Germany prides itself on its high animal welfare standards, enshrined as a national objective in its constitution since 2002. Yet animal welfare organizations fear the government is stepping back from ...

The smell of sawdust and popcorn fills the air. The clowns, acrobats and magicians are all in place. As the audience are guided to their seats inside the big top, all the classic elements of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO - Field jackets hanging on the Bundeswehr stand. The German army is looking for new recruits at the Gamescom computer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heavily armed police officers are on the scene at a caged facility for big cats in an industrial park in Schkeuditz. German police ...

Germany’s new government plans this year to introduce proposals for a state system to label meat in shops produced with improved animal welfare, German agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said on ...

MUNICH, Aug 11 – A German animal shelter is trying a new approach to find homes for abandoned pets: it is posting their profiles on dating app Tinder in the hope that lonely humans looking for love ...

The Munich Animal Welfare Association has taken a unique approach to matching its resident adoptable pets with their new forever homes: putting their profiles on popular dating app, Tinder. The ...

MEHLMEISEL, German – An animal park in Bavaria that had named one its wild boars Putin due to its Russian genetic heritage held a ceremony on Tuesday to rechristen the hairy hog with a German name ...