With elephant logging now illegal in Thailand, many owners look to the tourism industry for income. There are over 2000 working elephants in Thailand now with tour treks, as street beggars or performing in elephant circus shows. While it is fun and

Oxen raced for almost three miles, through the town, out into the country, up/down hills, back down main street to the church. Watched by large crowds of spectators, and chased by riders on horseback, who spur on the oxen using lances with sharp spikes.

The recent circular issued by the Central Zoo Authority to all zoos in the country instructing them to send elephants to elephant camps, national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves, has created much confusion among zoo managements.

Two dogs were reported yesterday to be infected with the H1N1 influenza virus, according to the China Daily news. The dogs were both located in Beijing, China.

For some people, a pet is not just a pet, but a member of the family. For Jo Joshua of Stevenson Ranch, she just wanted her pet dog to be well-groomed for the holidays.

The one-year-old dog is also her lifesaver - stopping her from falling into a coma at least twice a week. Coco is the first dog in the world to detect a potentially fatal attack caused by Addison's disease.

She said she had the cat that she has had for about a year taken to the facility last Monday to have her spayed. But she said that when she visited the center the next morning she discovered the cat was missing most of her left ear.

GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico has such a bad history with research monkeys running amok that some residents are stunned that its government has tentatively approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates for sale to U.S. researchers.

NAIROBI (AFP) - Wildlife officials here Monday displayed more than half a tonne of recently-seized ivory, reflecting a rise in poaching they said was prompted by the controversial sale of stockpiled tusks last year.

WHEN Patterdale terrier Scrappy Doo was stolen five years ago, Tom Smith thought he would never see his beloved pet again. So he was flabbergasted when he got a phone call to say that the pooch had been found tied up to a post outside a haird