While most 9-year-olds might want to spend a sunny Saturday in August at a water park or inside playing video games, Payton Tatom and her 7-year-old brother, Dalton, were pursuing a more noble cause. The siblings set up a lemonade and bake sale stand

Animal rights activists say an elephant at Edmonton's Valley Zoo is showing signs of depression and severe arthritis and it's time to move her to a sanctuary. PETA says elephants are social animals, and they believe Lucy is lonely on her own at

Some saffron finches seized last month in an alleged Connecticut bird-fighting ring had sharpened beaks, and at least one had a sharp metal object attached to its beak, police said Friday. Investigators said in an arrest affidavit unsealed Thursday

- One cat from Parker definitely has nine lives. Benjamin was shot in the face with some sort of gun back in April. His owners found him, and then turned him over to Dr. David Schulman at Animal Health Care Specialists in Denver. Benjamin had a

A local family takes their toy poodle to the groomer to get primped, but a few hours later they find out their beloved pet is dead. Narsina Jones says it appears her 12-month-old dog Miles, died after he was left in a drying cage for too long.

The morning of July 8, Melinda Merck was up by 3:30. By sunrise, she was processing her first of three remote Missouri crime scenes that day. Merck, a top forensic veterinarian, flew in from Atlanta to help with the country's largest-ever dogfighting

Zoo and circus owner Brian Boswell, accused by wildlife authorities of animal cruelty, is off the hook -- for now. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, which alleged that Boswell kept animals at his Camperdown Lion Park and Zoo in "intolerable and appalling

Using live animals to train combat medics and others in how to deal with traumatic injuries is no longer necessary because of sophisticated medical mannequins and other training options, people opposed to the practice argue

It is believed that Sandlin received a permit to keep Tony, the imprisoned suffering tiger. URGENT!!! PLEASE HELP TONY!!! PLEASE E-MAIL, FAX, AND POSTAL MAIL THE FOLLOWING CONTACTS AND ASK THEM NOT TO ISSUE SANDLIN A STATE PERMIT.

There is a truck stop in a small town called Grosse Tete, on I-10 near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which uses a live tiger as a gimmick to try and get passing motorists to stop. The tiger is living in very bad conditions and animal welfare groups want it to