Wyoming Livestock Board

A cattle truck driver was cited and 39 head of cattle seized following a traffic stop north of Cheyenne Tuesday evening, the Laramie County Sheriff's Office says.

Several dogs and a person in Laramie County have recently been diagnosed with leptospirosis.

With the official start of summer rapidly approaching, more and more Wyomingites are heading to the state's lakes, but summer also means the possible return of blue-green algae. In a news release Monday, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is advising the public to be on the lookout for blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria blooms in the state's lakes...

A second former Wyoming Livestock Board employee has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the board.

CHEYENNE — A horse in Wyoming has tested positive for a virus that can cause painful sores in infected animals, according to the Associated Press Wyoming Livestock Board officials said Thursday the horse that tested positive for vesicular stomatitis is the first case diagnosed in the state this year. ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is grilling Wyoming officials for what they call a "total disregard for animal suffering." Dan Paden, Associate Director of Evidence Analysis for PETA, says he met with the Wyoming Livestock Board last June and provided the agency with evidence of illegal cruelty to sheep at eight different ranches in Wyoming, but officials still haven't

In one scene, a sick ram is dragged into a trailer, shorn and left for dead. In other scenes, in a video released this week by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, shearers throw, stomp and curse sheep while bending back their heads...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Livestock Board has issued an order aimed at preventing the spread of a venereal disease in cattle called Trichomoniasis (trik-oh-moh-NIE'-ah-sis), which can cause cows to lose their calves. The order covers all or parts of Lincoln, Uinta and Sweetwater counties in southwest Wyoming...

People bringing horses into Wyoming have three days to get their horsed checked by a veterinarian. The Wyoming Livestock Board ordered the 72-hour requirement effective beginning Thursday.