Tens of millions of animals are slaughtered and butchered by indescribably cruel methods in China each year. Animal fur is in high demand, and the Chinese deliver. What does not get exported outside of China usually ends up on a dinner plate.

Now, I like elephants just as much as the next person. They're peaceful, lumbering giants who never forget a thing. It has been their sad lot to be the victims of poachers who would kill, and often do, for elephant tusks. They have been subjected to

Comedian and actress Lily Tomlin is scheduled to be among morning speakers expected to ask the council to send Jenny to a sanctuary in Tennessee.

Call it the Lily and Jenny show if you must, but there were few laughs Wednesday when comedian Lily Tomlin came to City Hall to persuade Mayor Tom Leppert and council members to send the Dallas Zoo's last elephant to a sanctuary in Tennessee.

Despite the Dallas Zoo's recent announcement that Jenny the elephant would not be traveling to Mexico after all, her fate still hangs in a precarious balance.

The death of a 23-year-old African elephant and her 1-month-old calf at an Alabama zoo has prompted an animal protection group to renew its call for an end to elephant breeding in zoos.

The "shortfall" in ivory described in the document between 1991 and 2002 -- equal to the tusks from about 11,000 dead elephants -- could provide fodder for representatives of a U.N. accord to reject China's attempt next week to gain permission to import

Update: Our appeal has been rejected, and Junichi and Toru have been ordered to spend a further 9 days in jail without charge. Under Japanese law, they can be held for up to 23 days without charge. More than 220,000 people have now used our global action

After Beijing's Cat Death Camps, here come the Seal version in Arkhangelsk, Russia. OMG I had nooooooooooooo idea about THIS...

The name of the dog was Natividad, and he was left to die of starvation in the face of all, as if the death of a poor dog was a shameless media show in which nobody does nothing but applaud or look puzzled."