast to use artificial intelligence in processing veterans' disability claims — but federal watchdogs, lawmakers, and accountability experts are sounding alarms. Concerns range from untested systems...
The VA Is Using AI to Decide Veterans' Disability Claims With Almost No Oversight
The VA is moving fast to use artificial intelligence in processing veterans' disability claims — but federal watchdogs, lawmakers, and accountability experts are sounding alarms. Concerns range from untested systems...
Pet Food Recalls Keep Coming and Families Keep Finding Out Too Late
Dogs and cats across the U.S. have been getting sick from contaminated pet food — and in many cases, their families had no idea anything was wrong until after the...
Pet Food Recalls Keep Coming and Families Keep Finding Out Too Late
Dogs and cats across the U.S. have been getting sick from contaminated pet food — and in many cases, their families had no idea anything was wrong until after the...
A Police Bloodhound Named Blue Joined the Force as a Puppy and Died In His Handler's Car
K-9 Blue arrived at the Charlottesville Police Department as a four-month-old puppy and spent a year in dedicated training before earning the right to answer calls. He was found unresponsive...
A Police Bloodhound Named Blue Joined the Force as a Puppy and Died In His Handler's Car
K-9 Blue arrived at the Charlottesville Police Department as a four-month-old puppy and spent a year in dedicated training before earning the right to answer calls. He was found unresponsive...