A judge has issued Pennsylvania’s first habeas corpus order for a nonhuman animal, advancing NhRP’s fight to move five African elephants from the Pittsburgh Zoo to a sanctuary.

Campaigners hope Wikie and her son, Keijo, could finally experience a better life having spent years in concrete tanks and forced to perform.

The birth took place in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, where the population of mountain gorillas continues to rise, despite multiple human threats.

The 25% death rate is prompting renewed criticism of zoo breeding programs and fresh calls to prioritize sanctuary-based alternatives.

Almost 10 percent of the world’s captive dolphins are held in Mexico, but they will now enjoy far greater protections and welfare after the country voted to shut down the entertainment industry.

A prosecutor’s deal gave America’s second-largest beagle breeder until July 1, 2026 to “dispose” of its dogs, while a bipartisan adoption bill faces amendments critics say could doom them.

After a rescue dog was violently murdered by his new owner, Florida now provides a registry of animal abusers, which members of the public can use to screen potential adopters.

The whereabouts of two baby giraffes remain unknown after a zoo owner withheld their location and was jailed for contempt.

The world’s second-largest fur producer, has officially begun its transition away from fur farming, marking a major victory for animal welfare advocates following years of undercover investigations and public pressure.

A new lawsuit accuses Ritz-Carlton of endangering the Great Migration by building a luxury safari lodge in a vital wildlife corridor, allegedly in breach of Kenya’s environmental and land use laws.

Campaigners hail the CDC’s decision to end monkey experiments and retire 200 primates as a “historic” breakthrough.

Wicked’s anti-cruelty message has inspired several cast members, including Jeff Goldblum, to rethink eating animals.

New footage shows long-tailed macaques captured in their natural habitats to be sold to US laboratories, leading animal advocates to urge for the resignation of the CITES Secretary-General.

Despite widespread public support and celebrity backing, a bill to ban horse-drawn carriages in NYC was rejected by City Council.

A new UK strategy backed by £75 million aims to fast-track the end of animal testing by embracing cutting-edge innovations like AI, bio-printed tissues, and organ-on-a-chip technologies.

Over 100 pigeons vanished from New York City streets in a single afternoon, victims of a seedy trafficking network that nets birds for illegal sale in Pennsylvania.

Abusing these docile dogs for unnecessary experiments is not a thing of the past.

Discover the best vegan Thanksgiving recipes and turkey alternatives for a plant-based holiday feast full of flavor and compassion.

We often reduce farm animals to numbers: how many are raised, how many are killed, how much they produce. But behind each statistic is an individual, with their own personality and sense of being. What does it mean to live a life where your entire existence is reduced to profit? Let’s take a closer look.

Zoe Rosenberg faces up to five and a half years in prison after allegedly entering a California slaughterhouse and rescuing animals, a case that has drawn national attention to the treatment of farmed animals and the legal risks of open rescue activism.