Animal Rights News

Jazzy the dog joined about 10 protesters waiting outside the Justice Center to send a message to Abby Toll.

Animal rights activists in the Flathead Valley say they hope a retired physician learned his lesson.

A woman pierced her skin with giant fish hooks and hung herself from the ceiling of a boutique in Paris on Thursday in a radical protest at the threat of extinction facing the world's sharks.

Cliff Williamson throws a calf in last year's Calgary Stampede, which is under attack by the Humane Society of Canada.

MILK giant Fonterra has cancelled its supply contract with a Tasmanian dair over animal cruelty concerns.

Wed, Jul 1, 2009 Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department.

A central Kentucky woman has been charged with animal cruelty and dozens of dogs were seized from her mobile home.

The way animals are treated in modern day society is appalling. American has seemed to have lost all its respect for human nature.

Animal rights activists at PETA have asked MICHAEL JACKSON's family to let them have the King of Pop's rat song BEN as a new anthem.

Besides leaving a musical legacy, Michael Jackson orphaned an array of exotic pets with some of them unaccounted for and even his beloved chimpanzee Bubbles depending on donations.

The Calgary Humane Society won't be following in the footsteps of another animal welfare group that is calling for an end to calf-roping at the Calgary Stampede.

LEWISBURG, W.Va. - A worker at a West Virginia turkey plant who stomped on a bird's head and slammed another to the ground will spend a year on home confinement for animal cruelty.

Besides his three children and millions of fans, Michael Jackson has also left behind less likely progeny -- a dancing chimp, four giraffes and other exotic pets.

Five of 10 horses at the center of an animal abuse case that led to the demotion of a Pender County deputy have been returned to their owner.

Columbiana County Municipal Court Judge Mark Frost will determine whether the Humane Society of Columbiana County has the authority to investigate animal abuse claims and file criminal charges.

Published: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 11:14 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 11:14 a.m. WINTER HAVEN A Winter Haven woman who leases guard dogs to area businesses was charged with animal neglect Tuesday after authorities discovered the dogs in poor condition, the Sheriff's Office said.

JACKSON, Miss. - Animal shelters around the country are fighting outbreaks of a highly contagious and deadly dog virus in a situation made worse by recession-driven overcrowding and lack of vaccinations.

CINCINNATI - Ohio should have a state board to set guidelines for livestock care, Gov.

A Columbus firefighter was sentenced to 90 days in jail Wednesday for shooting his two dogs and dumping their bodies in a dumpster behind his fire station.

COLUMBUS: An animal rights group has won approval to bring three hogs to Ohio's state capitol grounds for a protest against large-scale hog farms.