An Australian judge today banned the company that conducts Japan’s whale hunt from killing the animals in a large part of its regular hunting grounds off Antarctica.

A EU-wide ban on the “appalling” trade in cat and dog fur has today been approved by European governments.

CAT and dog fur, often cruelly stripped from live animals, is being used in clothing and ornaments — often disguised as fake fur or simply not labelled at all.

An animal rights group today won the right to sue a Japanese whaling company for allegedly killing hundreds of whales inside an Australian reserve.

The animal cruelty video that makes Heather Mills McCartney cry has finally triggered a Chinese government pledge to stamp out the trade in cat and dog fur, it emerged today.

A ban on the trade in cat and dog fur across Europe is being considered by the European Commission following a major campaign championed by Heather Mills-McCartney.

Marine wildlife is being destroyed because fishermen continue to flout European regulations banning driftnets, according to a report being presented to the European Commission today.

Animal welfare groups squared off against two Australian zoos today as arguments began in a legal battle to halt the importation of eight Asian elephants from Thailand.

Frustrated rescue workers will have to wait until Saturday to make a third attempt to free a humpback dolphin and her calf from a small Thailand lagoon where the Asian tsunami dumped them 10 days ago, a wildlife expert said today.