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

ATLANTA - After a horse was found dead downtown, animal rights groups are now pushing the city council to ban recreational horses from the city. What they're saying: The Georgia Animal Rights and ...

Members of the Georgia Animal Rights and Protection non-profit are contacting city leaders to ask for a ban on recreational horse back riding in downtown Atlanta. The push for the ban comes just days ...

Animal rights activists are calling on Connecticut to end what they say is a cruel method of trapping wild animals that is already banned in other states. The request came from Harvard law students in ...

This story is part of a collaboration with The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. A federal health agency that has promised to scale back its animal research has drawn the attention of ...

Dogs, cats, pigeons, pigs, cows and other animals will now have even more representation in the state Senate. Sen. Rosemary Brown, R-40, Middle Smithfield Twp., who represents parts of Lackawanna, ...

Germany prides itself on its high animal welfare standards, enshrined as a national objective in its constitution since 2002. Yet animal welfare organizations fear the government is stepping back from ...

Many people, including animal advocates and others who want to grant legal rights (including personhood) to nonhuman animals, are often criticized for their views because others fear it will diminish ...

For more than 20 years, La Plata County Humane Society has served as Durango’s primary provider of Animal Protection services, ensuring that every requirement outlined in Chapter 4 of the City Code ...