In our weekly celebrity news round-up, NYC carriage drivers are under the Gunn, Billy Joel refuses to tickle the ivories, and a Vivienne Westwood show goes to the hogs.
A gruesome discovery in a Tennessee barn has provided yet another example of how animals suffer and die when shelters become desperate to avoid euthanasia.
As of today, cosmetics companies in China will have the option not to test their products on animals.
Nearly 50 of the visitors at SeaWorld San Diego got a taste of how the park’s captive animals live.
Decrepit roadside menagerie cited by feds after former employee comes forward with allegations of neglect.
USA soccer player Tim Howard shows animals some love—and some ink.
PETA, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and the Orca Network are circling the wagons again to fight for Lolita’s freedom.
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If you’re looking for a guilt-free indulgence, put down the chocolate and take home this sweetie pie of a cat.
One year after being rescued from a decrepit roadside zoo, see how the bears are doing now.
In celebrity news, Cher is “dressed to kill” on tour and ready to kill SeaWorld’s profits, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting has a new love, and more.
If there’s a heaven, Ruby’s in it—and if not, nothingness beats living in misery at SeaWorld as this beluga has done for the past 17 years.
India becomes the first country to ban the import of foie gras.
After a juvenile great white shark struggling to get free from an angler’s hook bites a swimmer, PETA calls on the mayor to ban fishing off the pier permanently.
In a case of life imitating art, the filmmakers opted to protect primates.
