Every year one per cent of the Earth's animals die because of the activities of humans. That's according to research released by the ZSL. Scientists are now urging emergency action to prevent mankind from destroying his fellow creatures.
A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list, saying he's "unwilling to risk more deaths."
For more than 50 years Anne Shepherd has been a voice for those who cannot speak for themselves.
The Waipopo woman was recently recognised for her service to the South and Mid Canterbury SPCA committees
Animals in the U.S. are being injected with substances like Botox until they become paralyzed and suffocate, even though there are modern, non-animal methods to test the deadly neurotoxin. As a recent Washington Post investigation reveals, the entity
The Snow Leopard Network is a worldwide organization dedicated to facilitating the exchange of information between individuals around the world for the purpose of snow leopard preservation. Our membership includes leading snow leopard experts in the
The Berlin Zoo director who helped turn Germany's rejected polar bear, Knut, into an international celebrity has been put under pressure to resign amid allegations that he had bred and sold animals for slaughter. Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, the director...
No one could ever accuse Rita Mae Brown, 63, of having lived a boring life. The bestselling author of 37 books is nothing if not versatile: feminist activist, mystery writer, lesbian pioneer, fox hunter, screenwriter, novelist, animal rescuer.
Marks & Spencer is in our good books this week, becoming the first major high street retailer to exclusively offer British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) approved household cleaning products and beauty collections which are animal-test free
It's not just our day-to-day weather and other aspects of the environment that will be altered by global climate change: disruptions in seasonal temperatures and precipitation patterns will also likely
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (CBS) ― Human beings have learned how to lessen their vulnerabilities to diseases such as diabetes and cancer, but household cats and dogs and other animals are at risk from these same diseases. The reason: pets are getting fat.
A new diagnostic blood test has been developed to combat the virulent horse disease Strangles. The breakthrough has come after four years of research by scientists at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket...
Animal rights groups say they've been pushing for the State Senate to pass a bill that factors pets into domestic abuse restraining orders.
Yesterday it passed.
Animal protection advocates say abusers often threaten or kill pets to terrorize their
Almost 16,000 greyhounds were destroyed in Ireland last year, but some of the doomed animals are finding new homes overseas thanks to a mother and daughter duo from Co Tipperary.
ABC News has weighed in on the shameful puppy killing video controversy - by running defense for the perpetrators and claiming that hurling the defenseless animal off a cliff was "a way of coping" with a stressful situation for the Marines involved.
