KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Zoo Knoxville is hosting a new, exciting feeding encounter for kids of all ages — and families may want to stick their necks out for this one. Non-members will have the chance to ...

Rep. Sam Mitchell was trying to help ostrich breeders by introducing legislation to exempt ostrich feed. He should have tried to help all Floridians by increasing the tax on ostrich feed. It is ...

TUCSON - For generations, people driving in and out of Tucson have stopped by the Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch to check out the cool animals and take a break from their trek. But when the COVID-19 ...

TALLAHASSEE — Tired of being ridiculed about the state’s tax break for ostrich farmers, the Senate Agriculture Committee took a small step Tuesday toward easing Florida’s budget crisis. But like ...

Meat from this seven-foot African bird, unlike chicken or turkey, resembles beef in taste, coloring, and texture – in fact, it’s often compared to filet mignon. It’s also leaner – 97-percent fat free ...

Regarding Ron Cunningham's March 21 column titled "Saving the Florida Ostrich": Cunningham makes light of the problem with taxation of ostrich feed in Florida, but it certainly is not a laughing ...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — The 8-foot-tall ostrich named Blue stuck his head over the fence at Central Oregon Ostrich. As he looked down, his dinosaur-like feet sunk into the dirt. When the flightless bird ...

TALLAHASSEE -- Like the flightless bird itself, the effort to restore the tax on ostrich feed can't get off the ground. For years, the poster child in the debate over Florida's tax system has been a ...

Ostrich raisers may have to start paying a state sales tax on feed for the flightless birds once touted as the next big thing in lean meat. When critics talk about Florida's hodgepodge of exemptions ...