Thieves have stolen fur coats worth more than €1m from a top Madison Avenue store in Manhattan.

One Cork family’s cherished pet was recently abused, leaving him with severe disfiguring burns and gaping wounds.

USA:  A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs cannot be declared the copyright owner of the photos, a federal judge said.

USA: A man who claimed at trial that his “evil twin” robbed 10 petrol stations, convenience and beer stores in eastern Pennsylvania must spend at least 60 years in prison.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called for him to be hanged.

Actress Pamela Anderson has taken another stab at stripping off for an animal charity by recreating the famous Psycho shower scene.

Kid Rock has angered animal rights groups after posing with the corpse of a mountain lion he had killed.

A terrified llama on the loose in a town just outside Manchester managed to evade capture for six hours before being safely guided back home.

Social media exploded with anger after a stuntman’s promise to be eaten alive by an anaconda snake failed.

A young tiger is on the loose near Disneyland Paris.

Police in the US believe they have found the body of missing actress Misty Upham, known for her roles in August: Osage County and Django Unchained.

An animal rights organisation is being criticised for planning to use a human leg in their advertising campaign. They have openly admitted it is "inspired" by the severed leg found in a Dublin recycling facility.

FRANCE: A South African performance artist who tied a live rooster to his penis during an impromptu open-air show near the Eiffel Tower was found guilty of "sexual exhibitionism", but the court did not impose a sentence

Banning slaughter methods in which cows and other animals have their throats slit while sensate is good.

Fur has made a comeback on the world’s top catwalks, fostering a thriving industry in the Nordic region to the dismay of animal rights activists.

The UK's Ministry of Defence has defended its involvement in the shooting of pigs for medical training after new pictures of the “cruel” practice emerged.

Penguins given ‘happy pills’ in soaking Britain

The Smiths' former drummer Mike Joyce insists he will never read Morrissey's autobiography.

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Alexandra Burke has posed nude in an anti-fur campaign for animal rights charity PETA.

My sister tells me the French for ‘vegan’ is ‘fou’, but I don’t believe her.

While tourist injuries and deaths during the horrific ‘running of the bulls’ garner attention, it is rarely reported that every involuntary participant dies — and painfully.

Ryan Gosling is on a mission to save cows.

The award-winning creator of hit TV show Homeland has written to the British defence secretary protesting against the British army’s participation in medical training involving live pigs shot by marksmen.

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders turned out to watch their favourite Hobbit actors walk the red carpet at the film trilogy's home town premiere.

Peter Jackson hopes the new technology he used on his 'Hobbit' movie trilogy will create a magical experience that will get people into theatres.

Animal handlers involved in the making of The Hobbit film trilogy have said the production company is responsible for the deaths of up to 27 animals, largely because they were kept on a farm filled with bluffs, sinkholes, and other “death traps”.

Anne Hathaway received a calf as a wedding present.

Kim Kardashian has been blasted by PETA for wearing snakeskin boots.

Khloe Kardashian has been praised by PETA after quitting the group.

Animal rights activists have made a splash on Dublin's O'Connell Street this morning.

US horse racing series 'Luck' has been axed by HBO chiefs after a third thoroughbred died during the making of the drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte.

A US judge is to rule whether five performing killer whales have the same constitutional rights against slavery as human beings.

An animal rights group is suing SeaWorld in the US over its treatment of captive killer whales.

Pink has slammed Selena Gomez for painting a horse fuchsia for her latest video.

Spain's world-famous Pamplona bullfighting festival is in danger of being overshadowed by a crisis in the sport.

A BRITISH animal protection charity is offering a €1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person, or persons, responsible for the cruel death of an 11-year- old family dog, outside Dingle, Co Kerry, last month.

CRUFTS dog show started yesterday amid claims pedigree breeders are “creating a Frankenstein’s monster of a dog”.

Leona Lewis says people who wear fur make her "sick".

Former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has joined other celebrities in a new ad campaign to save seals from the annual hunt on Canada’s East Coast.

The 'Sober' singer Pink - who is an outspoken animal rights activist - believes the only way to stop celebrities wearing animal skins is to tease them about their weight.

The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals urged President Barack Obama to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he’s pestered by a fly in the White House.