New law restricts pet monkey ownership

There's no longer any need to leave your favourite four-legged friend behind when you go on holiday, says Richard MacKichan, because hotels, superyacht designers and airlines are all setting new standards for petfriendly travel

More than 450 animals were seized from a farm where they were being kept in “appalling conditions”

Watching her favourite childhood film gave animal lover Olivia Mikhail an unusual, life-changing idea…

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There are lots of things we need to think about when we take a dog into our homes, to make sure that our new pup will be able to fit healthily and happily into our family and lifestyle, says Carolyn Menteith

These much-loved stars are championing creatures great and small