Watch the adorable video of a bird petting a cat!

During bad economic times, more people find that the financial cost of giving pets the care they deserve becomes a burden, or worse, unbearable. 63% of all U.S. households own a pet. Should pets go without adequate care during a recession? I say no way.

A man who couldn't bear to see more than three-dozen cats put down has admitted to breaking into an animal shelter and stealing the felines.

A independent lab study of 10 dog food brands commissioned by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that eight out of ten of them contained levels of flouride up to two and a half times higher than the standard set by the EPA for drinking water.

Although no one can help but to feel that the world is a little brighter now that these 450 innocent dogs finally have a chance for the safe and loving homes these deserve, this week's seizure also reveals....

Chris Aultman is the helicopter pilot and Aviation Director of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He served for six years in the United States Marine Corps prior to joining the Sea Shepherd team. During that period Chris spent 13 months at sea and

Canada's commercial harp seal hunt started today with a quota of 280,000 seals, only days after Russia decided to ban all hunting of harp seals under one year of age. The Humane Society of the United States confirmed the first seal death today.

A syndicated news story claiming that arsonists with the Animal Liberation Front inadvertently killed dozens of birds in an attack on a zoo in Italy. Now the New York Times has reported that this might not be the case.

Police in Woodfin, N.C. closed a portion of an interstate highway on Tuesday, when a mother bear wandered on to the road, trying to retrieve the body of her cub killed by a vehicle.

Mo, a friendly 3-year-old cat who lived at an apartment complex, was found with rubber bands tied around his paws, neck and tail & had to be euthanized. Donations are still be accepted for the investigation's reward.