Jail, fines & bans for Alaska poachers who killed denning bear, cubs

January 26, 2019

Alaska researchers were tracking a mother bear and her cubs, but never expected to capture this. They had collared the sow and set up…

Crime-fighting dog sniffs out millions in smuggled drugs, criminals want her dead

January 24, 2019

Scamp, the sniffer dog, is so good at his job, criminals have placed a £25,000 bounty put on his head. Stuart Phillips, who runs…

Hundreds of bear claws leads to discovery of dead turtles in suspect’s home

January 22, 2019

The recovery of more than 1,600 bear claws seized from three suspected wildlife smugglers in Thailand has also uncovered the carcasses of dead turtles…

$10,000 fine for B.C. man who shot a moose and left it to suffer

January 22, 2019

A British Columbia man has been fined $10,000 and banned from hunting for three years for illegally shooting a moose. The incident occurred in…

Meatless Monday: Interactive map of slaughterhouses in Australia published online

January 21, 2019

A comprehensive, interactive map of farms, abbatoirs and other facilities where animals are kept has been released by an animal rights group and condemned…

Supporters of convicted kangaroo torturer lash out at media covering sentencing

January 15, 2019

Friends and family of a man who was convicted of torturing a kangaroo fiercely confronted reporters covering the sentencing. Dylan Leslie Griffin, 22, was…

Meatless Monday: Protesters want police officer who killed deer in Lethbridge, Alberta to resign

January 14, 2019

Thousands of animal lovers have signed a petition and about a hundred people protested this weekend in front of a police station after video…

Kitten smuggler in Singapore foiled by suspicious bulge in his pants: officials

January 7, 2019

Authorities in Singapore said they caught a man smuggling kittens in his pants. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said a 45-year-old man from Singapore…

Ban on fur farms in Serbia now in place saving 12,000 chinchillas a year

January 6, 2019

After a 10-year phase out period, Serbia has now officially banned fur farming. The 2009 Animal Welfare Act gave farmers a decade to get…

Oil sands giant Syncrude fined $2.75-million deaths of great blue herons

January 4, 2019

Syncrude Canada Ltd. will pay $2.75-million in federal and provincial fines for deaths of 31 great blue herons at one of its oil sands…