Animals & Pets News

  • Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands as he leaves Punahou School after playing basketball in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Sen. Obama is in Hawaii for a vacation.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
    Obama opposes Bush endangered species proposal AP - Wed Aug 13, 5:28 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A Bush administration proposal that would eliminate the input of independent government scientists in some endangered species reviews would be tossed out if Democrat Barack Obama wins the White House, his campaign says.

  • In this June 14, 2008 file photo, Virginia Democratic Senatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner gestures during a speech during the Virginia Democratic State Convention in Hampton, Va. Warner has been tapped to be the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention, a plum spot that is often a springboard to national prominence. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
    Today on the presidential campaign trail AP - Wed Aug 13, 5:33 PM ET

    Strategist Ralph Reed now raising money for McCain's campaign ... Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner picked to give Democratic keynote speech ... McCain's foreign policy adviser profited from Georgian government while advising his boss ... Poll: 4 in 10 still not firmly behind a presidential candidate ... Napolitano says Obama campaign hasn't vetted her for vice presidential nomination.

  • National Zoo: Panda won't give birth this year AP - Wed Aug 13, 11:16 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The National Zoo says panda mother Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) will not give birth to a cub this year afterall.

  • Pope Benedict XVI adjusts his fur-lined camauro as he arrives to lead his weekly Wednesday general audience in St. Peter Square at the Vatican in this December 28, 2005 file photo. (Alessia Pierdomenico/files/Reuters)
    Cat-loving Pope urged to stop wearing fur Reuters - Wed Aug 13, 9:32 AM ET

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes, appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.

  • Pope Benedict XVI waves on his arrival for his annual holidays in Bressanone, northern Italy, July 28, 2008. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
    Cat-loving Pope Benedict urged to stop wearing fur Reuters - Wed Aug 13, 6:37 AM ET

    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Italian animal rights campaigners are urging Pope Benedict to stop wearing ermine on his hats and robes, appealing to his reputation as a cat lover.

  • Burned lifeless trees are silhouetted against a sunset June 18, 2008, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. This summer marks the 20th anniversary of a series of wildfires that burned 36 percent of the park. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
    Yellowstone National Park recovers from 1988 fires AP - Wed Aug 13, 4:12 AM ET

    YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - If there is a place where heaven and hell meet, it's here. Twenty years ago this summer, a series of wildfires burned 36 percent of America's first national park, scorching huge swaths of pristine forest and killing scores of wild animals.

  • Spotted owl habitat slashed as population declines AP - Tue Aug 12, 11:39 PM ET

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. - The Bush administration has decided the northern spotted owl can get by with less old growth forest habitat as it struggles to make its way off the threatened species list.

  • A picture taken in 2006 shows a bear walking on a mountainside near Waengle in Austria. Austria, which has only two brown bears left, needs to take action if it wants to prevent the species from dying out again, according to the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) local branch.(AFP/DDP/HO/File/Manfred Sprenger)
    WWF Austria calls for 'coalition' to bring brown bears back AFP - Tue Aug 12, 12:19 PM ET

    VIENNA (AFP) - Austria, which has only two brown bears left, needs to take action if it wants to prevent the species from dying out again, according to the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) local branch.

  • A polar bear holds a block of ice. The administration of US President George W. Bush has proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) so that the law can not be used to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)
    Bush administration wants changes to Endangered Species Act AFP - Tue Aug 12, 8:43 AM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of US President George W. Bush has proposed revisions to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) so that the law can not be used to regulate the emission of greenhouse gases.

  • In this Jan. 30, 2005, file photo, a bald eagle soars over a farm in Sheffield Mills, N.S., Canada. Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct. The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether construction projects such as highways, dams and mines might harm endangered animals and plants. The new regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Andrew Vaughan, File)
    Bush wants some endangered species rules extinct AP - Tue Aug 12, 6:24 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Just months before President Bush leaves office, his administration is antagonizing environmentalists by proposing changes that would allow federal agencies to decide for themselves whether subdivisions, dams, highways and other projects have the potential to harm endangered animals and plants.

  • Two baby hyenas sit in their enclosure at Cuba's National Zoological Park on the outskirts of Havana August 7, 2008. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)
    Cuba to send animals to depleted Venezuelan zoos Reuters - Mon Aug 11, 6:28 PM ET

    HAVANA (Reuters) - Venezuela sends oil to Cuba and now Cuba will ship zoo animals to Venezuela, giving a new dimension to ties between the socialist allies.

  • African lion cubs are inside a cage at the 'Heaven of Birds and Animals Zoo' in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2008. The zoo in Rafah, stocked almost entirely with smuggled animals, is a sign of Gaza's ever-expanding tunnel industry. Tunnel traders say dozens of passages snake the border, and have become a mainstay of the local economy, with each passage feeding about 35 families. (AP Photo/ Adel Hana)
    Not just guns: Gazans smuggle lions into zoo AP - Fri Aug 8, 4:12 PM ET

    RAFAH, Gaza Strip - The monkeys and lions were drugged, tossed into cloth sacks and dragged through smuggling tunnels under the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip before ending up in a dusty Gaza zoo. Stocked almost entirely with smuggled animals, the "Heaven of Birds and Animals Zoo" is a sign of Gaza's ever-expanding tunnel industry.

  • Baghdad zoo welcomes pair of US-donated tiger cubs AP - Fri Aug 8, 2:40 PM ET

    BAGHDAD - The Baghdad Zoo on Friday welcomed a pair of rare Bengal tiger cubs that were donated by a North Carolina animal sanctuary despite protests by animal rights activists.

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