A man has been fined and disqualified from holding a firearm licence for five years after being convicted for deer poaching.

The ISPCA has been forced to set up temporary dog kennels at its Co Cork equine centre due to an increase in dog cruelty cases and a crackdown on rogue puppy farmers.

Environmentalists have lost a court challenge to a Chinese-backed dam in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan species.

A video showing a bear performing at a football match in Russia has been condemned by animal rights activists.

A row has broken out in a courtroom during the appearance of a man charged in connection with an alleged hammer attack on an 11-week-old puppy.

Donald Trump, and even Bernie Sanders, rapidly became mainstream in 2016. It used to take years, even decades, for an outsider to become an insider, writes Alissa Quart.

Update 5.29pm: Around 500 people gathered in Cork today to call on the Government to take action to investigate and convict those responsible for animal abuse, according to organisers.

The Irish Council Against Blood Sports is to stage a protest outside the Dáil later.

The Animal Rights Action Network have launched a campaign to save the Late Late Show lambs who were featured on a 'Lamb Carousel' on the show last Friday.

Animal rights group Peta is urging federal officials to investigate SeaWorld Orlando after a vet said she observed violations of the animal welfare act on a recent visit.

The Department of Agriculture is coming under pressure to take action against the Kilorglin Puck Fair.

The big three US airlines have all banned the shipment of hunting trophies following the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe.

One of the world's largest and most respected designers has committed to going fur-free by the end of next year.

Animal rights activists were involved in a daring sting in Dublin over the weekend.

The Danish zoo which hit headlines last month for euthanising one of its giraffes has put down a further four animals - the lions it fed the giraffe to.