Animal Protection

Canada’s so-called Free Willy bill was finally passed by Parliament this past week. And finally is the operative word. Bill S-203, introduced by now-retired Liberal Sen. Wilfred Moore, took four long years from start to finish to clear Parliament — even thou…

Wolves were nearly hunted to extinction in France in the early 20th century. (AFP pic) BREIL-SUR-ROYA: As the sun sets over the southern French Alps on a cool evening in early June, a flock of sheep huddle in an enclosure at an altitude of 1,500 metres. Nex…

A woman in southern Alberta has been charged after she allegedly tried to mail a puppy and a kitten via Canada Post. Vulcan County Enforcement Services says last month a post office employee in the village of Milo, about 100 kilometres southeast of Calgary, …

A Chinese animal lover who took in hundreds of stray dogs over the last two years is struggling to make ends meet despite having a stable job and his own business. He has accumulated a debt of 600,000 yuan ($87,000), but he refuses to give up on his four-legg…

Leading judges in Germany have backed the practice of gassing or crushing to death millions of male chicks in the egg industry. An estimated 45 million unwanted birds annually are killed this way in Germany alone, but the practice is commonplace worldwide. …

BERLIN - A German federal court has ruled that hen breeders can continue to kill male chicks after they hatch, a practice that results in the death of some 45 million birds annually. The Federal Administrative Court was ruling in a case involving a hatchery …

Pet owners in Japan will be aske to microchip their pets in a bid to reduce the number of strays. (Kyodo photo) TOKYO: The Japanese parliament on Wednesday passed a bill requiring dog and cat breeders to microchip animals and owners to voluntarily do the sam…

File photo: African News Agency (ANA) Archives Cape Town A police officer is under investigation for animal cruelty after allegedly shooting a Scottsdene familys dog at point-blank range. The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is assisting the family in lodging a compl…

Pupils in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, visit the China Cybersecurity Week exhibition on September 20. Photo: Cao Siqi/GT A cyber police force in Southwest China's Sichuan Province listed fighting extremism as its foremost mission to purify cyberspa…

On Monday, the Canadian parliament approved a draft bill banning the breeding and captivity of cetaceans including whales and dolphins, a decision which has been applauded by animal rights activists.  The draft bill, which was drawn up in 2015 and still requ…