LURAY, Va. -- A 16-year-old employee of a small Virginia zoo is recovering after a tiger bit her when she tried to pet it. Zoo owner Jennifer Westhoff says the girl lost her pinky and had cuts on her hand. She was showing a 5-year-old Bengal tiger name

BAGHDAD -- Baghdad authorities announced a campaign on Thursday to kill stray dogs who roam the Iraqi capital in packs, after a spate of fatal dog attacks left children in some neighborhoods fearful of going outside. In August alone, 13 people died of

North Dakota's wildlife division chief says deer hunters killed two mountain lions in the Badlands over the weekend.

Universal Children's Day should be EVERY DAY, of course! But, now they say it's today... So; we better take care of EVERY CHILD on this Planet! Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, the year after that, and...

The international aid agency Save the Children claims they have assisted at least 100,000 Burmese children affected by Cyclone Nargis in returning to school.

I am a creative Jill of all Trades - I have been an active photographer for over 20 years, with pictures published both in print and in online publications and galleries. I use both traditional SLR and digital SLR equipment to capture images, and often di

As someone who has spent a lifetime defending whales, I have to say that the performance of the Australian government in regard to the defense of the whales has been dismal and impotent. There has been plenty of posturing and posing, meetings and diplomat

2,000,000 cats and dogs are sadistically skinned alive every year in China for their fur and left to die slowly in shock and excruciating pain.WHY? "BECAUSE" SAY THE CHINESE-IT EASIER TO SKIN A LIVE-WARM ANIMAL CONVULSING IN AGONGY--THAN A DEAD ONE!

We urgently need your help to close down the L.A. Zoo elephant exhibit and send its solitary elephant, Billy, to a sanctuary. We are so very close to freeing him from his lonely existence in a miserable, barren zoo pen - please don't let him down!

Once severely endangered, elephants in South Africa now thrive, causing some to worry that their population could threaten smaller species. Some are calling to reinstate culling of elephants for the first time since 1994.