animal welfare

JOHNSONBURG — Rolfe Beagle Club President Jim Pennington Jr. announced key highlights of its Ninth Annual Statewide Coyote and Fox Hunt or Trap. Fifty...

ST. MARYS — The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) will sponsor Birds “N” Brews from 6 to 9 p.m. March 1 at the Straub Brew House @Straub Tap House at 444 Br...

JOHNSONBURG — Jim Pennington Jr., president of Rolfe Beagle Club, announced the club will extend its popular Coyote and Fox Hunt or Trap by a third we...

A Bradford man was arraigned Friday on allegations of neglecting to provide the proper care for four dogs and six cats in his care. Edward Higgins, 47...

ERIE – The Erie Zoo unveiled its new centennial logo, kicking off a year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary. With 2024 marking 100 years of con...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — With recent gold standard accreditation, the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is poised to lead in saving the endangered red panda and rei...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — One borough in Pennsylvania is mulling over the idea of limiting the number of pets each household may have. And it’s safe to say t...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced Friday the expansion of several Chronic Wasting Disease Management Areas (DMAs) due to new detections of th...

HARRISBURG — The 2023-24 deer seasons ended months ago as did the busiest time for chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance. CWD, a fatal neurologic...

The prevalence of chronic wasting disease in south central Pennsylvania’s white-tailed deer herd continues to increase, and some positive tests have b...

NEW YORK (AP) — To many in New York City, the rats are winning. The city's complaint hotline is on pace for a record year of rat calls, exceeding the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — PETA has done a lot with a little sex, shock and shame. One of the longest-running and sexiest stunts you will see in online ads ar...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — SeaWorld wants to greatly expand the tanks it uses to hold killer whales in San Diego, but animal rights activists fear the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mutt from a Massachusetts animal shelter who got a new life as a K-9 drug-detection dog stars in an upcoming episode of a new PBS...

TORDESILLAS, Spain (AP) — Men on horseback in a Spanish town chased down a bull and speared it to death Tuesday during the annual Toro de la Vega fest...

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The federal government said Friday that public and private conservation efforts have helped the New England cottontail rebound to t...

PARIS (AP) — British singer Jane Birkin has asked Hermes to take her name off the crocodile-skin versions of the iconic Birkin handbag, after being co...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For years, Bill Berloni has taught his dogs to play make believe. Now, he's making it real. The trainer teaches rescue dogs to beg,...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota dentist who went on a guided bow hunting trip for big game in Zimbabwe said that he had no idea the lion he kill...