Did you know that the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) excludes farm animals, horses, livestock and poultry from humane care? Why? Don't these sentient beings count for anything? Don't they deserve a lifetime of caring and compassion? ...more

September 25, 2009

HOHENWALD, Tenn. — Officials at the Elephant Sanctuary say an underweight elephant confiscated by the USDA is on his way to Tennessee. ...more

November 8, 2008

Jane Roylance Smith, a former British Broadcasting Corp. announcer and writer who now lives in Port Richey, did volunteer work at Sumter County exotic animal park that was once home to tigers, other big cats. ...more

January 9, 2008

The deadly tiger escape at the San Francisco Zoo could prove to be a costly blow to an institution that has come under fire repeatedly in the past few years over the deaths of two elephants and the mauling of a zookeeper. ...more

December 29, 2007