Sci-tech 23/02/2017 Spotted quoll latest exotic Australian animal facing threat of extinction Australia is struggling to preserve its unique flora and fauna, with the spotted quoll the latest species to come into the spotlight as it fights for survival.
New Zealand 10/02/2017 New Zealand: Race to save pilot whales in massive stranding Rescuers have been racing to save scores of pilot whales in New Zealand’s Golden Bay.
China 26/01/2017 Anger after rat is strung up by its limbs Images of a rat being strung-up by its limbs in China have been condemned as ‘heartbreaking’ by animal rights campaigners.
Colombia 23/01/2017 Bullfighting brought back to Bogota, awakening age-old arguments Bullfighting has returned to the Colombian capital, reawakening an age-old argument.
no comment 19/01/2017 Japan: force-fed fish furore A good-luck ritual in Japan where fish are force-fed alcohol has prompted an outcry on social media.
Business 13/01/2017 Animal rights group buys LVMH shares to pressure it over skins Peta has become a shareholder of French luxury goods maker LVMH so that it can pressure it to stop selling merchandise made from exotic skins.
Russia 15/12/2016 Putin's barking dog take centre stage at media interview Yume, who was not on a leash, entered the room quietly but she soon began barking loudly at the media crew
Japan 28/11/2016 Japanese skating rink causes uproar by freezing 5,000 dead fish in ice Owners of a skating rink at Space World amusement park in Kitakyushu, Japan, came under fire for what they called an “Ice Aquarium”. The project
Australia 23/11/2016 Trooper survives after home alone cats eat one another A woman in Australia has been convicted of cruelty to animals after she abandoned 14 cats in her home in South Adelaide, Australia.
Spain 17/11/2016 Bull set on fire during Spanish Toro Júbilo festival Video released by PACMA, a Spanish political party focusing on animal rights, shows a bull being set alight at a festival in the Spanish town of Medinaceli.
China 28/10/2016 Video: Meet Pizza the world's 'saddest polar bear' In a video released by animal rights group Humane Society International (HSI) last Thursday, Pizza, the world’s “saddest polar bear”, was purportedly
World 28/10/2016 No sanctuary, but some solace for anti-whaling nations Critics believe Japan's "scientific whaling" is pseudo science.
world news 28/10/2016 Penguin paradise - world's largest marine park agreed for Antarctica 24 countries and the EU agree the 1.55 million square kilometre Ross Sea marine park will be protected from commercial fishing for three to five years.
Sci-tech 28/10/2016 Brazil opens the first elephant sanctuary in Latin America Maia and Guida are the first guests at the elephant sanctuary
world news 27/10/2016 World wildlife numbers 'to drop by 67% in 50 years', new report finds The world is on course for the first mass extinction of animal life since the dinosaurs, according to a new report on wildlife populations
World 27/10/2016 World wildlife population drops almost two-thirds in 40 years Global wildlife populations have fallen a staggering 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, according to a report by the WWF and the Zoological Society.
Slovenia 25/10/2016 Whale sanctuary plan is harpooned at the IWC A group of countries, led by Japan, have blocked a move by South American and African states to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic.
Slovenia 24/10/2016 Saving the whale - IWC meets in Slovenia Dispute between Australia and Japan is likely to feature near the top of the agenda at the organisation's biennial congress
Spain 20/10/2016 Catalonia vows to defy Spain court ruling overturning bullfight ban Pro-independence politicians and animal rights activists have condemned the Madrid court decision saying the region had no right to ban bullfighting.
