THE TORTURE CHAMBERS: Islamabad’s zoo closes, but its empty cages hold clues to animals’ suffering
PAMELA CONSTABLE: Like an abandoned prison or asylum, the overgrown grounds of the now-shuttered Marghazar Zoo in Pakistan are filled with ghosts,…
IT’S A MAD, MAD WORLD: Sales of ‘pet’ face masks spiked 500% during COVID-19 pandemic
GRACE DEAN: A company selling face masks for pets has reported booming sales for 2020 - but top vets told Insider you shouldn't put a mask on your…
FUR-COVER UP: ‘Independent Standards Press Organisation’ says story linking animal cruelty to British fur industry was ‘misleading’
CAMILLA TOMINEY: The Independent Press Standards Organisation ruled there was "no evidence" to back up the story linking a Chinese farm to UK…
DE-LIVER THEM FROM EVIL: France planning mass slaughter of ducks, as bird flu hits ‘foie gras’ farming industry
AFP: French producers of foie gras have called for a mass preventive cull of ducks to try to halt the spread of a severe strain of bird flu that is…
‘SLOWLY STARVING TO DEATH’: Whale trapped in nets in Japan for two weeks, evil authorities will not rescue
JUSTIN MCCURRY: Animal rights campaigners have demanded the immediate release of a minke whale that has been trapped for more than two weeks in nets…
STOP CLONING AROUND: The rise of the animal cloning industry
HELEN PILCHER: Animals – from pets and livestock to working dogs and extinct species – are being cloned for a variety of purposes. But copying…
KARMA IS A BITCH: Are we the cows of the future?
ESTHER LESLIE: There was a moment, in the early days of the pandemic, when reports surfaced here and there of improvements in air and water quality…
REPORT: Thousands of wild animals ‘legally’ sold in pet shops across the UK
PR NEWSWIRE: Over a hundred thousand wild animals including crocodiles, monkeys, sugar gliders (small mammals) and Gila monsters (venomous lizards)…
FALLEN ANGELS: ‘It is a massacre’, hundreds of dead birds litter Rome street scared to death by New Year’s Eve fireworks
CHRISTY COONEY: Hundreds of birds found dead on a street in Rome on New Year's Eve were scared to death by fireworks, animal rights campaigners have…
CRUEL TO THE LAST DROP: Exotic Animal Cafés Featuring Otters, Lizards and Owls Raise Alarms
DANIELLE BEURTEAUX: Coffee shops where patrons can cuddle with a cat or pet a dog have sprung up in cities around the world in recent years. But…