A gamekeeper kept a coded diary of the birds of prey and badgers that he killed using illegal traps and snares, a court was told yesterday.

Scores of Buddhist villagers in India's north-eastern state of Assam have performed a unique funeral ritual for more than 800 endangered storks that died after a tree where they were nesting fell.

Federal wildlife officials have asked a judge to put gray wolves in the Northern Rockies back on the endangered species list -- a sharp reversal from the government's prior contention that the animals were thriving.

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"Beat on the bitch. Make her cry," a supervisor advises, as he kicks a young pig's face, abdomen and genitals. The dismissive nature of these workers indicates their cruelty is commonplace. How can Hormel monitor this single supplier -- let alone all its

An Andean Condor, one of the largest flying birds in the world, flies after being released into the wild in Sierra de Paileman, some 750 miles south of Buenos Aires.

Mars Petcare US has just announced a voluntary recall of all dry pet-food products produced at its plant in Everson, Pennsylvania, between February 18 and July 29, citing potential contamination with salmonella.

Eagle owls are breeding in the wild in Britain for the first time in perhaps thousands of years, ornithologists have said. Several pairs of the bird - the largest owl in the world - have produced offspring at

Polar bears and other rare species are in danger of dying out, scientists fear, as latest figures show the Artic sea ice is at record lows. Scientists from the World Wildlife Fund, who are recording

Contraceptive injections are to be used by scientists in a bid to control a troublesome wild boar population. Landowners complain the feral animals damage crops, spread disease and even attack