The species is native to the state, but they were wiped out in the early 1900s by trappers.

Long condemned by campaigners, horse soring involves using chemicals and devices to inflict pain on horses to produce an exaggerated gait rewarded in some competitions.

Controversial plans to roundup and remove the herd of 200 wild horses have been dropped, and wildlife services will now help to maintain the animals inside the park instead.

The species was hunted to near extinction during the 20th century, but now federal plans will see the bears finally return to their natural home in the North Cascades ecosystem.

The politician has been widely criticized after comments in a new book revealed how she took a goat and 1-year-old dog to a gravel pit and shot them both dead.

All commercial and recreational salmon fishing has been banned off the coast of California for only the fourth time in state history.

The bill aims for safer and humane alternatives for rat control, and hopes to protect the city’s wildlife who can be killed by eating poisoned rats - including Flaco the Owl who died back in February.

The lawsuit says the US Fish and Wildlife Service is illegally denying protections to wolves.

Massachusetts state police’s futuristic companion shows how innovative solutions like robotics could help reduce the number of animals used in dangerous police missions.

The alleged criminal is accused of making sadistic videos of monkeys being tortured and killed for paying customers around the world.

The move is a win for conservationists, who say America imports more hunting trophies than any other country in the world.

The sighting of three wolves in the Silver State is a positive sign that wolf populations are recovering in the area.

The orphaned moon bears have been taken to a sanctuary after government officials in Laos discovered them being illegally kept at a house in the country’s capital.

If passed, the ProTECT Act would also ban domestic hunting of at-risk species in the US.

An innovative company has unveiled the first-of-its-kind plant-based tentacle in a move that could help solve the world’s unsustainable demand for octopus meat.

With the pet food industry responsible for around 20 percent of meat globally, cultivating meat in a lab rather than farming animals could help transform the market in a healthy and sustainable way.

An American trophy hunter from Texas is alleged to be responsible for the killing, as trophy hunting in the area threatens the survival of the iconic Amboseli elephant population.

The recently appointed Fisheries Minister of Canada is focusing on increasing sales of seal meat, despite widespread international condemnation of the annual hunt, where hundreds of thousands of harp seals are bludgeoned to death each year.

The 140-year-old company has released a plant-based version of its famous hot dogs, marking the first alternative meat innovation from the joint venture between The Kraft Heinz Company and TheNotCompany.

Six people have been arrested after trying to smuggle a total of 87 live animals in their luggage.