Man rescues stray dog, but ends up with 10 pooches

Instead of modern humane methods of rabies prevention, government officials in China often resort to mass slaughters of dogs, called culls, in which dog-beating squads kill any dog spotted on the street, even if it has an owner.

The emergency declaration, which Mr. Obama signed Friday night, has to do only with hospital treatment, not with the vaccine.

Shiloh Pepin, a girl who was born with fused legs, a rare condition often called "mermaid syndrome," and gained a wide following on the Internet and national television, has died. She was 10.

Twenty-five years after being rescued from a death sentence on the shores of Hudson Bay, the Canadian-born polar bear at the centre of a long-running animal rights controversy in Britain has charmed her last visitors at the Edinburgh Zoo.

Here are the bear facts: Florida black bears are becoming more prevalent in urban settings, seeking food and their own territory.

With two wolf packs totaling about a dozen animals and more expected in the coming years, Washington state is grappling with a proposed wolf management plan.

Gordon Haber regularly offered controversial viewpoints during his long career as a wolf researcher, but even those who didn't always agree with his conclusions could admire his dedication to the study of wolves. His death in a plane crash last week

A nurse assistant who is in a vegetative state after being attacked at a Pasadena hospital has been unfairly denied care by workers compensation and her health insurance,

When officers looked inside they saw a cat jammed in the engine block of the 2005 Nissan Murano, police said.