About 380,000 wolves roamed North America before European settlement. The defense council says it will take 2,000 to 5,000 wolves to keep the Northern Rockies population genetically viable. There are only 1500 wolves there now. Do the math.

Wolves in the extreme northwest will be classified as trophy game animals, making it illegal, in general, to kill them without a permit. In the majority of the state wolves will be classified as predators where they can be shot on sight without limits.

Expert takes questions on finding lost animals.Ms. Vaughan will be online Monday at noon EST to take your questions on everything from how to prevent your pet from being lost or stolen, to what to do if your pet goes missing, to just what a private pet

Alaska is truly our nation's last frontier. It is also the last place in the U.S. where a few hunters still use aircraft to chase and kill wolves. They shoot these animals from the air or chase them to exhaustion before landing and shooting them point bla

More and more veterinarians are offering hospice care for terminally ill cats and dogs. This gives pet owners another option to expensive surgeries or early euthanasia by teaching them how to nurse their pet at home. About 30 veterinarians across

Dashing hopes from both sides, a state judge did not rule today whether he would uphold a town judge's ruling that eight dogs seized in an animal abuse investigation be returned to their owner, a Kent dog breeder.

The owner of a bird dog that was tied by a rope to a railroad track and run over by a train is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who can help find the person responsible.

A photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society shows Hudson, right, a polar bear who will turn 1-year-old on December 14 getting a 'bear' hug

Members of the Animal Legal Defense Fund met with Upshur County district attorneys and law enforcement, addressing several large scale animal abuse cases that have occurred in East Texas over the past year.

YADKINVILLE NC -- Death by gas poisoning is often slow and agonizing for these animals, and sometimes it doesn't even work. We regularly receive reports that animals have regained consciousness at landfills and in freezers after being gassed.