Silk is one of India's most cherished textiles and remains deeply embedded in the country's culture, economy and diplomatic traditions. However, an undercover investigation by Reporters for Animals in West Bengal highlights the hidden cost of conventional silk production.

'Threads of cruelty': Caught between heritage, livelihoods and animal welfare - India's silk dilemma

The UK government is set to ban the practice of boiling lobsters alive as part of sweeping animal cruelty reforms. The move recognises crustaceans as sentient beings capable of feeling pain and marks a significant shift in animal welfare standards. The proposed changes aim to modernise food preparation laws and strengthen protections for animals across the country.


UK to Ban Boiling Lobsters Alive Under Animal Cruelty Reforms

Pope Francis' weekly general audience on Wednesday (August 7) was briefly interrupted by animal rights activists protesting against bullfighting. 'Stop blessing corridas' Two women brandishing banners with slogans including "Bullfighting is a sin" walked down an aisle of the Vatican's Paul VI hall.

‘Stop blessing corridas’: Animal rights activists protest THIS ‘blood sport’ during Pope’s weekly audience

Turkish animal rights groups and experts have criticised the government’s new draft law on animal rights which propose euthanasia as a measure to curb the growing number of stray dogs.

Mass extermination of stray dogs bill proposed in Turkiye

Pigeons, one of the earliest domesticated animals or birds, have a complex relationship with humans. While some people find them irritating and nothing but a menace, others share their food with the birds.

'Sky rats' no more: German town votes to kill pigeons by brutal methods

As the G20 summit approaches, the Indian capital New Delhi will catch, sterilise and hide thousands of street dogs in an effort to clean up and beautify the streets of the city.

Ahead of G20 Summit, New Delhi to beautify city, 'hide' thousands of stray dogs

Thailand got into a diplomatic spat with Sri Lanka over an elephant which the former country had gifted to the latter two decades ago. The issue is over the alleged mistreatment of the 29-year-old Thai elephant Sak Surin, also known as Muthu Raja.

Muthu Raja: Thailand takes back elephant it had gifted to Sri Lanka two decades ago. Here’s why

Animal activists in Morocco have taken up arms to defend dogs from humans that mistreat or kill them. Citizens are now demanding the implementation of proper protection policies for safety of stray dogs.

Moroccan activists turn dog protector

Thirty-seven days after he was first tranquillised, hauled onto a truck and translocated from his natural habitat in Kerala, 35-year-old wild tusker ‘Arikomban’ (rice-eating tusker in Malayalam) is now undergoing the same ordeal again in the adjoining state Tamil Nadu.

India | Tranquillised, translocated twice in 37 days: Sad plight of wild tusker ‘Arikomban’

A 36-year-old Indian-origin Malaysian man has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for allegedly smuggling 26 puppies and a kitten in laundry bags from Malaysia to Singapore, as reported by the Press Trust of India (PTI).

Indian-origin Malaysian sentenced for smuggling puppies, kitten to Singapore in laundry bags

The Woodside Animal Rescue Trust in Plympton, Devon, in the UK, witnessed a bizarre case of alcohol addiction in a dog named Coco, who was brought to the centre along with another dog after their owner passed away.

'Alcoholic' dog: Coco, the Labrador cross becomes the first canine to be treated for addiction

Canada's last captive killer whale, dubbed "the loneliest whale in the world" has died. Kiska, the 47-year-old Orca whale, as per local media reports, died on Thursday (March 9) of bacterial infection.

Isolated for over a decade, world’s ‘loneliest whale’, Kiska, dies in Canada after 40 years of captivity

More than 1,000 dogs were found dead on the grounds of a house in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. According to a report by The Korea Herald on Monday (March 6), the property is located in Yangpyeong county.

Over 1,000 dogs found dead in South Korea province, probe underway: Report

A wildlife group has claimed that a pigeon that was rescued from a park in New York City may have been colored a vibrant pink for a gender reveal party. In Manhattan's Madison Square Park, a young king pigeon with signs of malnutrition was discovered.

New Yorkers discover pink-dyed pigeon, suspect it was used in gender-reveal party

As many supermarket shelves remain empty for the second week in New Zealand after a ban on battery cages, animal welfare campaigners are encouraging people not to rush out and buy chickens in response to a countrywide egg shortage.

New Zealand's egg shortage prompts SPCA warning on chicken ownership

Three months and thousands of kilometres: that's how much Moon the humpback whale has travelled, that too with a broken back. Navigating ocean swells and currents, in immense pain the whale has travelled 5,000km (3,100 miles) all the way from British Columbia to Hawaii.

'Absolutely amazing...but also breaks your heart': Moon the humpback whale travels 5000kms with a broken back

Explainer | 'Toro Jubilo' a fiesta or a grotesque tradition from the stone ages?

The Law Society of England and Wales along with Jigsaw Foresight proposed in a new report that legal rights be bestowed to plants, animals, and non-living entities like rivers for meaningful coexistence in the planet. Molly Gambhir gets you more.

Gravitas: New study pushes for legal rights for animals, trees and rivers

A penguin from the San Diego Zoo's African penguin colony has been given orthopaedic footwear to help it manage a degenerative foot ailment. According to a news release from the San Diego Wildlife Alliance, the 4-year-old penguin called Lucas has sores on his feet as a result of the chronic illness bumblefoot, which refers to a variety of avian foot issues.

San Diego zoo penguin gets orthopaedic shoes for foot condition

A top court in the United States has delivered a landmark judgement in a case that argued whether human rights are also applicable for animals. The court in New York ruled that Happy, an elephant who is the resident of Bronx Zoo since the 1970s, cannot be considered a human being legally and as a result, the rights will not be the same for Happy as it is for a person.

Happy the elephant is not a person, New York court rules in major animal rights case

Are you fond of hilarious videos featuring animals? The ones that show these furry creatures doing one antic or the other? The world is full of weird incidents involving animals. But did you know that a number of court cases too had them as the perpetrator or the defendant? Here are some interesting ones.

Bees that are fish, to the elephant that's human: Five defining cases in animal rights

An elephant named Happy is, in fact, anything but happy. And the state of the 51-year-old jumbo has caused consternation among the animal rights activists who have filed a habeas corpus plea at an appeals court in New York against her solitary confinement.

Happy the elephant is not happy! US court to weigh in habeas corpus for animal rights

A man from Arizona in US is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly freeing alive animals. According to the Mohave County officers, around 183 animals were found frozen, including dogs, turtles, lizards, birds, snakes, mice, rats and rabbits.

US police arrest man for freezing alive nearly 200 animals

At a time when some countries show total disregard for human rights, Ecuador has gone a step further by expanding the legal rights to cover wild animals, making the South American first in the world to introduce such a concept.

This country became the first in the world to give legal rights to wild animals

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