In October, the carcass of a young Siberian tiger was found in Russia's Far East with two bullet holes in its skull. Experts say the animal was most probably shot by hunters in pursuit of illegal prey.

Veal calves are brutally treated their whole lives, long before they reach a slaughter house like Bushway. Veal calves are those male calves that are unwanted and removed from their mothers immediately after birth; they are confined often by tethers

In the post-9/11 world, the phrase "national security" conjures up images of dirty bombs, jihadists, white powder and biohazard labels. It should also bring to mind another picture: an egg.

Your emails are urgently needed to stop the planned ritual slaughter of at least 10 animals for a traditional African "blessing" of the World Cup in June, 2010

The killing was a terrible experience. We arrived to Zoonosis maybe one hour before they began with the execution. When they started killing them the whole cage was in complete silence.

A decade of abundant food combined with more safe havens means there are more black bears in Western North Carolina than there have been since the late 1800s. The N.C. Wildlife Commission estimates bear populations have grown to a record 10,000 in the

A draft management and conservation plan released recently for gray wolves in Washington presents a blueprint for ushering the predators through their gradual revival to eventual delisting from state endangered species protection.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department paid a nonprofit group about $65,000 to gather information about jaguars in the past five years, but hasn't gotten raw data to show for it.

The national park has now included wildlife biologists, intended to prove that it is indeed lynx. This is not easy. It could also be house cats. "What makes us skeptical, that there still are no reports of damage wily animals," says Urban.

Analysis of longitudinal data of the monitoring program, organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and a number of Russian organizations, showed that over the past four years, the density of tiger in the Far East of Russia, fell significantly