A white-handed gibbon, native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and critically endangered, typically sells for around €13,000 ($15,250) on the black market. One such gibbon, named "Jimmy," ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A helper collects a dead crane and throws it into a tractor bucket after the Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has spread ...

Germany’s new government plans this year to introduce proposals for a state system to label meat in shops produced with improved animal welfare, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on ...

The downward trend in the number of laboratory animals continued in 2022 in Germany. Compared to the previous year, the number of laboratory animals decreased by around seven per cent in 2022.

Authorities in Germany are considering whether the culling of "excess" lab animals constitutes a crime, following complaints filed by animal rights activists. Millions of animals are used in medical ...

Germany's Roncalli circus removed animals from its program in 2018 for animal welfare reasons. The smell of sawdust and popcorn fills the air. The clowns, acrobats and magicians are all in place. As ...

An employee of the veterinary office walks across the premises of a poultry farm. Around 85,000 animals on two poultry farms in the district of Märkisch-Oderland have to be killed due to bird flu.