Germany prides itself on its high animal welfare standards, enshrined as a national objective in its constitution since 2002. Yet animal welfare organizations fear the government is stepping back from ...

Customs staff revealed on Monday, July 14, that they found the animals in a shipment from Vietnam at Cologne Bonn airport three weeks ago Criminal action is being taken against the defendant over ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Arachnophobes beware: Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate ...

As Germans ready to set off more than 40,000 tonnes of pyrotechnics on New Year's Eve, Anja Gerauer is plotting her escape, hoping to shield her dog Joy from a night of noisy trauma. Like hundreds of ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after authorities in Tirana discovered they were being ...

Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days ago, we learned that Germany's Tiergarten Nurnberg zoo killed 12 ...

Customs staff revealed on Monday, July 14, that they found the animals at Cologne Bonn airport three weeks ago Hauptzollamt Koeln 1,500 tarantulas were found inside cake boxes at an airport in Germany ...