Yuna, who had been living in a small concrete space in a private home in Ukraine, felt grass beneath her paws for the first time in her life when she arrived at the Big Cat Sanctuary in the UK.

Charlie the elephant was being held in South Africa’s national zoo, but was finally freed after the country’s government reviewed scientific evidence that showed elephants suffer in zoos and that they do not belong in captivity.

Welfare experts from the ASPCA who assisted in the operation said many of the dogs have scarring consistent with organized dog fighting.

The legislation received broad public support and reflects the industry’s increasing move away from forcing animals to perform.

The young female wolf has become well-known for her restless roaming, after she traveled from Arizona into New Mexico.

Authorities clarified that the bear was killed after becoming conditioned to human food and repeatedly breaking into houses.

The country’s parliament has approved a controversial new law to round up millions of free-roaming dogs and put them into shelters, with animal lovers and the main opposition party seeking to fight the legislation.

The arrest of Captain Paul Watson, who also co-founded Greenpeace, is thought to have been for his previous anti-whaling interventions in the Antarctic region.

A controversial new bill wants to confine millions of the country’s free-roaming dogs, alarming activists who fear the move will result in the widespread killing of the animals.

Nearly six years after being caught illegally possessing 81 pangolins in Malaysia, a former police officer has received one of the longest prison sentences for a crime involving the world's most trafficked animal.

Thousands of tourists descended upon the Spanish city of Pamplona this week for its controversial bull run, with several visitors gored and injured on the festival’s first day.

The ruling is the first step to protect bears in national preserves, as advocates say other cruel hunting methods like killing cubs and pups in dens must now also be stopped too.

The bill’s reintroduction comes as the horses’ continue to endure grueling working conditions and sweltering weather in Central Park.

Advocacy group Animal Rising has released the largest undercover investigation in UK history, revealing systemic cruelty at every ‘high-welfare’ facility.

The legislation would help ensure that the state’s wildlife can move across the landscape to find food, shelter, and potential mates.

The abuse was captured on a hidden camera, and showed Elizabeth Jaimes striking the 9-year-old dog over sixty times.

The outbreak continues to spread in farms across the country as figures show that nearly 100 million poultry and 68 dairy herds have now been affected by the deadly H5N1 strain.

“More than 500 years of animal torture in bullrings comes to an end”, Senator Esmeralda Hernandez said on the bill’s passing.

Over 100 howler monkeys have been found dead as the country reaches highs of 133 degrees Fahrenheit.

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