Animal Protection

Show some love this Valentine's Day with charitable gifts for your loved ones. Jakob Owens/Unsplash As Valentine’s Day quickly approaches, love is most definitely in the air. Most of us traditionally spend this day showering loved ones with chocolates, flowers and jewellery to prove our commitment and celebrate our love.…

The Alberta SPCA removed 143 cats from a home in the greater Edmonton area over a five-week period, beginning in mid December.A peace officer loads carriers containing the removed animals into a vehicle. (Supplied by the Alberta SPCA)The Alberta SPCA removed 143 cats from a home in the greater Edmonton…

The sudden outbre­ak of the novel corona­virus during the Spring Festiv­al holida­y has hit humans and animal­s alike The sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus during the Spring Fest. PHOTO: XINHUA HANGZHOU: When Lu Yufan, a college student in Zhejiang Province, was swiping through the video-sharing app “Tik Tok” during the…

The endangered pangolin may be the link that facilitated the spread of the novel coronavirus across China, Chinese scientists said on Friday. Researchers have long suspected that the virus, which has now killed more than 630 people and infected some 31,000, was passed from an animal to a human at…

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia (Reuters) - Ryzhik, a scruffy red tabby cat, was found on the streets of the Siberian city of Tomsk in the blistering cold, his four paws completely frozen. He would have been the latest victim of Siberia’s unforgiving winter had he not be found by animal protection volunteers…

Getty ImagesA woman carrying a dog in the Chinese city of Wuhan on January 22. Thousands of pets are trapped and facing starvation in Wuhan, local activists say. Pet owners either stuck in quarantine or stranded outside the city amid a lockdown that began January 23 are unable to return…

China is home to a growing population of pet owners. (Rawpixel pic)WUHAN: China’s unprecedented quarantining of virus-hit Wuhan has separated millions from their families – and many from their pets, prompting worried owners and kind strangers to take to social media to ensure left-behind animals are looked after. The virus…

China's unprecedented quarantining of virus-hit Wuhan has separated millions from their families -- and many from their pets, prompting worried owners and kind strangers to take to social media to ensure left-behind animals are looked after.The virus that has killed more than 360 in China emerged during the Lunar New…

The hashta­g 'save the pets left behind in Wuhan' became third-most search­ed term on the Twitte­r-like Weibo platfo­rm A cat by the window of a cat restaurant in Beijing. The hashtag 'save the pets left behind in Wuhan' became the third-most searched term on the Twitter-like Weibo platform on Feb…

BEIJING: China's unprecedented quarantining of virus-hit Wuhan has separated millions from their families - and many from their pets, prompting worried owners and kind strangers to take to social media to ensure left-behind animals are looked after.The virus that has killed more than 360 in China emerged during the Chinese New Year…