Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has awarded an inaugural research grant to encourage the analysis of animal cruelty data to identify distinct characteristics of animal abusers, ...

An overview of the global movement using laws and courts to strengthen protections for animals in farming, research, and daily life.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction.

Protecting animals from abuse is the goal of new rules being proposed next week in Sacramento County that would regulate rooster ownership. Sacramento County has been a hotspot for the crime over the ...