Animal Protection

Charges have been stayed against a former Edmonton pet store owner accused of abandonment and leaving animals in distress. Minchaw Menan Tom of Sherwood Park was charged last summer after the Edmonton Humane Society seized hundreds of animals in February 201…

The charge under the Animal Protection Act was laid after the business in West Edmonton Mall — called My Pet — shut its doors.Most of them were adopted a month later. Penalties for a conviction under the abandonment charge could include a $20,000 fine or a l…

In fact, they may be most comfortable inside. Credit:Matt Golding "Chickens are related to forest-dwelling birds. They don't like open spaces," says Dr Charles Milne, who on Friday retired as Victorias chief vet. "Free-range can deliver huge welfare proble…

Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s and a symbol of wholesome American womanhood, died Monday. She was 97. I…

NEW YORK - Tributes to Doris Day, who died Monday at age 97. Oh Ms. Day, A Cincinnati girl just like me. How many letters I drafted to you and didnt send. I could never get it right but they all said the same thing, I love you. Millions did…

Tributes to Doris Day, who died Monday at age 97. "Oh Ms. Day, A Cincinnati girl just like me. How many letters I drafted to you and didn't send. I could never get it right but they all said the same thing, I love you. Millions did and do. Godspeed.…

Actress and singer Doris Day died Monday at her home in Carmel Valley, Calif., after a bout of pneumonia. She was 97. Day was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff in 1922 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She dreamed of being a dancer, but an automobile accident shattered her r…

By Amina WakoWorld Animal Protection has opposed plans by Nairobi City County to kill more than 50,000 stray dogs in the city. The lobby group has argued the county to instead direct the funds to a vaccination and sterilization exercises. "We urge the count…

Tesco has vowed to explore eradicating sow stalls from its Thai supply chain after animal welfare campaigners accused the supermarket chain of selling pork products from farms where mother pigs are kept in steel cages no bigger than a fridge. Also referred t…

A 24-year-old man has been charged with two counts of animal abuse involving a puppy who had suffered broken bones and multiple abdominal and lung injuries. Stephen Craig Swett allegedly battered the dalmatian/boxer mix once named Medusa and now known as Kay…