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 ...

Around 15,000 animals are to be culled at a poultry farm in southern-Germany after the country's leading animal disease centre confirmed the spread of bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture in the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Animal transports were banned in a state surrounding Berlin on Saturday and the capital's two zoos closed as a precaution after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just ...

Seven tigers, six lions and one leopard that were recently discovered by authorities in a warehouse in northeastern Arkansas will soon be flown to Germany.The former Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey ...

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 ...