The Fauna Foundation sanctuary in Canada lost a dear friend last week. J.B. and I knew Tom well from our time at Fauna and our hearts go out to everyone at the sanctuary. We know how big of a loss this is for the humans and the other chimpanzees.

Last year, the BBC aired Pedigree Dogs: Exposed, an hour long documentary on how breeding for dog show standards has created an unhealthy "parade of mutants." Recently, the documentary aired in the United States, exposing US audiences to the horrible

When Kiba the elephant died, the rest of her herd mourned -- human and elephant alike. The Nashville Zoo was forced to euthanize the 26-year-old African elephant on Thursday. Kiba suffered from a degenerative joint injury that was crippling her with

Animal rights campaigners are celebrating the end of a seven-year campaign to see all of India's dancing bears set free. Former keepers have been rehabilitated into other jobs so that they no longer use the animals to earn an income.

This week, the Washington Post told the story of former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus elephant handler Sam Haddock, who trained baby elephants at Ringling's Florida breeding center for 18 years. Responding to his wife's dying wish, and a

The Orlando Science Center and the Orlando Public Library are participating in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus programs, despite hearing from PETA and the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida about the company's lengthy and public history of

The rainy season has now started in Kasungu and with it has come an amazing, and sometimes annoying, array of insects and flowers. While observing Titan's Troop last week one of our volunteers noticed a dried-up red leaf hopping along the undergrowth,

A bill to ban bullfighting in the Spanish region of Catalonia cleared its first hurdle Friday as legislators mulled a measure to reject a cultural pillar of traditional Spain. Catalans and their regional capital, Barcelona, consider themselves a

The bear and its owner, an impoverished Kalandar nomad, were discovered in southern India, and persuaded to travel to a sanctuary where the bear will be treated for facial and dental injuries and the owner retrained as a wildlife park keeper.

Anti-whaling group the Sea Shepherd claims Japanese security ship has used a military class weapon against it as tensions between the Japanese and Australian protest boat the Steve Irwin escalate in the Antarctic.