PETA spent seven weeks undercover at AgriProcessors, Inc., slaughterhouse in Iowa. This is what they found.
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The circus is coming to Austin soon, but some animal activists are trying to stop it - urging the city to ban circuses altogether. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will be at the Erwin Center next month, and the circus says it has
A safer environment leads to smaller families with larger offspring, but places species at greater risk of extinction, according to research.
Doctoral student Daniel Falster from Sydney's Macquarie University, and his colleagues, report their findings
UNITED NATIONS - China's government lost track of 121 tons of elephant ivory over a dozen years that probably were sold on illegal markets, according to a previously undisclosed Chinese report to UN regulatory officials.
The "shortfall" in ivory descri
They found that since 2000 the numbers of cetaceans found dead has increased fivefold with up to 250 being found on Cornish beaches each year. This is likely to be only a tiny fraction of the total deaths since tides carry most carcasses
Jane Goodall purses her lips together as if she is about to whistle. Then, she bursts into a haunting chimpanzee greeting call that seems to erupt from deep within her belly.
"That's how you say hello in the chimp world," the world-renowned primatolog
They bring cheer to children, an exotic touch to tourist enterprises and colour to parades and festivities. But lack of nutrition, ill-treatment at hands of owners and overwork are threatening the largest land animal in the world.
Further consideration of the pending legislation in Spain that would provide some statutory protections for great apes. It's a small step with implications big and small for humans and animals alike. A good read!
<p>AS THE LARGEST LAND-Based animal, the elephant has the ability to excite strong emotions - emotions that now pit different African countries against each other over whether the beast has more value alive or dead.</p>
