Strike for workers at world’s largest donkey sanctuary

May 19, 2014

Workers at the world’s largest donkey and mule charity based in Ireland are going on strike. Staff at the Donkey Sanctuary in Liscarroll, Co…

Bear rescue planned for 130 moon bears farmed for their bile

May 16, 2014

In Nanning, China, 130 bears are being kept in tiny cages where they’ve been since birth and their future is even more dire than…

Alaska hunter bags largest grizzly ever killed as trophy

May 8, 2014

This is sad to see but necessary. The largest grizzly bear ever taken by a hunter has been entered into hunting club Boone and…

Sid the dog found alive in vet clinic cage after owners thought he was euthanized

May 7, 2014

Sid, a five-year-old Leonberger, was thought to have been euthanized last fall because of a degenerative spinal condition. But his owners were horrified to…

Nicolino Camardi charged with animal cruelty in muzzled dog, cat case

May 6, 2014

WARNING: Graphic photos of dead animals below A 19-year-old Alberta man has been charged with animal cruelty after the bodies of a dog and…

So very Canadian. Moose forces school into lock down

April 28, 2014

Students were in lock down in an Orillia, Ontario school after a 600-pound moose arrived on the property. The female moose was seen at…

Chloe the French bulldog theft caught on video – and search goes viral

April 19, 2014

Shaughnessy Keely was kind enough to let a stranger pet her dog, Chloe, while she was at work in Vancouver. Within seconds the stranger…

Rats used as potential retaliation in row between women over a man

April 7, 2014

A fight over a man has led people to look for several female suspects after one of them apparently dumped a box of rats…

Second arrest made in case of cat shot 17 times in the head

February 20, 2014

On the same day one man faced a bail hearing in a disturbing case of animal abuse that left a cat clinging to life…

Copenhagen Zoo defends decision: Why we killed Marius, the giraffe

February 10, 2014

The Copenhagen Zoo’s decision to euthanize–aka put a bullet in the head of Marius, one of its giraffe–has caused outrage. The killing was done…