Animal Protection

The German cabinet on Wednesday approved a controversial bill paving the way for farmers to shoot more protected wolves. The bill was passed following a year-long debate between Environment Minister Svenja Schulze and Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner over…

Norman Trahan, owner of the Saint-Edouard Zoo in Saint-Edouard-de-Maskinonge, about 120 kilometres northeast of Montreal, faces charges of animal cruelty and neglect. SCREENGRAB: SAINT-EDOUARD ZOO WEBSITE MONTREAL: Canadian authorities on Tuesday raided a z…

The latest addition to the already crowded pet cafe scene in Tokyo is Mipig, a ground-floor space in the city's Meguro district where patrons can kick back with a coffee and pet a pot-bellied pig for half an hour. Mipig opened on March 1 after a farm in Yama…

The latest addition to the already crowded pet cafe scene in Tokyo is Mipig, a ground-floor space in the city's Meguro district, where patrons can kick back with a coffee and pet a pot-bellied pig for half an hour. Mipig opened on March 1 after a farm in Yam…

Animal welfare advocates are praising on soon-to-be introduced legislation in the United States that would ban the use of wild animals in traveling circuses. The measure, the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA), is set to be in…

Animal welfare advocates are praising on soon-to-be introduced legislation that would ban the use of wild animals in traveling circuses. The measure, the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA), is set to be introduced Tuesday. S…

Markets in India are filled with pet stores that cram hundreds of birds into cages, and puppies and kittens into spaces no larger than shoe boxes. Tanks, too, are overcrowded with fish that stew in their own faecal matter till they are rescued by a purchaser …

Study design This study was performed according to the principles set out in the WMA Declaration of Helsinki; the underlying protocols were approved by the ethics committee of Medicine Faculty of the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany (AZ.111/08-eu…

This is the moment a dog at the city’s pound was dragged to its death. A viral video taken inside the Manhattan Animal Care Center on May 9 shows workers using two leashes to drag a whimpering dog to the euthanasia room — offering a rare glimpse inside the s…

She said a number of humane societies have asked to help after the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals relinquishes its enforcement duties on June 28. “Our government wants to empower these affiliates to continue protecting animals as we…