Keeping pets gives many people companionship and great happiness. And it provides many animals with a loving home and an apparently happy life. Many breeds of certain animal species - dogs and ...

On October 13 and 14, Parliament is to debate Revised Codes of Practice governing the welfare of domestic animals. These codes do not reflect all the findings of the Brambell Committee ...

In most cases, companion animals are cherished members of the family. However, there are situations in which pets are mistreated—in the home and in the community. Surveys of domestic violence ...

Some other animals are considered tame but not domesticated, retaining wild instincts that influence their behavior.

Domesticated animals were likely kept for practical reasons, such as food sources, for work or for protection. It may feel natural to assume that the first species to be domesticated were working ...

Aaliyah Pasols is an award-winning journalist and editor who primarily covers lifestyle, culture, and entertainment. Originally from South Florida, she studied at Florida International University ...

yet microchips are still mostly absent from the domestic cat world. We’d have fewer cats at large if all cats were chipped: Lost animals could easily be returned, and abandoned animals could be ...

A team of scientists ventured into a Danish forest with an unusual mission: to "vacuum" animal DNA straight from the air.

While more shelters are opening their doors to companion animals (for a searchable list, see AWI’s Safe Havens Mapping Project), many more are still missing an opportunity to best serve families ...

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly used the "threat from within" label throughout his campaign to label his ...

I spent the day volunteering at St Francis Animal Welfare shelter in Fair Oak and was shocked to learn how many donations it ...