Animal pictures of the week: 20 November 2009

It was a cagey scene outside NASA headquarters in D.C. yesterday when our primates urged NASA to scrap its misguided $1.75 million plan to torment monkeys in radiation experiments. The demonstration was out-of-this-world spectacular, prompting NASA

This week Windsor, North Carolina, officials cut the red ribbon that wrapped PETA's very special gift to animals in this small Southern town. For nearly a decade, PETA has been working with Windsor and other area towns to provide homeless animals in

Coming soon to a theater near you: the story of Nubs, a stray dog with shorn ears who befriended Maj. Brian Dennis while Dennis was serving in Iraq. When Nubs trekked 75 miles through the freezing Iraqi desert to follow Dennis to the next camp, Dennis

A 10-year old male cat has died from the H1N1 flu virus, and veterinarians are cautioning that it may be possible for cats to transmit the virus to humans, according to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA).

Germany's Nuremberg Zoo welcomed Rangar, Khan and Domur, Siberian tiger cubs, back in August. Since Siberian tigers (also called Amur tigers) are endangered -- it's believed that only about 400 to 500 animals remain in the wild in eastern Russia and

Everyone should know that double wrapping an elastic band around a cat's testicles would cause the animal pain, a judge said Friday as he convicted a Kamloops man of cruelty

Thanks to rampant poaching and habitat destruction, rhinos have the unfortunate distinction of being one of the most endangered animals on earth

Every 20 minutes a species will go extinct, 20,000 species this year, and this Sunday, November 22, 8PM Eastern MSNBC will be airing "100 Heartbeats" hosted by Jeff Corwin to fight back

Dung-sniffing dogs have confirmed that Javan rhinos are indeed still surviving in Vietnam.