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 ...

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 ...

Sharon’s ostrich-feeding adventure didn’t turn out to be as wholesome as she had expected. "I was just on vacation and decided to try feeding an ostrich for the first time, but it bit my hand instead, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE -- If you have an ostrich and a skybox seat, the Senate thinks you're getting some unnecessary tax breaks. The Senate voted 39-1 Wednesday to end the sales tax exemption for ostrich feed, ...

It's becoming clear that the Florida Legislature is totally without hope when it comes to reforming the state sales tax by eliminating exemptions that legislators have bestowed on special interests ...

Wang Xue poses with two ostriches at her family's farm in Bayan county, Heilongjiang province. [Photo provided to China Daily] While feeding her ostriches, Wang Xue swiftly responds to fans' questions ...