animal cruelty

The mission of Wildlife Services, an office in the Department of Agriculture (USDA), is “to provide federal…

In the small town of Grosse Tête, Louisiana, a Bengal-Siberian hybrid tiger named Tony lived 17 wearisome years…

Providing new evidence that the last remaining thing we can all agree on is that animals are good, the U.S. House of…

Diseases and premature deaths among confined orcas are linked to the tremendous stresses endured by these aquatic…

A Texas woman says she recently witnessed an alligator with what appeared to be some kind of knife stuck in its head…

Warning: This post contains descriptions of videos depicting animal cruelty.

The polar vortex may be chilling much of the Midwest to the bone this week, but it’s cold as hell elsewhere too. And…

Robert Crosland, a high school science teacher in Preston, Idaho, was found not guilty of animal cruelty by a…

On Monday, a science teacher in Florida took his students outside and drowned two raccoons. According to one…

As part of a $63,000 research project to devise new and effective ways of pruning back the skyrocketing iguana…

This week, the Westminster Kennel Club is hosting its popular annual dog show, where canines of all shapes and sizes…

An investigation into the oral health of captive orca whales is raising serious concerns about the health and…

German Shepherds are among the most popular breeds in the world, but their numbers have started to decline. New…

A Pittsburgh man discovered a neglected cat with two pounds of matted fur when he paid a visit to his 82-year-old…

Nineteen-year-old Azalea, a chimp who’s probably as smart as your kid, has to live in North Korea’s Central Zoo in…

Each year, around 6,000 birds are incinerated after chasing bugs within the Ivanpah concentrated solar thermal plant…

If you’re like me and an American who hasn’t gone to a SeaWorld since 2002, then you probably haven’t heard of…

Here we go again: A jaguar that was brought out during an Olympic torch event earlier this week was shot and killed…

Six months after researchers in China bioengineered monkeys to have autism, a Japanese team of scientists has used…

SeaWorld has announced that it’s ended the practice of breeding orcas in captivity. It’ll also stop running its…