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 ...

BERLIN (AP) — Animal transports were banned in a state surrounding Berlin on Saturday and the capital’s two zoos closed as a precaution after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just ...

More than 30 commercial poultry farms in Germany have been forced to cull their animals following outbreaks of avian influenza, according to Germany's animal health institute on Sunday. According to ...

The carcass of a water buffalo is removed by a tractor at a farm in Hoppegarten near Berlin. Germany, in January 2025. Credit: Odd Andersen / Getty Images. Germany has detected its first case of ...

The downward trend in the number of laboratory animals continued in 2022 in Germany. Compared to the previous year, the number of laboratory animals decreased by around seven per cent in 2022.

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after authorities in Tirana discovered they were being ...