SENDAI, Japan (AFP) – Hungry, hurt and separated from owners who are either dead or in evacuation centres, hundreds of family pets are struggling to survive in the desolation of Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeast coast.
BERLIN (AFP) – Berlin's superstar polar bear Knut, who died suddenly over the weekend aged just four, likely fell victim to undiagnosed brain damage, his zoo said Tuesday.
BERLIN – Vets began Monday an autopsy on Berlin Zoo's superstar polar bear Knut after his untimely and unexplained death aged just four, as fans left flowers, candles and poignant messages at his former home.
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – Animal welfare groups sued BP for burning endangered sea turtles and asked a federal court to stop the oil giant's "controlled burns" on the Gulf of Mexico spill.
