Animal abuse

S. African sentenced in ‘world’s largest’ rhino trafficking case

The country is home to most of the world’s rhinos and is a hotspot for poaching driven by demand in Asia, where the horns fetch high prices on the black market.

China erupts in fury as man is accused of killing adopted dogs

Pets are generally treated as personal property in China, which leaves police with no clear way to handle abuse cases.

Lack of clues slowing probe into brutal elephant killing, says Sabah state minister

The elephant is believed to have been killed for its tusks.

Forum: Capture of wildlife should be done humanely

Japanese zoo may ban photography near viral monkey Punch’s enclosure

Visitors film Punch, a macaque monkey, in the monkey enclosure at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, on April 10, 2026.

Forum: Stores should stop selling glue traps

Man in Malaysia arrested after video of puppy aggressively submerged in water tank goes viral

The video showed the suspect acting aggressively by submerging a puppy into a water tank at a construction site in Seksyen, the police said.

Over 2 years’ jail for man behind ‘deplorable, sadistic’ acts of stabbing 4 cats, killing 2 others

On April 10, Ryan Tan Yi Bin was sentenced to two years and seven months’ jail after pleading guilty to three counts of animal abuse.

Rights group condemns Hong Kong company tests on severed animal heads, limbs

The company said it had conducted 38 experiments in which animals' limbs or heads were separated from their bodies since 2022.

174 arrested after Philippine police bust online cockfighting ring in Manila

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