Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation (WRR) Veterinarian Dr. Megan McAndrew recounts a particularly meaningful day for a young duck -- and for her. The downy little duck came to WRR with at least a foot of fishing line protruding from his beak.

Foie gras, considered by some to be a delicacy, is produced by forcing a long metal pipe down the throats of ducks and geese and force-feeding them massive amounts of grain, resulting in their livers swelling to up to 10 times their normal

With starvation threatening one-sixth of the world's population, and the West's technological solutions called into question--the Green Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s failed to solve the problem, and now the Gene Revolution, or agricultural biotechnolo

They killed the Elephant with a poisonous arrow and a spear. It was a horrendous death for this poor animal.

Most experts agree that we are losing upwards of 80,000 acres of tropical rainforest daily ... Along with this loss and degradation, we are losing some 135 plant, animal and insect species every day--or some 50,000 species a year--as the forests fall.

A group of British tourists are suing a wildlife safari park after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned, spilling them into a pride of lions. The men and women had been viewing the animals at the Sanbona Wildlife Reserve near Montagu, 270m

A species of skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, say scientists.

A Virginia-based poultry protection group has condemned a Community School project in which chickens were raised and later slaughtered to teach eighth-graders about the realities of food production.

It's nice that real live chickens are making a comeback in some people's minds and yards, but urban chicken-keeping involves significant problems. With the increased popularity of urban flocks, animal shelters are being flooded with calls to take in unwa

One dog, one cat, three chickens -- all were found beheaded in Philadelphia late last week. The AP's brief account of the discovery mentioned only the dog and cat in its intro, the chickens coming up only a few sentences later as having been found "along