Category: Animals and Animal cruelty

by Imperial War Museums

Learn more about animals that accompanied men and women into battle over the past 100 years.

by Sara Farr

Horse racing has a reputation for elegance and attracts many wealthy owners and audience members. These pretty wrappings hide dark secrets. The reality of horse racing is as far from high heels and limousines as you can get.

by The Conversation
October 21, 2019

There are things the industry can do to extend the life of a racehorse, and help find a suitable home once their racing career is over.

by RaeLeann Smith

Although racing has a wide audience in the United States, few know how racehorses are bred, trained, and handled and what happens to those who are slow or aging or who suffer injuries.

by Aanchal Nigam
July 19, 2021

Thousands of racehorses are being sent to slaughterhouses in Britain and Ireland including some of the animals once owned and trained by big shots in racing, a BBC Panorama investigation has discovered.

by france24.com
July 3, 2020

Nearly 400 elephants have been found dead in Botswana in recent weeks but local authorities and wildlife experts are struggling to find an explanation, with disease and poisoning among the possible causes.

by animalsasia.org
March 8, 2019

The truth about animals in circuses is that they are abused and endure lives of complete misery, while some are even poached from the wild, purely for entertainment.So what is the problem with wild animal performance? Here are the facts:

by Animal Adventures
March 3, 2019

Wildlife biologist Liz Bonnin goes on a journey of discovery to find out the science behind unusual interactions in the animal kingdom.

by MAD LAB
March 18, 2018

Today we are going to tell you about amazing friendships between animals and humans. Forget horror stories about the cruelty of wild predators or narrow-mindedness of birds, which are apparently not able to feel affection and devotion.

by Aetopus2
July 19, 2011

Michael Fishbach narrates his encounter with a humpback whale that was severely entangled in a fishing net. Michael Fishback and Gershon Cohen have founded The Great Whale Conservancy to help and protect whales.