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Demanding constitutional rights won’t fly. But watch for another approach that will soon change everything.
Demanding constitutional rights won’t fly. But watch for another approach that will soon change everything.
Ian Thomas was doing the rounds of his farm, feeding his chickens, goats and donkey when he was thrown to the ground. Stunned and in great pain, he grabbed onto Monty, his large black schnauzer, and the dog helped him struggle back to the house.
Toronto city councilors have voted overwhelmingly to send the three elephants at the Toronto Zoo to the California sanctuary PAWS (The Performing Animal Welfare Society).
Family pet Titan wouldn’t let his Dad, John Benton, leave the house. Benton was heading out to work one day last July, but Titan, a pit bull, was blocking the doorway.
For many of us on this website, when we think of cows and pigs, we think of the horrors of factory farming. But for a rural community in Michigan, there are still family farms doing things the traditional way. And Dr. Jan Pol is their veterinarian.
Like POWs, concentration camp inmates, and victims of domestic violence, caged and confined birds are all candidates for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The online news magazine quotes a “source close to Dr. Murray” as saying that “a study was done on beagle dogs to determine how much Propofol would have to be orally consumed to cause death.
One out of every three pets in the U.K. – that’s more than 12 million – are being fed treats that are leading to obesity. That’s the takeaway from a new study by the nation’s largest veterinary charity, the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA).
There was a standing ovation for the City Council of Irvine, California, when its members voted to ban retail sales of pets.
On death row at Utah’s West Valley City animal “shelter,” Andrea the cat was put in the gas chamber, along with several other cats. When they took the dead cats out, Andrea was still alive.
Year-old Shamavu was rescued by the Congolese Wildlife Authorities rangers in Africa’s Virunga National Park in a sting operation.
This newborn elephant, at the Whipsnade Zoo in England, is fully occupied with take her first baby steps and working out which leg does what and, most important, how not to step on her own trunk. She doesn’t seem quite certain what it’s even there for.
Two Chinese animal protection organizations paid $13,000 to a dog trader in Southwest China’s Sichuan province to rescue nearly 800 dogs who were on their way to restaurants.
Disgraced Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-Suk has unveiled the results of his latest experiment: cloning coyotes.
During my husband’s illness, Friday lay beside his bed, provided support when my husband walked and never left his side. Friday obviously knew that something was wrong. He was devoted to his master.
A company that owns 74 shopping malls across the country has said it will ban the sale of pets in any stores on its properties.
I had never before been invited to a canine wedding, and I smiled as I returned the R.S.V.P. card, saying that I would certainly be attending.
It began in 1999 with 14 animal shelters in the San Diego area. Last year, 3,600 shelters and rescues in 17 countries took part, and more than 1,125,667 orphan pets were placed in good homes.
Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben has joined the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City’s Washington Square Park.
A new study shows that dogs who come from puppy mills carry emotional scars that can last for years, even after they’ve been rescued and placed in good new homes.