There have not been any cases among commercial flocks in Massachusetts, said Agricultural Commissioner Ashley Randle.

Maura Healey on Thursday will ban the practice of declawing cats in Massachusetts ... session include laws restricting the use of wild animals in circuses, dogs entrusted to day care facilities ...

State officials say the highly pathogenic avian influenza – more commonly known as bird flu – is widespread in much of the ...

Officials said 500 to 1,000 wild bird deaths had been reported around the state, as well as a 30-bird flock of domestic poultry in Plymouth County.

The number of bird flu cases in Central Massachusetts is relatively low, compared to a swath of the state that runs from Greater Boston to Southeastern Massachusetts. That message was delivered ...

The current bird flu outbreak is sweeping through both wild and domestic birds throughout the U.S., but cats and ... since 2022 - there have been none in Massachusetts," DPH spokesperson Kathleen ...

Governor Maura Healey signed a law that bans cat declawing in Massachusetts except in rare cases of medical necessity. Violators of the law, which was passed last week, could be fined up to $1,000 ...

Cat declawing is now illegal in Massachusetts after Gov. Maura Healey signed a law Thursday banning the practice in the state. The law, introduced by state Sen. Mark Montigny, D-New Bedford ...