Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case, has been euthanized at age 55, the zoo said Wednesday.

Nearly a year after the Los Angeles Zoo shipped off Billy and Tina to Oklahoma, animal rights activists have kept up the call to move the elephants to a sanctuary. Recently, actor Samuel L. Jackson ...

The bill would overhaul the 90-year-old animal protection act and bring the province from "worst to first," according to Community Safety Minister Rick Bartolucci. After being cri ...

Tina cools off at the Los Angeles Zoo during a heat wave in 2015, when she and fellow Asian elephant Billy still lived there. (Nick Ut / Associated Press) Nearly a year after the Los Angeles Zoo ...

Not every celebrity spends their fortune on private jets and designer wardrobes. Some A-list stars’ time and money go toward philanthropic causes near and dear to their hearts — especially when it ...

Animal rights groups forged a deal to rescue 1,500 beagles from a troubled Wisconsin research facility after chaotic protests led to the arrest of several activists last month — though the fate of ...

Wisconsin cops were forced to use rubber bullets and teargas to fend off a horde of 1,000 animal rights activists who stormed a local beagle research facility to try to free the dogs, authorities said ...