When temperatures start to rise at the end of spring, keepers prepare themselves for a summer full of new enrichment to help their animals stay cool.

This week, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) began accepting online applications for licenses and registrations under the Animal Welfare Act.

AZA zoo lost at least $631,000 because of the behavior of four former executives: President and CEO Tom Stalf; chief financial officer Greg Bell; vice president of marketing and sales Pete Fingerhut; and director of purchasing Tracy Murnane.

Animal rights activists from out of state were charged Wednesday in Dane County for allegedly stealing three beagles from an animal testing and breeding facility in the town of Blue Mounds, WI.

Not practicing what you preach; lacking the willpower to live up to your own ideals; behaving in ways you obviously know are wrong — these are clear moral failings.

Roughly 40 percent of the ASPCA’s spending is on fundraising, and ASPCA President Matthew Bershadker’s salary is more than $800,000 per year. He is paid more than the CEO of the American Red Cross, even though the ASPCA is 10 times smaller than the Red Cross.

Celebrated every year on August 12th, World Elephant Day is a day to bring awareness to the challenges faced in conserving elephants all over the world.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) as part of a massive infrastructure bill, the INVEST in America Act this week.

Again, just this week yet another USDA inspection report along with whistle blowers are exposing how these so called accredited facilities treat and care for the animals.

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a Federal Order establishing additional requirements that take effect immediately for dogs imported into the United States for resale from countries where African swine fever (ASF) exists: