Animal Protection

GENEVA - Social media users are fueling a burgeoning appetite for acquiring wild otters and other endangered animals as pets, conservationists say, warning the trend could push species toward extinction. Popular Instagrammers posting selfies with their pet o…

GENEVA - Social media users are fueling a burgeoning appetite for acquiring otters and other endangered animals as pets, conservationists say, warning the trend could push species toward extinction. Popular Instagrammers who post selfies with their pet otter…

FILE PHOTO: Giraffes are seen in Masai Mara National Reserve Geneva - Countries voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their body parts, overcoming objections by southern African states and…

GENEVA: Countries voted overwhelmingly on Thursday (Aug 22) to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their body parts, overcoming objections by southern African states and drawing praise from conservationists. The provisiona…

Several ‘otter cafes’ have sprung up in Japan and other major cities worldwide. (AFP pic) GENEVA: Social media users are fuelling a burgeoning appetite for acquiring wild otters and other endangered animals as pets, conservationists say, warning the trend co…

Seven environmental and animal protection groups teamed up to file the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's rollback of the Endangered Species Act. The environmental law nonprofit Earthjustice filed the lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of the Cent…

Exotic pets include animals taken from the wild or bred in captivity, ranging from amphibians and reptiles to birds and fish, according to Guo Jinghui, campaign manager at World Animal Protection, an international nonprofit organization. According to a rece…

SAN FRANCISCO - Seven environmental and animal protection groups teamed up to file the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administrations rollback of the Endangered Species Act. The environmental law non-profit Earthjustice filed the lawsuit Wednesday on be…

SAN FRANCISCO Seven environmental and animal protection groups teamed up to file the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's rollback of the Endangered Species Act. The environmental law nonprofit Earthjustice filed the lawsuit Wednesday on beha…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Seven environmental and animal protection groups teamed up to file the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's rollback of the Endangered Species Act. The environmental law nonprofit Earthjustice filed the lawsuit Wednesday on…