The Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) confines more than 4,000 monkeys who are used in cruel studies. This facility received more than $33 million in taxpayer money in 2007, much of which is used for needless studies of illnesses that
CIRCUSES that use wild animals have been banned from land owned by a local council. Animal rights groups have praised East Ayrshire Council's move, saying methods to train animals, such as constant travelling and inadequate housing,
Lincoln Park Zoo on Tuesday lost Yiet Yang, an elderly snow leopard and stately dowager of its lion house, when severe weakness from chronic renal failure and increasing lameness in her rear legs led veterinarians to euthanize her.
By Elisa Glushefski
Published: July 2, 2008
The two women who owned and operated a animal rescue outside Manassas Park were charged with more than two dozen counts of animal cruelty following a nearly two-month investigation,
Matt Collette
Issue date: 7/2/08 Section: News
The circus is in town, and along with a big blue tent, acrobats and an extensive menagerie are questions of animal cruelty and neglect.
E-mail the Austin City Council right now and demand that Austin's pound implement the No Kill Advocacy Center's no-kill sheltering method. You can e-mail the entire Council in one e-mail by clicking here.
Wooded areas in Houston can become dumping grounds for old tires and trash. But what one man found at an east Houston park has upset him more than anything else.
We need your help! A bill is currently pending in Springfield that will ban the use of carbon monoxide euthanasia for cats and dogs. If HB 4844 does not become law, dogs and cats will continue to be forced into a gas chamber and suffer an inhumane death
Currently, puppy mills are not required for inspection due to a loophole in the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The Pet Animal Welfare Statute is working to change this, making sure that large breeding operations (those that sell seven or more litters a year
