Orangutan shot 74 times with an air gun blinded and lost her baby, but refuses to give up

March 28, 2019

Hope was near death when found by villagers on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island. X-rays later revealed 74 air rifle bullets throughout her body, including in…

Russian accused of “sadistic” attempt to smuggle young orangutan out of Bali

March 26, 2019

The young orangutan was drugged before being stuffed into a basket in an attempt to smuggle it out of Bali. But Indonesian authorities intercepted…

Meatless Monday: Dead whale ingested 88 pounds of plastic

March 25, 2019

The final cause of death for the juvenile whale found in the Phillippines was obvious as soon as the contents in the whale’s stomach…

“Disgusting” death for whale that swallowed 40 kilograms of plastic

March 19, 2019

Any way you look at it, people killed this whale. The male Cuvier’s beaked whale ate about 40 kilograms of plastic before it washed…

Wisconsin man charged after newborn puppies thrown in trash

March 14, 2019

The investigation began as a “complaint of the sounds of kittens coming from a garbage can.” When officers with the Marshfield Police Department in…

World’s only tool-using vulture, the Egyptian vulture, at risk of disappearing

March 14, 2019

It’s been said that vultures aren’t the prettiest of birds. Their food choices, feeding off carcasses, give them a bad reputation and let’s face…

Did you hear the one about the horse in the back of a pickup? Because. Texas.

March 12, 2019

They not only make them bigger in Texas, but a lot bolder. Though, perhaps not very bright. Kerry Green Costello was driving on Highway…

Thursday Turtles: 1,500 exotic turtles and tortoises found duct-taped inside luggage in Manila

March 7, 2019

Customs officials in Manila have seized 1,529 live exotic turtles found inside the luggage of a passenger arriving in the Phillippines from Hong Kong. …

“Extreme hoarding” case sees 630 dogs seized in Georgia

March 6, 2019

Hundreds of dogs have been rescued from an alleged puppy mill in one of the largest hoarding cases in Georgia’s history, according to animal…

Santa Anita deadly racetrack mystery as trainers and officials try to find out why so many horses have died

March 5, 2019

Twenty horses at a single racetrack in California have died in the past two months, leading to concerns about environmental conditions at the facility…