HONG KONG (AFP) - Almost half of Hong Kong's aid package to help China's quake-stricken Sichuan will be used to restore a giant panda reserve, the government said Sunday

Good news, friends. Dennis the wayward manatee, who has been swimming in the cold northern waters off Cape Cod for several days, is now on his way to Sea World in Orlando, Florida for rehabilitation. Thanks to James H. for the good news.

In the Netherlands every year four million mink needlessly await their deaths in barren mesh cages. After seven months of stress, anxiety, and boredom they are gassed. After their death they end up as a coat, collar, or hat. You can comment too!

This petition is for all of those upset and horrified by the annual Canadian Seal Hunt. This year 275,000 baby seals from 12 days old to 12 weeks old will be brutally clubbed and skinned alive by Canadian fishermen who will sell their fur.

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New research by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory questions the long-held belief that a lack of predators and competitors was the primary cause for the increase of skates and dogfish

People move for a variety of reasons, and some leave their animals inside the residence or dump them off somewhere. We see that a lot. That's the current problem we are dealing with

A pod of dolphins circled protectively round a group of New Zealand swimmers to fend off an attack by a great white shark.

Jolly, one of four miniature Hearts and Hooves therapy horses to survive an attack by pit bulls in January, was put down Saturday. He is the second horse to die from the attack.

It's been a tough winter in the far northeast reaches of Oregon. And that's just fine by the herd of moose there. They are the state's only moose. Wildlife biologists say they estimate the herd numbers 38 individuals.