Wildlife & Animal Welfare

Wildlife groups say they will boycott Sri Lanka's census of elephants because the country plans to capture some of the animals. The groups had agreed to deploy about 200 volunteers to help Sri Lanka coun...

By Jennifer Mishler Pierce Brosnan seems to be getting into his latest role, animal and environmental advocate. He is calling for an end to Iceland’s whale hunt.   The actor has teamed up with the National...

By Jennifer Mishler ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes‘ has been getting a lot of praise from animal advocates for its use of computer-generated apes in place of  live animals. Director Rupert Wyatt rece...

The "Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive" has joined forces with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In a new PETA ad, world-renowned astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson suggests “...

By Ali Berman About a year ago we reported on Ryan Reynold’s involvement in a new documentary in the works called ‘The Whale.’ The trailer and poster for the film have just been released.     Set near...

By Ben Neary Wyoming ranchers and hunters fed up with wolves attacking livestock and other wildlife would be able to shoot the predators on sight in most of the state under a tentative agreement state and feder...

By Dmitry Lovetsky For two years, a 36-year-old bear who performed during the 1980 Moscow Olympics has been kept with other retired circus animals in a rusty old bus parked on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. ...

By China DeSpain Freeman Bob Barker is inviting five Texas chimps to “come on down” to Louisiana.   As part of a relocation effort, the former game show host and longtime animal-rights ac...

By Travis Korte Bullfighting in Spain, so fundamental to the country's identity but so vehemently opposed by many of its citizens, won a victory this week with a reclassification that will make it more dif...

In 2007, orphaned baby elephant Chhouk was found wandering alone in the forests of Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia. Badly emaciated and separated from his mother, this endangered Asian elephant had lost his left ...