Animal Protection

When a U.S. Department of Agriculture animal welfare inspector visited Wilson's Wild Animal Park this summer, she identified no violations. The federal inspection report for the Virginia zoo, home to about 200 exotic and barnyard animals, was pristine. But t…

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seven organizations dedicated to protecting the animals, people, and environments that suffer due to industrial animal agriculture filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging its decisi…

The Association of British Travel Agents revised its Animal Welfare Guidelines on Tuesday, including the biggest repercussion for Asia so far. That is a recommendation to ban elephant rides, and any tourist contact or feeding of elephants without a barrier, w…

HyunA and DAWN have welcomed a new member to their family! DAWN recently shared a video on Instagram of HyunA tearfully holding and petting their newly adopted dog. She explains that shes crying because shes so touched, and DAWN assures her, It will all be f…

EU member states have asked the European Commission to develop a new strategy for the protection and welfare of animals, calling it "an issue of high importance to European citizens". The ministers recognised on Monday the need to update the current legislati…

Two professional hunters who shot dead a research elephant and then tried to hide the evidence have had their licences revoked by Botswanas government. Michael Lee Potter and Kevin Sharp destroyed the elephants collar in an effort to cover up the shooting. …

Berlin (AFP) - Little piggies go to market, but in Germany they also go to court. In a legal first, animal rights activists have asked Germany's top court to ban the practice of castrating young male pigs without anaesthetic -- with the piglets themselves li…

An animal protection expert has warned that some Australians are dumping their pets in the lead-up to the Christmas holidays to avoid paying for them to be cared for while they're away. Australian Animal Protection Society vice-president Sue Thompson told Th…

The unusually large polar bear presence is plaguing the village of Ryrkaypiy, located on the snowy shores of the Chuckchi Sea in Russia's northern region of Chukotka. The past few years have been rather quiet in Ryrkaypiy, which is home to some 600 people. La…

LOS ANGELES (AP) The pork industry is challenging the constitutionality of a voter-approved California measure that will prohibit the sale of meat products from hogs born to sows confined in spaces that dont meet new minimum size requirements. A lawsuit file…