Lackawanna animal-control officer Frederick S. Grasso finally got his day in court Monday, testifying that he shot and killed three cats last June only after they had hissed and spat at him from the basement of a Lackawanna apartment complex.

As shown here, despite growing public opposition to trapping cruelty across the country, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's (RCMP's) official winter uniform hat uses the furs and skins of 2-3 muskrats (per hat) that have suffered in cruel steel traps.

I am writing from the Storm area in Northwest Tennessee. Obion and Lake County are Devestated by the storm. We have NO POWER. We have been waking up in the cold house in the dark in the 20's. ( No heat). I learned last night we will be

Later in life, we're the ones who have the edge. But in the first nine months after birth, chimpanzees can be smarter than humans, scientists claim. Orphaned chimpanzees given special 'mothering' by humans did better in tests of cognitive ability

The FDA has adopted new rules allowing companies to sell genetically modified animals and their products on the market, and affirming that the DNA of such animals is private property that can be held under patent. READ THIS!

More than eighty people were arrested on Saturday after Martin and Midland County Sheriff's responded to a call about illegal cockfighting.

Advocates point to allegations of puppies ripped from their mother's womb and dogs being submerged in insecticide baths in pushing for legislation they say would better regulate Minnesota's pet-breeding industry.

"It is about giving pets in our shelter to be used in live experimentation," says resident Sandy Carlton.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - A spate of recent deadly animal attacks in Indonesia has thrown the spotlight on growing conflicts between humans and animals triggered by the rapid dwindling of the country's forests.

WE BELIEVE THAT KILLING OF PUPS BEING UN-BORN OR JUST BORN IS WRONG. TO TAKE A HEALTHY PREGNANT MOM AND SPAY HER JUST SO THAT THE SHELTER IS VIEWED AS FOLLOWING PROTOCOL AND NOT LETTING ANY ANIMAL LEAVE WITHOUT BEING SPAYED/NEUTERED IS BARBARIC. THE