The Shih Tzu is a dog breed which originated in China. The name is both singular and plural. The spelling "Shih Tzu", most commonly used for the breed, is according to the Wade-Giles system of romanization.

Federal officials say they'll look into complaints by the animal rights group PETA about the treatment of animals at University of Utah research facilities. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says one of its agents spent eight months

While an Edmond woman slept in her apartment, an acquaintance of her roommates allegedly threw her kitten against the apartment wall, breaking its leg, and burned its face and head with a cigarette lighter, Edmond Police said Friday.

Coopers Chance Animal Rescue & other volunteers & organizations recently rescued 33 dogs & cats from an abandoned home. It was without power or water & covered in feces. The animals were left to die in the Arizona heat. They are now safe, but need help.

Efforts to promote the importance of wildlife conservation to children appear to be making a breakthrough, according to new research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

It's a survivor's story unlike any you've probably heard: a curious kitty who discovered -- the hard way -- how the foreclosure crisis is creating new dangers for our pets.

55 puppies, some of them barely weeks old, as big as the hands which mindlessly killed them, others older, wagging their tails hoping for breakfast, are pushed into a cold and wet room to be monstrously killed.

Two frozen tigers have been seized by environmental authorities near Hanoi. Hanoi police made a horrifying discovery when they stopped a taxi in the central province of Thanh Hoa: The frozen carcasses of two tigers.

Pamela Anderson recently posed for a PETA campaign entitled "Cruelty Doesn't Fly," in which she acts as a scantily-clad airport security guard who strips passengers of their leather and fur.

Joshua James McKinley, 30, got in a fight with his wife, entered the house and found the cat eating off of the dinner table, according to police. He grabbed the cat, named Whiskey, and slammed it numerous times into the floor.