In a victory for animal lovers worldwide, officials on Friday banned the trade in dog and cat meat at an infamous Indonesian market where butchers openly bludgeoned and burned the animals alive with a blow-torch.
In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, Ivanna Holubtsova, a volunteer, looks after more than 50 dogs who were left by their owners and ended up on the streets as a result of the war. She gives stray dogs food with half of her salary
At a Virginia breeding facility where they were raised as test animals for medical researchers, thousands of beagles suffered horrific conditions for years. Now that it’s being shut down and the dogs are available for adoption, new concerns have been raised regarding the ethics of animal testing. Investigative reporting by Veronica Balderas Iglesias for VOA
A dog changed the life of a lawyer and helped thousands of others.A Special Report
Heather Angus, a COVID-19 patient care nurse in New York City, lost her dog and sought help on social media. Hundreds of New Yorkers rallied, and the puppy was quickly returned to its owner
Botswana’s neighbor, Zimbabwe, recorded its first mysterious deaths last week, with the loss of at least 11 elephants. Wildlife authorities there say the cause appears to be a bacterial infection
When Ukrainian soldiers found a stray dog during their war with Russia-backed separatists, they took him in and called him Corporal. He’s since become a wounded war veteran after surviving a land mine explosion
Guide dogs are trusted companions for the blind. Mike O’Sullivan reports that the dogs are carefully screened and trained and become important partners for people with visual impairments or other disabilities
A man with a big heart saves little dogs and turn his palatial house to dog rescue center
Winters are always tough on stray animals in most parts of the world. In the eastern Turkish city of Van, where subzero temperatures are the norms for winter, it is especially hard on helpless stray cats and dogs