In first, Israel’s Agriculture Ministry admits to cruel conditions on animal transports
SUE SURKES: 'A damning report about conditions aboard ships that transport live animals for fattening and slaughter in Israel has emerged from…
German Green Party looks to ban all industrial animal farming
JORG LUYKEN: 'The Green Party in Germany has said it intends to ban industrial animal farming as part of a wide-ranging and costly package to combat…
Heroic animal activist severely battered trying to save stolen dogs from Yulin slaughterhouse
TRACY YU: 'A Chinese animal activist has been hospitalised after dog meat traders ganged up on her and beat her up when she tried to save hundreds…
30th horse dies at Santa Anita Park since racing season started in December
HAYLEY PROKOS: 'A 30th horse has died at Santa Anita Park since the racing season began on December 26, officials said. American Currency, a…
Hunt saboteurs now using covert surveillance to secure animal cruelty convictions
VICTORIA WARD: 'Hunt saboteurs attached tracking devices to the vehicle of a huntsman and set up secret cameras to secure a conviction, a court has…
STUDY: Dogs’ Eyes Have Changed Since Humans Befriended Them
HALEY WEISS: 'Dogs, more so than almost any other domesticated species, are desperate for human eye contact. When raised around people, they begin…
‘Bred simply to be shot’: Inside America’s ‘exotic’ hunting industry
INES NOVACIC: 'Most people associate the multi-billion-dollar exotic animal industry in the U.S. with the exotic pet trade; but the breeding and…
Seven baby monkeys died from poisoning at U.S. research center
OLIVER MILMAN: 'Seven infant monkeys were poisoned and died at one of the largest primate research centers in the US, internal documents have…
Russia starts freeing captive whales after outcry
TOM BALMFORTH: 'Russia has begun releasing a group of almost 100 captive whales into the wild whose detention in Russia's Far East since last year…
INVESTIGATION: Cows fitted with ‘portholes’ into their stomachs at French research facility
CHRIS DYER: 'An animal rights group has taken undercover footage of cows fitted with plastic 'portholes' at a French research facility. Activist…