A white-handed gibbon, native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and critically endangered, typically sells for around €13,000 ($15,250) on the black market. One such gibbon, named "Jimmy," ...

The smell of sawdust and popcorn fills the air. The clowns, acrobats and magicians are all in place. As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Animal transports were banned in a state surrounding Berlin on Saturday and the capital's two zoos closed as a precaution after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just ...

Germany’s new government plans this year to introduce proposals for a state system to label meat in shops produced with improved animal welfare, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is no longer hogtied. A purebred Russian pig living in a German animal park was renamed from Putin to Eberhofer during a ceremony on Tuesday. The pig received his new ...

The downward trend in the number of laboratory animals continued in 2022 in Germany. Compared to the previous year, the number of laboratory animals decreased by around seven per cent in 2022.