The zoo’s alleged “cruel confinement” of Happy and the zoo’s other Asian elephant Patty led to the unwanted ranking from the animal rights group In Defense of Animals — with only the Los ...

On Tuesday, nonprofit organization In Defense of Animals put Phoenix Zoo at No. 10 on a list of the top 10 worst zoos for elephant well-being and encouraged the zoos on the list to send their ...

According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s report last year, Iowa is one of the top ten worst states for animal protection.

“Rodenticides are known to cause extreme suffering and death to non-target animals such as raptors who are harmed from secondary poisoning,” said Kim Kelly, director of legislative affairs for the ...

“These ‘one-feeding-kills’ poisons are devastating California’s wild animals, including some of the state’s most beloved species like mountain lions,” said Stephen Wells, executive director of the ...