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 ...

Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was ...

BERLIN (AP) — Cases of people hoarding cats, dogs and other living creatures in Germany reached a 10-year high in 2021, the country’s Animal Protection Association said today. The association said it ...

A fire at a pig-breeding facility in northeastern Germany is believed to have killed more than 55,000 animals, the operator said Thursday. The fire broke out on Tuesday at the facility in Alt Tellin, ...

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Berlin — The shutdown of businesses over the coronavirus pandemic has plunged German zoos into a financial crisis as visitors are banned, leading one to consider drastic measures. The spring sunshine ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — A fire raced through a zoo in ...

Too cute to eat? One miniature bull's size may have just spared his life. Napoleon is small but mighty, just like his historical namesake, according to the rescue farm in Germany that took him in.

Germany is a country of animal lovers, but shelters have to take in over 300,000 abandoned pets each yearVictor Weitz/DW A white-handed gibbon, native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia and ...