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Virginia is for animal lovers. According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), on Friday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed bills into law that ban new cosmetics animal testing and the sale of animal-tested cosmetics in the state. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following Youll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. First introduced by Sen. Je...

After a 14-month-long pregnancy, Ktusha the okapi finally got to meet her little girl. The seven-year-old Chester Zoo resident gave birth to her calf Nia Nia in late December, and now the rare baby is ready to meet the world. Nia Nia is named after a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo — the only place in the world where okapis are found in the wild, according to a release from the English zoo. Nia Nia was on her hooves shortly after birth, but it took her several weeks to gain the ...

Zoo Atlanta is doubly blessed. The Georgia zoo recently announced that their endangered golden lion tamarins Blixx and Tiete welcomed twins on Feb 11. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following Youll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Now a month old, the baby tamarins are doing well. According to Zoo Atlanta, the newborn golden lion tamarins weighed just t...

Credit: Harbor Humane Over 100 dogs are looking forward to a future full of love, thanks to several animal welfare organizations hard work. The Bissell Pet Foundation recently partnered with several animal rescues to save dozens of dogs from a Louisiana puppy mill. One of the rescues that helped with this effort is the Harbor Humane Society of West Olive, Michigan, which transported 56 of the rescued dogs to Michigan ...

On March 3, 13-year-old Rothschild's giraffe Orla welcomed her sixth calf at the Chester Zoo

Ethan reached the final step in his recovery journey at the Kentucky Humane Society (KHS) on March 10. In late January, a family found the emaciated rescue dog abandoned in the shelters parking lot, too weak to lift his head. Since this discovery, Ethan has been under the care of KHS, where he has gone from a bone-thin 32 pounds to a healthy weight of 83 pounds. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following ...

Image zoom Credit: Courtesy of Theresa Keil National Aquarium Photographer Its not The Plaza Hotel, but Eloise, the grey seal pup, seems happy to be at Baltimores National Aquarium. According to the National Aquarium, the Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute (MERR), in coordination with the aquarium, rescued the one-month-old seal pup from Cape Henlopen, Delaware, on Feb. 12. ...

The new discovery+ series focuses on the Baleros and the Rihns, two families competing to be the best pig showers in Texas

Image zoom The dog meat trade in Cambodia has taken another serious hit. Just two weeks after a truck carrying 61 dogs to slaughter was intercepted in the countrys province of Siem Reap, animal rescuers have achieved another major victory: a Cambodian dog slaughterhouse opened in 1995 was shut down on March 4. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following Youll get the latest updates on this ...

After a 14-month-long pregnancy, Ktusha the okapi finally got to meet her little girl. The 7-year-old Chester Zoo resident gave birth to her calf Nia Nia in late December, and now the rare baby is ready to meet the world. Nia Nia is named after a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo — the only place in the world where okapis are found in the wild, according to a release from the English zoo. Get push notifications with news, features and more. ...