Almost everyone has heard of McDonald's, and most people have eaten at the chain at least once, but many people don't know about the horrific cruelty that goes into every portion of chicken served under the Golden Arches.

A rooster who has been trained to fight can't be rehabilitated, right? Oh so wrong. Some of you may recall that a few months ago, during a disussion regarding the rehabilitation of pit bulls, I linked to a (heartbreaking) post that Deb Durant wrote this

Let PetSmart know that you will not be setting foot in any of its stores until live animals are no longer part of the inventory. The animals suffering at PetSmart depend on you!

Please take a few moments to fill out the form below to send an e-mail to Samsung Electronics Europe President and CEO In-Soo Kim asking the company to pull the video immediately.

You would be forgiven for thinking that Sir Peter Viggers' duck house was an unnecessary extravagance. But this whimsical floating house is not merely a folly: it also serves to protect the sleeping birds from predators. Here is our pick of the best

With the MPs' expenses row bringing them to prominence, Matthew Weaver finds out what the attraction is of duck islands.

A year on from a huge blaze at the Dorset reserve, the National Trust says the return of its rich wildlife is a long way off.

Two female orangutans have been seen cannibalising the bodies of their recently deceased babies.

New feature here on the Animal Rights blog at Change.org: short, once- or twice-weekly profiles of various endangered or threatened animals.

Wallis the wallaby has to sleep in a woolly hat to replicate his mother's pouch after being abandoned at birth.