Hundreds of thousands of pigeons are tossed into the air even when storms are predicted along their flight paths and racers know full well that they are sending lots of them to their deaths.
It's worth noting that many people would shudder at the idea of squirting bodily fluid from an animal directly into their mouths, but those same people drink milk freely and happily because it's packaged to look pretty and marketed to us as a health food.
A pet cat was killed over the weekend when a firework strapped to its back exploded. According to the BBC, police officers were called to a neighbo...
The work we do to fight violence against animals may help more than the dog or the cat we are working to save. What is done to protect the animals has vital equivalents in the lives of children.
We are a nation of animal lovers: Fully 97 percent of us tell pollsters that we believe animals should be protected from abuse. But, are we willing to do anything about it?
Aberdeen Proving Ground appears to be the only Army facility where watching a monkey twitch and vomit passes for medical training. Other military bases use sophisticated human patient simulators.
Police arrested a naked man accused of throwing a cat from a seventh-floor window in front of horrified neighbors. The suspect Gerardo Martinez, 30...
It seems some animals can overcome even the most gruesome of fates. These stories of survival are simply incredible, like this dog, who survived ov...
Last week I called my brother Leon, who lives in Jerusalem, to wish him a happy birthday. As soon as he answered the phone, I knew something was wrong...
I was a vegetarian for nearly a decade, something I decided to do in college when I became aware of the mistreatment and cruelty in industrial agricu...
"Four score and seven meals ago my conscience brought forth to the anti-rebel north a new diet conceived in kindness and dedicated to the proposition that all animals are created equal.
Professional athletes are notorious for their selfish and temperamental behavior. And, those who behave like prima donnas seem to understand or care h...
As a doggie devotee, you can imagine how it pains me to see all the dogs with no homes or families... I've always wanted to make a difference for these innocent victims.
Lynne Cheney had a big fur collar on the coat she wore to the inauguration. Figures, with a husband who shoots at living creatures as a hobby (and I don't just mean ducks).
While the news of Biden and his new cute-as-all-get-out purebred German Shepherd puppy is generating lots of positive reports, many of us in the animal community are concerned.
Let's show this industry that we care, and demand a more humane product. It's a sad truth, but for millions of animals across America, that red plate could be a vote for a greener future.
No one wants to see and hear such vile things, but we can't ignore them either. This kind of cruelty is a reflection on our country, our sense of pride for being decent people.
Since my family is eating a bird regardless of my preferences, they could buy one from a factory farm -- or opt for something that lived naturally outside under sunlight.
There's nothing like a few photos of clubbed seals to get the crowd all hot and bothered -- but is this really the best way?
