All news on the topic: Animal cruelty

Syrian brown bear Norman needed urgent dental care after the 36-stone giant tried to gnaw his way out of a cage where he had been kept in horrific conditions in an abandoned zoo

Animal campaigners have hit out after a pink pigeon was dyed deliberately and used for a "gender reveal party" in Madison Square Park, New York, US, on January 30

WARNING, DISTRESSING FOOTAGE: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is recommending charges against a 33-year-old man after he allegedly smashed a shark with a hammer on Bicentennial Beach Park

Elephants, dolphins, tiger cubs and other animals endure horrendous treatment, forced to perform unnatural tricks for spectators

More than 100 million animals - including mink, fox, raccoon dog, chinchilla and rabbit - are killed each year for their fur, with the creatures typically living in filthy, one-metre squared battery cages

The butcher, a 61-year-old working at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse on Hong Kong's border with mainland China, was knocked to the ground as the pig struggled, before sustaining fatal wounds from a 15-inch meat cleaver

Bodybuilding couple Josh and Sarah Bowmar were ordered to pay thousands in fines after being caught by the Mirror embarking on dozens of illegal game-hunting excursions in Nebraska

Bradley Green and Nathan Daniels broke into Marwell Zoo in 2021 and filmed themselves causing damage and abusing animals before posting the shocking footage to Snapchat

Two men, including an organiser and a spectator, bled to death at extreme cockfighting events in India after becoming the victims of roosters with blades tied to their feet