This loving mom and her family have been rescued just in time, from the streets of Romania by the amazing Charity APAM.

In November, the Los Angeles, California, City Council banned cat declawing. As one council member accurately explained: "It is not clipping nails. It is actually amputation, sometimes leaving cats crippled and in pain for the rest of their lives."

Just unbelievable! Yet another good Samaritan being charged after helping a dog. This time it's Troy A. Jackson, 36, who has headed the Boise-based animal rescue group Northwest Animal Companion

Figures from Shetland show a significant increase in the number of otter deaths reported in recent months compared to previous years. This year's rising death toll may already account for as much as 10% of the islands' total otter population with 95%

With literally hundreds of agencies working in a variety of fields, the government can keep track of every citizen, resident, and more from birth to death. Whether keeping an eye on those who keep an eye on you or just looking for some laughs,

A 75-year-old woman who is a "caretaker" at Chief Saunooke Bear Park (one of the concrete bear pits in Cherokee, North Carolina) was bitten by a bear earlier this week. The bear grabbed her coat through the cage as she and her son, who owns the facility

In preparation for tonight's American premiere of the BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, this morning's Today Show featured a segment on the horrors behind the rampant breeding of purebreds.

Please overturn the Bush-era policy that prohibits the BLM from properly protecting lands that are wild and pristine as wilderness study areas. Under your leadership, the Department of the Interior has already made significant improvements in how the

We know how to prevent genocide. But today, over 60 years after the Holocaust, the crisis in Darfur continues. One year ago this week, the Genocide Prevention Task Force issued clear recommendations for doing better, but the U.S has still fai

At the critical Copenhagen climate conference, the Danish government, in collusion with the U.S. and other wealthy countries, has put together a secret alternative negotiating text. Known as the "Danish text," it would let rich countries shirk their respo