At least three animal rights groups will protest what they call abusive treatment of elephants by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus Wednesday outside its opening night performance at the San Diego Sports Arena.

EDWARDSVILLE -- A veterinarian neglected three dogs to the point of death and let water for her horses become a breeding ground for insects, say police.

SAN DIEGO -- A kitten found with its eyes spray-painted shut is recovering at the County Department of Animal Services' shelter. The feline was found Wednesday by a deputy city attorney walking her dogs in Logan Heights. A criminal animal-abuse investigat

Linda Ellerbee and six kids from the United States leave their laptops, cell-phones and televisions behind to live in an elephant sanctuary in the mountains of Thailand,

At the wildlife office, Mubanga has never heard of posttraumatic stress but is sure of one thing. "If you're shot in the leg you'll definitely be annoyed and you won't forget even when the wound is healed," he said. "It's the same with elephants."

An elephant herd that was attacked by villagers on the India-Nepal border last Tuesday night chased and killed a villager in north Bengal Friday.

Two circus elephants freak out the locals in Newmarket, Ont. as confused police officers take their calls. Suzy, Bunny and Minny, weighing in at a combined 11,000 kilograms, managed to escape from the confines of their Garden Brothers Circus pen around

The death of a female elephant in Tuesday's firing on a herd, which crossed into Nepal from West Bengal, has raised concerns over the safety of animals migrating across international borders in the region. Five other elephants were injured.

Bamandangi (Nepal), July 11: The discovery of the mutilated carcass of a female elephant here -- in Nepal's Jhapa district -- today has revived the spectre of organised poaching in the pachyderm corridor bordering India.

DECISION: Choice may be made within week but there are still obstacles to move.