A ban on the use of wild animals in circuses has been announced.

Can meat-lover Caomhan Keane survive a month without bacon for breakfast or beef after a workout?

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over who owns the copyright to selfie photographs taken by a monkey before a federal appeals court could answer the novel legal question.

It may take several weeks to conduct a necropsy.

A curious monkey with a toothy grin and a knack for pressing a camera button was back in the spotlight as a US appeals court heard arguments on whether an animal can hold a copyright to selfies.

Be warned that the video is graphic and may be very upsetting.

"I would love nothing more than to raise a glass of Guinness (I hear it's vegan now!) with you when that day arrives."

A teenager responsible for killing a family's beloved cat and seriously injuring six others during a shooting spree has been jailed.

A trio of lingerie-clad models kicked off London Fashion Week - with a protest against the use of animal skins on the catwalk.

The curtain is coming down on "The Greatest Show on Earth" after 146 years, as Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus lowers its big top for good.

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.

Q. I am strongly against animal testing and have recently turned vegan. How can I be certain the cosmetics I use are in line with my values?

Fairly-traded clothing can be a bit muesli, but Paula Burns finds some great sustainable threads that abide by the fundamentals of fashion — beautiful things you’ll want to wear

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

A federal judge has ruled that Naruto, the monkey that swiped photographer David Slater’s camera and snapped a selfie, cannot own the intellectual property rights to the photos.

"All animals - not just the ones who are considered cute and cuddly - want to live free from harm”.

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

A German man taking his regular morning stroll was killed by an elephant who had escaped from a nearby circus, police said today.

Animals have lost a stalwart ally with the passing of PETA Honorary Director and entertainment giant Sam Simon.

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

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

The Simpsons have always been animal lovers — from saving the greyhound Santa’s Little Helper to now helping to rescue Mayo’s gay bull, Benjy.

Sam Simon - who is suffering from terminal cancer - has donated the money needed to save Benjy.

Remember Benjy the gay bull from Mayo?

A young tiger is on the loose near Disneyland Paris.

And reveals why he's giving his fortune to charity.

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.

READING Hadley Freeman’s wonderful book Be Awesome: Modern Life For Modern Ladies, you will come across The Ten Commandments Of Being An Unannoying Vegetarian.

Animal rights organisation PETA’s latest campaign, showing a human leg served up with vegetables, is proof that they have lost the run of themselves.

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.

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.

Love or loathe it, fur is a dominant trend with 69% of designers using it in Autumn/Winter collections. How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable again?

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

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MY aunt’s house was a regular B&B to rescued creatures — from punctured gerbils to foundering ponies.

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

UEFA has threatened Shakhter Karagandy with disciplinary proceedings if they continue to perform the ritual slaughter of animals around games.

MUSIC NEWS: Nile Rodgers seems to be in so many places at the moment you shouldn’t be surprised if he pops his head out of your fridge when you reach for that cold drink later today.

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.