Knife-wielding roosters kill 2 men in cockfighting events in India

Two men have reportedly been killed by knife-wielding roosters in separate cockfights in India. To mark the three-day celebration of the Hin...

Japanese pet cremators exposed for burning animals along with trash

Gorin Corp., a cremation services firm that provided subcontractors to Owari Hokubu Seien in the Japanese city of Inuyama, learned that the...

Body of missing Indonesian woman discovered fully intact inside 22-foot python

Villagers found the body of Jahrah, a 54-year-old Indonesian grandmother, undigested and largely intact inside the stomach of a python on M...

Marine mammals that inspired ancient mermaid tales are now ‘functionally extinct’ in China

The dugong — a marine mammal that purportedly inspired ancient mermaid tales — has been declared “functionally extinct” in China due to the...

Dogs shed tears of joy when reunited with their owners, study suggests

Dogs shed tears of joy when reunited with their owners after being separated for a long time, a study published on Monday in peer-reviewed ...

Dog dies after 2-day hunger strike following owner’s death

A village dog in China died two days after going on a hunger strike following its owner’s death. The dog, who reportedly accompanied its o...

Elephant mom tries to teach her clumsy calf how to go down a slope in viral video

A video of a mother elephant teaching her baby how to climb down a small slope as he dives headfirst and clumsily tumbles down has gone vir...

Overworked elephant rips Thai owner in half

A 20-year-old male elephant named Pom Pam reportedly ripped his owner, Supachai Wongfaed, in half using his tusks in the Thai province of P...

Macaque caught on video peering into home as Japanese city continues to hunt monkeys attacking locals

A Japanese macaque was caught on camera clutching onto a railing of a door as it observed the interior of a house in Yamaguchi City, Japan....

Wild cheetahs to be reintroduced to India 70 years after their extinction in the country

Cheetahs were nearly driven to extinction in India when a maharaja — or Hindu prince — hunted down the last one in the country in 1952, nea...

7-ton haul of illegal animal parts worth $18 million seized by Malaysian authorities

Malaysian customs officials seized a haul of illegal animal parts, including rhino horns, elephant tusks, pangolin scales and tiger bones w...

4-month-old baby dies after being kidnapped and thrown off roof by monkeys in India

A 4-month-old baby from India was reportedly killed after being kidnapped by a troop of monkeys and dropped from a three-story roof. A fam...

Monkey accused of attacking 14 people over 10 days sought by police in Japan

Police have set up traps and sent out patrols in Yamaguchi, Japan, to capture a wild monkey that has attacked 14 people in a span of 10 day...

Over 30 endangered sea turtles found with stab wounds to their necks on Japan beach

Okinawa Prefectural Police launched an animal cruelty investigation following the discovery of over 30 stabbed green sea turtles on a beach...

Dramatic rescue video shows trapped elephant calf and mother saved from manhole in Thailand

In the pouring rain on Wednesday, Thai veterinarians and nearby staff rescued a mother-calf pair of elephants from a roadside drainage hole...

Adorable video shows picky penguins at Japanese aquarium refusing to eat cheaper fish

To save money, a Japanese aquarium switched to cheaper fish to feed the penguins; however, they were not thrilled by the downgrade in food ...

Dog licking TV screen showing meat is not the craziest thing in chaotic viral video

A Twitter video of a husky licking a TV screen depicting a plate of meat went viral this week. The golden retriever sitting next to the hu...

Orangutan caught puffing on cigarette thrown into enclosure by visitor at Saigon Zoo

A male orangutan at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Ho Chi Minh City was captured on video puffing a cigarette a visitor threw into its...

Elephant kills woman in India — then returns to trample her corpse at her funeral

An elephant in India made headlines for not only killing a woman, but for crashing her funeral to trample her corpse as well. On June 10, ...

Four men arrested for ‘raping’ Bengal monitor lizard in western India

A Bengal monitor lizard was allegedly raped by four male hunters at the Sahydari Tiger Reserve in Maharashthra, India. The four men were r...

Chinese woman in strict quarantine helplessly watches her dog destroy her home through surveillance cam

A Chinese woman, identified only as Liu, had to watch her dog destroy her sofa and other belongings via surveillance camera while going thr...

Hong Kong to kill 2,000 hamsters after pet store worker tests positive for COVID

Hong Kong ordered the culling of 2,000 hamsters after 11 hamsters from a pet shop tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials conducted...

Magawa, Cambodian hero rat who detected more than 65 undetonated landmines, dies at age 8

A Cambodian rat who won a medal for heroism after detecting more than 65 undetonated landmines and explosive ordinances has passed away at ...

Video: Rogue buffalo in China charges through restaurant entrance, tosses unsuspecting customer

A viral video from Dec. 31 shows a buffalo crashing through the front of a restaurant in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, in Eastern China. In t...

Not having it: Adorable golden retriever ‘defends’ grandma from fruit-stealing man

A golden retriever has gone viral after it appeared to playfully defend a grandmother from a man who ate from a bowl of cut fruit meant for ...

‘Will it make it home?’: An eagle from Asia has been lost traveling around North America for over a year

A Stellar Sea Eagle from Asia who is thousands of miles away from home has been traveling around North America for more than a year.  The lo...

Panda-monium: Giant panda escaping his Beijing Zoo enclosure is bear-y cute

A panda recently went viral for escaping its enclosure at the Beijing Zoo.  The “Kung Fu Panda”: The 6-year-old panda named Meng Lan stunned...

Chinese zoo sparks outrage for forcing cigarette on baby monkey for ‘anti-smoking campaign’

A Chinese zoo has deleted a viral video of a baby monkey smoking a cigarette after facing backlash from social media users. “Anti-smoking ca...

‘I have been waiting for my owner for seven years’: ‘Lonely’ shiba inu fetches $25K at Chinese auction

An 8-year-old male shiba inu, which was abandoned by its owner at a foster care center for pets in 2014, recently fetched over 160,000 yuan ...

The groundbreaking legal fight to free Happy the lonely elephant by granting her the same rights as a person

Animal rights activists are hoping New York’s highest court can finally grant freedom to Happy, the female Asian elephant who has been held ...

‘It’s like ‘Game of Thrones’’: Otter clans wage war over space in Singapore

Smooth-coated otters may be few in the wild but they’re thriving in the Singaporean metropolis. Clash of the clans: Beyond a lack of natural...

Chinese Hotel Sparks Outrage After Offering 24/7 Polar Bear Attraction

Animal rights activists have expressed heavy criticism over a hotel in Heilongjiang province, China where live polar bears are used as a 24/...

‘My Heart Got Ripped Out’: Florida Pet Shop Has 150 Birds Worth $75K Stolen

A thief from the town of Davie in South Florida has stolen more than 150 birds allegedly worth around $75,000. The suspect broke into The Bi...

Thai Rescue Worker Revives Baby Elephant Hit by Motorbike Using CPR

A man in Thailand used CPR to save the life of a baby elephant that was struck by a motorbike while crossing a road in the southeastern prov...

Man Braves Deep Floodwater to Save Dog During Typhoon Ulysses in the Philippines

A stranded dog in the Philippines was rescued by a Marikina resident who swam across 6-foot deep floodwater when Typhoon Vamco, or Typhoon U...

Japanese City Now Uses Robot ‘Monster Wolves’ to Keep Bears Away

A city in northern Japan has been using robot “Monster Wolves” to ward off wild bears that become more active in search of food ...