A dog that went missing from its Brisbane owners nine years ago has been found alive - in Melbourne. RSPCA Victoria officers rescued the badly neglected animal from a backyard while investigating a possible animal cruelty case last week.

The puppy was one of a large litter left in a sealed up box to die in the heat on the side of the road. Danny Crow said he happened upon the puppy as it hid under a tree in the burning afternoon heat Friday.

Hialeah, Fla. - Another horse was found mutilated in South Florida, her baby next to her

Decades after the "War on Cancer" was launched, we still have no cure for breast cancer. And the billions of dollars spent on cruel and ineffective research on monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits, cats, dogs, and other animals, who often suffer and die, have no

Tyler Weinman, the South Miami-Dade teen accused of slaying 19 cats, offered to tell detectives ``about one or two cats'' if they made criminal charges on ``the rest go away.'' ``OK, so let me see if I understand. As long as I tell you about the cats

Acea Schomaker, the Nebraska man who was cited in March for placing a cat in a makeshift marijuana bong, pleaded guilty Monday to animal cruelty charges in the incident. Schomaker, who recently turned 21, also pleaded guilty to charges of marijuana

The US Department of Agriculture should publicly release the names of applicants for its expert advisory panel on organic food and agriculture practices, according to a farm policy group, The Cornucopia Institute.

An estimated 150-200 organic dairy farmers, and their supporters, from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa held a "demonstration" at the La Crosse County Fair on Thursday. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack attended to hear concerns about illegal actions in organics.

Symbolic Milk Dump Planned as Tidal Wave of Milk from Factory Dairies Drowns Family Farmers. Farmers and their advocates are calling an emergency rally this coming Thursday, July 16, in an effort to demonstrate their plight to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

A division of Dean Foods, the organic industry's largest namebrand manufacturer, rocked the organic world this week when it was reported that the agribusiness giant intended to create an entirely new, lower-priced, product category, "natural dairy," aimed