CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Northeast Ohio animal rights activists are pushing for harsher punishment against animal abusers. A few Ohio lawmakers are backing them with a newly proposed law. Catherine ...

Many people, including animal advocates and others who want to grant legal rights (including personhood) to nonhuman animals, are often criticized for their views because others fear it will diminish ...

In January, six justices of the Colorado Supreme Court unanimously ruled that five elderly African elephants were not people. That may not sound like an issue that needs six justices to resolve, but ...

This story is part of a collaboration with The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. A federal health agency that has promised to scale back its animal research has drawn the attention of ...