Dutch company linked to horse meat fraud bankrupt
A meat processing plant and wholesaler suspected of mixing undeclared horse meat with beef was declared bankrupt Tuesday by one judge and the owner ...
Correction: Afghanistan-Opium story
In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium.
South Africa: Elephant handler trampled to death
A handler at an elephant park in South Africa was trampled to death while taking elephants out for exercise, the park's owner said Tuesday.
Reptiles, insects, otter die in Scotland zoo fire
A fire has claimed the lives of reptiles, insects and a male otter at the Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland. Officials said Sunday the blaze started in the ...
Lithuanian woman shares home with 3 puma cubs
A Lithuanian woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo. Rasa Veliute, a ...
Dutch recall 50,000 tons of meat across Europe
Dutch authorities are recalling 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef across Europe because its exact source cannot be established and it may contain horse ...
UK chain pulls corned beef after vet drug found
British supermarket chain Asda says it is recalling all corned beef from its budget range after traces of a veterinary drug were found in some batches
India use drones to protect rhinos from poachers
Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from ...
Groups: Tanzania gov't kicking Maasai off land
Tanzania's government is preparing to kick Maasai tribesmen off cattle-grazing land near the country's most famous wildlife park and will instead ...
Ewes-ful: Paris hires sheep to mow city lawns
Will tourists soon see flocks of baaing sheep at the Eiffel Tower and bleating ewes by Notre Dame cathedral? That could be the case, since Paris City ...
Polish horse meat tested positive for banned drug
The Czech Republic veterinary authority says horse meat imported from Poland tested positive for phenylbutazone, a drug given to horses that can cause ...
Justin Bieber given 4 weeks to pick up pet monkey
German authorities have given Justin Bieber four weeks to pick up his pet monkey or else it will be placed in permanent care. The capuchin monkey was ...
Sagan apologizes for pinching flower girl's bottom
Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan has apologized in a video message for pinching the bottom of a flower girl while they were on the podium at the Ronde of ...
Pope makes Easter pleas for world peace
Pope Francis marked Christianity's most joyous day with a passionate plea for world peace, celebrating his first Easter Sunday as pontiff in the ...
Outlaw fleet scoops squid from Argentine waters
It was a rare victory in the squid wars: Argentina's coast guard cutter Thompson fired warning shots at two Chinese trawlers, blocking their escape ...
High-tech search for snake in SAfrica capital
The Pretoria Zoo says it's turning to technology with infra-red cameras to search for a two-meter-long (6.5-foot-long) black mamba snake that escaped ...
Sea Shepherd seeks criminal case against whalers
Sea Shepherd wants Dutch authorities to prosecute Japanese whalers for piracy for allegedly attacking the radical conservationist group's ships in ...
Stranded melon-headed whale dies on Trinidad beach
A rarely sighted melon-headed whale has beached itself and died on the eastern coast of the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Forestry officials told ...
EU member states unable to agree on pesticides
The EU's member states have failed to reach agreement on banning three pesticides from crops to which bees are attracted. A committee of experts from ...
UN official urges US to fight new marijuana laws
The head of the U.N. drug watchdog agency is urging U.S. federal officials to challenge the decriminalization of possessing small amounts of marijuana ...
UN: Sharks risk extinction
A U.N. agency says shark populations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea "have dropped dramatically" over the past two centuries because of overfishing
British zoo sends 6 endangered macaws to Bolivia
Six endangered macaws have been flown from Britain to Bolivia in hopes that they can help save a species devastated by the trade in wild animals, ...
Vatican brings flowers amid debate on women's role
The Vatican's spokesman came to his press briefing Friday bearing flowers for female journalists to mark International Women's Day. "On behalf of all ...
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