A loaded hunting rifle was found near the scene.

Tom Golisano's yacht transported 30 tons of supplies, including water, food and sanitation kits, from Nassau to Freeport, and rescued about 50 dogs.

Vincent Saubion, 36, had to be airlifted to hospital for surgery when a deer fleeing from his cross hairs ran into him during a hunting expedition in Lesperon, France. He received 50 stitches.

A ban on fur trapping for animal pelts makes California the first state in the nation to outlaw the centuries-old practice.

Four men face life imprisonment, if found guilty, after the silverback was found dead in a national park.

In a rare win for conservationists, elephant rides at Cambodia's Angkor temple park will end by the start of 2020. Five of the 14 elephants at the complex have already been moved to the forest.

They knew just what he'd been through.

France’s Environment Minister, Elizabeth Borne, has banned the use of a bear called Mischa in shows and performances, after a campaign by animal rights groups. The ailing bear has now been transfer...

He could be heard telling his son: 'It doesn't matter. Bear down'

There are only 300 white lions left in the world. Stop Mufasa the white lion from being auctioned off to the highest bidder. (719868 signatures on petition)

The Spanish man, who has not been named, was pierced in his side by the creature during a bull running festival in the town of Pobla de Farnal in the Valencia region on Saturday.

Damian Campbell-Davys was refilling fire trucks in Nerriga in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands when he came across the distressed marsupial staggering from burnt bushland.

The disease may have origins with pangolins, a much maligned species.  

Fred Holmes, aged 60, was caught going equipped to hunt hares on private land in Crowland, in Lincolnshire. | ITV News Calendar

After three years, the Canadian "Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphin Act" has cleared the Senate, moving on to the House of Commons.

Chella Phillips, from Nassau, New Providence, in the Bahamas, is sheltering the dogs from Hurricane Dorian

A Chautauqua County Sheriff's deputy responded to a call of a dog hit by a car, and covered the injured animal with his coat as he waited for help.

Around half a billion animals are believed to have died.

A tiger that suffered maltreatment and neglect recently received another lease on life. This Bengal tiger known as Aasha is now a whole new cat, with a newfound husband to accompany her on her journe…

EXCLUSIVE: The black and white moggy died days later - with his heartbroken owner blaming the 'awful' man after she came downstairs and found him this week.

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Cola had his legs chopped off in Bangkok but was taken in by Brits John and Gill Dalley. Now the pup has been fitted for new prosthetics so it can run.

The Swedish zoo it has come from is closing and staff were told to "euthanise" those animals left.

Sixteen million animals served between 1914-18. Yet their indispensable role is largely ignored, says author Philip Hoare

RICKY Gervais has blasted a Spanish horse wrestling festival as “absolute filth”. The comedian took to Twitter to vent his disgust at footage of the Rapa das Bestas festival which sees …