PETA's new "China's Cruel Fur Industry" video gives a firsthand view of the horrible suffering that animals face on Chinese fur farms. YouTube has banned the video, but you can watch it here. Scroll down until you see a video with a raccoon on it.

Animals who are bred and killed for their fur in China live in misery from birth to death. Chinchillas, foxes, minks, raccoons—and, yes, even dogs and cats—are jammed into crowded wire cages, and the close confinement and filthy conditions quic...

When our pets are young and brand new to us, it's easy to remember to visit the vet on a regular basis. However, as time passes, many pet owners don't realize or remember the importance of regular veterinary care. Without regular visits, your pet's health could decline and create internal problems affecting his quality of life. Your pet's quality of life is dependent on the care provided as he ages and his internal systems slow down. As your pet ages, many of the normal bodily functions do no...

 No wonder he looks like the world's most miserable fish... this unattractive creature, the inedible blob fish, is in danger of being wiped out.

Ted Thornhill - 26th May, 2010

These sad-looking creatures, which grow up to lengths of 12 inches, live at depths of 900m.

They spend most of their time gently floating around waiting for food to pass in front of them, which sounds like quite a nice life to us!

Because they live so far from the sea surface they're not often seen by humans.

Ho...

 Stay Bite-Free

With people and dogs spending more time outside, dog bites are likely to increase in the summer months. Spaying or neutering your dog reduces the likelihood that he will bite and provides many other health benefits.

Pet Care 101

Make sure your pet is always wearing a collar and identification tag. If you are separated from your pet, an ID tag may very well be his or her ticket home.

Check with your veterinarian to see if your pets should be taking heart worm prevention med...

Growing up on Colombia's Caribbean coast, Gabriel Pacheco began hunting American crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) as a young man in the swamps of Cispata Bay. Although crocodile hunting has long been illegal in the region, residents of poor communities often had few options to earn income.

Today, not only is Pacheco protecting the species he once hunted, but through spreading the message of conservation to others, he has been able to expand economic opportunities for his g...

Even the bird-brained can follow a leader. When pigeons fly in flocks, each bird falls behind another with better navigational skill, and the savviest among them leads the flock, scientists report in the April 8 Nature.

The research suggests hierarchies can serve peaceful purposes in the animal kingdom, where dominance by brute force is often the rule. "A pecking order tends to be just that — a pecking order," says Iain Couzin of Princeton University, a...

WASHINGTON—Technology allowing cosmetic makers to test for allergic reactions to their products without controversial animal trials is in the works and could be in use by next year.

The technology developed by Hurel Corp., with funding from cosmetics maker L'Oreal, is designed to replace tests on mice and guinea pigs used to predict skin reactions from drugs and cosmetics. The device uses laboratory-grown human skin cells to simulate the body's all...

By Andrew Jacobs

GUILIN, China — The crowd-pleasing Year of the Tiger, which begins Sunday, could be a lousy year for the estimated 3,200 tigers that still roam the world’s diminishing forests.

With as few as 20 in the wild in China , the country’s tigers are a few gun blasts away from extinction, and in India poachers are making quick work of the tiger population , the world’s largest. The number there, around 1,400, is about half that of a decade ago and a fraction of the 100,000...

Cargo of abandoned vessel destined for restaurants
Illegal trade drives species closer to extinction

Endangered, hunted, smuggled and now abandoned, 5,000 of the world's rarest animals have been found drifting in a deserted boat near the coast of China.

The pangolins, Asian giant turtles and lizards were crushed inside crates on a rickety wooden vessel that had lost engine power off Qingzhou island in the southern province of Guangdong. Most were alive, though t...

By Jay Speiden

By www.aspca.org

Earlier this week, the Office of the Inspector General released a report detailing the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) lax and ineffective enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) against licensed large-scale dog breeders and brokers known as puppy mills. As part of the investigation, auditors visited 81 facilities and reviewed records documenting 28,443 violations over a two-year period.

The report concludes that despite regular inspections, breeders ...