Animal rights

Check out how similar we are to animals

Lovely mash-up connects humans with our cohabitees  ...  

They're putting a McDonald's where?!

Fast food behemoth to open two vegetarian outlets – next to sacred shrines  ...  

Underpants smugglers and other nasty tales from the illegal animal trade

From pocket-sized lorises to lions, our most treasured wildlife is at great risk  ...  

Mugabe set to destroy a jewel of Zimbabwe

Elitist greed is putting thousands of animals under threat – including the rare black rhino  ...  

How many rhinos left?

Shocking: 100 rhinos have been slaughtered in under two months. Help stop the killing  ...  

Want to change something? Here's how to do it

Avaaz member takes bull killers head on with 50,000-strong petition. You can too  ...  

Meet Lucy the political goat

Who says animals don't have beliefs? Kidding around at the Murdoch hearings, and gay penguins for LGBT rights  ...  

Whales safe – for one summer

Beautiful mammals get a holiday from slaughter – because the Japanese are too poor  ...  

The Pelican Brief: 500 dead, but why?

Mysterious deaths of hundreds of pelicans, as well as boobies, sea lions and dolphins, have experts puzzled  ...  

Pictures: dogs saved from the cooking pot

Activists seize truck of 550 sad puppies all on their way to meat market  ...  

Bee-ware of pesticides

Our buzzing friends are under attack, and German chemical giant Bayer is their chief predator  ...