Animal Protection

Harrowing pictures of an emaciated elephant's body show how the animal is 'tortured' every day by its owners who parade her in a festival costume.  Tikiiri, a 70-year-old female elephant, will work beside 60 elephants for the Perahera Festival in Sri Lanka t…

Rep. Kendra Horn Votes to Protect Iconic American Horses, Hern, Mullin, Lucas, and Cole Side with Abusers Image Credit: The HSUS OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, H.R. 693,…

Published: 2:15pm, 13 Aug, 2019 Updated: 2:15pm, 13 Aug, 2019

People are angry with Twitch. That in and of itself might not be surprising, since people find ways to get angry about quite a bit. All that anger has boiled over into a hashtag movement with #TWITCHISOVERPARTY and there's a few different reasons behind it al…

Earlier this week, Swedish media spoke to Annica Sjöberg, the head of the animal welfare group Djurens Vänner in the municipality of Nässjö, who claimed that youths were using local hedgehogs as footballs and kicking them around, Nyheter Idag reports. Sjöber…

It's summer, and in Germany, people are cooking out at the grill. Grocery stores and supermarkets are well aware of this and have filled the shelves with vast amounts of meat. Shoppers can find piles of meat marinated, sliced, skewered and pressed into sausag…

Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty A careless mistake has changed this Youtuber’s life forever, exposing how she acts when she thinks the cameras aren’t rolling (or at least, when she’s not going to post the footage). YouTuber Brooke Houts is getting absolutely…

Elephant rides and shows in Thailand have become less popular with Chinese tourists in recent years, according to a report released ahead of World Elephant Day - which falls on Monday - with most travelers now preferring animal-friendly tours. Experts said …

Nashville Metro Council passes resolution in support of PAST Act to increase protections for Tennessee walking horses Image Credit: The HSUS NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 7, 2019)The Humane Society of the United States applauds Nashville Metro Council members fo…

German politicians are speaking out in favour of raising the VAT (Mehrwertsteuer) on meat in a bid to improve animal welfare and cut CO2 emissions.  The decision makers want to raise the tax to the standard VAT, or 19 percent, up from the current seven perce…