A white-handed gibbon, native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and critically endangered, typically sells for around €13,000 ($15,250) on the black market. One such gibbon, named "Jimmy," ...

A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after ...

BERLIN (AP) - Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum, is the latest creature to rocket from Germany's front pages to international recognition, capturing the world's imagination with her bright, black eyes ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - An animal shelter in Germany is getting creative to help find new homes for their resident cats and dogs. Captain Kirk is one of the cats that the Munich Animal Welfare Association ...

Germany will press the European Union to introduce a label on meat saying it came from humanely raised farm animals, German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner said on Thursday. Germany will press the ...

BERLIN (AP) — Animal transports were banned in a state surrounding Berlin on Saturday and the capital's two zoos closed as a precaution after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just ...

MUNICH, Aug 11 – A German animal shelter is trying a new approach to find homes for abandoned pets: it is posting their profiles on dating app Tinder in the hope that lonely humans looking for love ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is no longer hogtied. A purebred Russian pig living in a German animal park was renamed from Putin to Eberhofer during a ceremony on Tuesday. The pig received his new ...

BERLIN — An eastern German region said Friday it is lifting a ban on the transport of animals that was imposed last weekend after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd. No further ...

A Kentucky animal shelter is overwhelmed with German Shepherds and is sending out a plea to the public.Friends of Daviess County Animal Care and Control posted on Facebook in early May saying Daviess ...