Animal Protection

GALLUP, N.M. (AP) — A rural New Mexico man convicted of extreme animal cruelty in the killing of his dog has a warrant out for his arrest after failing to begin serving a prison sentence that authorities sought to make an example of his case. A state District Court judge…

China should ban the eating of dogs and cats completely to 'restore its international image', a scholar has urged.The news came after a Chinese city drafted a law to forbid the consumption of the pets to improve food safety in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.Guo Changgang, an academic from…

View Slideshow Lifestyle brand Ivory Ella recently announced a generous donation of over $96,000 to Animals Australia, an animal protection organization giving aid to wildlife displaced and injured from the devastating bushfires that ravaged the country from September 2019 to February 2020. After the news broke about the bushfires in…

The California coronavirus patient whose case is of “unknown” origin was hospitalized for days without being tested, according to a new report. The Solano County resident was admitted to UC Davis Medical Center last week but wasn’t tested until Sunday — and results came back positive Wednesday, CNN reported, citing…

Australia’s most iconic frog, Freddo, is giving up his place on-pack to encourage Australians to find out more about his endangered frog friends. These frogs have been close to extinction in Australia for many years and with the recent bushfires it has made the situation worse than ever before. From…

A city in China has drafted a law to ban residents from eating dog meat to improve food safety in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak.Animal activists have demanded the Chinese government prohibit the consumption of dogs for years. If this proposal from Shenzhen gets passed, it will be the…

The court did not receive enough votes to deem these "cultural shows" unconstitutional. Animal rights activists had taken the case to the highest court in the country and can no longer appeal. Cock and bull fighting, considered "cultural shows" in Peru, will not be banned, the country's top court ruled…

SÃO PAULO, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Natura has been recognised as one of the most ethical companies in the world in 2020 by the Ethisphere Institute, global leader in the definition of standards for ethical business practices. The only Brazilian organisation on the list of 132 companies from 21 countries,…

Seventeen-day-old baby girl recovers from coronavirus without medication after being born to a confirmed patientThe baby is the youngest patient to have recovered from the virus in ChinaShe was allowed to go home on Friday after making a full recovery by herselfDoctors didn't give her antibiotic medication because her condition…

The jury is still out as to what caused the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. Chinese authorities initially suspected a wet market in Wuhan where wild animals like bats and snakes were sold illegally. A nearby biolab has also attracted scrutiny, and increased suspicion as Chinese authorities have been stubbornly unwilling…