Animal pictures of the week: 20 November 2009

Britain's largest colony of natterjack toads - a rare and highly protected species - is holding up plans for a nuclear power station

For years, the conditions for Canadian Eskimo dog breeder Brian Ladoon's sled dogs have garnered the outrage and concern of residents and tourists alike. Dozens of dogs in Churchill, Manitoba, who are chained in extreme wind and cold without shelter

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

PETA and ZooCheck have been campaigning to convince officials at the Edmonton Zoo, deemed Canada's worst zoo for elephants by African elephant biologist Winnie Kiiru, to release its sole pachyderm prisoner, Lucy, to a sanctuary. We've reasoned with zoo

Oceans regulate our climate. They play a key role in keeping the world's "homeostasis" in tact. However, their ability to absorb carbon & keep the climate in balance is dwindling, a new report shows.

Members of Congress will call for a moratorium on wild horse and burros gathers until Congress can take action on BLM's management of the wild horse and burro program.

Every year tens of thousands of Americans go missing, never to be seen by their loved ones again. Additionally, there are also an estimated 40,000 sets of unidentified human remains that are being held or disposed of across the country.

Let's stop Wildlife Management from killing deer near our roads and highways. Make known that our tax dollars will not be used for this senseless, cruel operation. Tell them it is ineffective and pointless to kill deer who are trying to cross through