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Bullfighting is still legal in the Colombian city of Manizales, which holds a major festival on the first week of January.
Justice
Colombia’s plan to ban bullfighting sparks debate on tradition, animal rights
A visitor feeds straw to the zoo's four giraffes from outside their enclosure.
Ukraine
Ukraine’s zoos struggle to stay afloat during war, with traumatized animals and dwindling resources
A French bulldog puppy looks at the camera
Lifestyle
Spotify creates podcast to save your pup from loneliness
Two cats put their heads together in a snuggle.
Lifestyle & Belief
It’s meow or never: Seoul’s street cats fight for love
A scene from the movie "Okja," featuring the title creature — a humongous pet pig.
Culture
A Netflix animal rights movie came at a strange time for South Korea
pigs and calves
Environment
Hugs, drugs and choices: Helping traumatized animals
Sumatran tiger Melati looks inside a present box put out to celebrate the first birthday of her cub triplets in their enclosure at the London Zoo on February 4, 2015.
Science
Is it time to close all the zoos?
Environment
Should we harm captive great apes in order to save wild ones?
Alina Simone's father, Alexander Vilenkin, at the Kharkov Zoo in 2011. Vilenkin worked there as a night watchman after he was blacklisted by the KGB in Soviet Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo
Alina Simone's father, Alexander Vilenkin, at the Kharkov Zoo in 2011. Vilenkin worked there as a night watchman after he was blacklisted by the KGB in Soviet Ukraine.
Conflict & Justice
This Soviet-born émigré remembers working at the Kharkov zoo
Marius the giraffe is pictured in Copenhagen Zoo February 7, 2014.
Environment
Here’s the story of a baby giraffe fed to lions at the Copenhagen Zoo
Global Scan
Could São Paulo’s drought affect the World Cup this summer?
Festivities of Toro de la Vega. (Photo: Juanjo Toreador/Wikipedia)
Arts, Culture & Media
Extreme Bullfighting in Spain – Activism vs Tradition
Global Politics
Wildlife expert now in third year of trying to catch Tampa’s wild monkey
Tel Aviv struggling with large feral cat population
Global Politics
In wake of Ohio tragedy, spotlight shines on weak exotic animal laws (with video)
Global Politics
VIDEO: Zanesville, Ohio, police forced to kill exotic animals that escaped
Environment
Massive Animal Rescue as Floods Hit Prague Zoo
Environment
Slideshow: Tel Aviv’s Feral Cat Population Out of Control
Global Politics
Slideshow: Thailand’s Flood Leaving Stranded Pets
Escaped Zoo Animals Roam Free in Ohio Town
Silver Spotted Cubs in Basel
The Living on Earth Almanac
No Pet Left Behind
Making Music for Animal
Trapping: Worthwhile Tradition or Needless Torture?
Radical British Animal Rights Activists
Wild Animal Rehab
Modern Beaver Trapping
Live Animals
Animal Letters
MODERN ARKS: THE IRONY OF ZOOS
It’s All Happening at the Zoo
Of Bears and Men
Dog Tunes
Plight of the Moon Bear
Caught Up in the Raptor
German Hens
Almanac: Korean Bullfighting
WTC Pets
Animal Law
Arts, Culture & Media
Calling all Takeaway listeners and cat owners
Global Politics
Documentary highlights animal abuses on factory farms
Global Politics
Bullfighting in Korea
Conflict & Justice
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Environment
Trouble for Knut
Fair Game – Episode 20071119 – Filmmaker Matthew Galkin
Arts, Culture & Media
Animals help Russians beat winter blues