Zoo faces charges for selling animals as food
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A mayor in eastern Germany has filed  charges against workers at his local zoo for shooting animals  and selling them as meat.
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The owners of a Bangkok amusement park will be charged with importing endangered animals illegally after DNA tests confirmed a group of orangutan had not been born in Thailand, forestry police said Thursday.
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LANCASTER, Pennsylvania  - A Pennsylvania sportsmen's club was fined $400 on Friday for cruelty to animals after using live turkeys as targets, prosecutors said.
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Some maulings and other incidents involving captive animals in the United States:
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A plot to fix a horse race by doping one of the animals was among crimes alleged in a crackdown on sports gambling that has resulted in charges against 17 defendants, including three reputed mobsters, authorities said.
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By Cassady Jeremias, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Dec. 7--The Oregon Zoo knows how to reuse and recycle, and it's not just  humans getting in on the act. The zoo added an on-site manure composting  facility in February.
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The organization has filed a civil lawsuit against the online bookstore, alleging that selling subscriptions to two cockfighting magazines violates animal cruelty laws.
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An animal rights group said on Thursday that some retailers were selling coats made with real animal fur that were advertised as having fake fur.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--As of Thursday it became official: If you feed wild animals in Pima and Maricopa counties, you may pay a price.   We're not talking about the obvious price that people pay for treating bears and mountain lions with a Disneyesque innocence.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 6 -- A U.S. company and two Chinese businesses were indicted Wednesday in a case related to tainted pet food that may have killed thousands of animals last year and raised worries about products made in China.
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RALEIGH, NC Nov 4, 2004 - At least 24 people, most of them children, have been infected with E. coli bacteria, and the outbreak might be connected to a petting zoo that was at the State Fair, authorities said.
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The former owner of a property where more than 20 Great Dane carcasses were found earlier this month has been charged with animal cruelty.
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A Pakistani zoo is appealing for donations to help feed its sole elephant, Suzi, which gets angry and beats its keeper with a stick when its meals are late.
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An animal rights group filed a complaint Wednesday against a kosher slaughterhouse for alleged cruelty to cattle. The slaughterhouse called the complaint a veiled attack on religious freedom.
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An animal rights group on Friday accused Macy's of selling a coat with a real animal fur collar even though it was advertised as fake fur.
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The deadly tiger escape at the San Francisco Zoo could prove to be a costly blow to an institution that has come under fire repeatedly in just the past few years over the deaths of two elephants and the mauling of a zookeeper.
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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - A man accused of stomping a pet tropical fish to death during a dispute with a girlfriend faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. Anastacio Molina Jr., 40, was charged Wednesday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court.