A man who beat his pregnant dog with a stick is banned from keeping any animals for 10 years.

London Zoo carries out its annual headcount of animals, along with all zoos throughout the UK.

Zookeepers across Britain are counting every one of their animals and insects as part of a huge new year stock-take.

A wildlife charity which runs an animal hospital and rehabilitation centre in Surrey needs to find 10 acres of land to expand services.

Animated documentary Waltz with Bashir is among the five titles up for Bafta's 2008 foreign film award.

A Scottish MEP is calling for a proposed ban on primate testing to include monkeys used in Scottish labs.

Sprouts have to be taken off the menu at a Surrey theme park after visitors complain about the gorillas' flatulence.

A type of iguana missed by Darwin during his Galapagos trip promises to rewrite the animal's history in the islands.

Animal rescue workers say a dog found abandoned in below freezing temperatures is lucky to be alive.

A woman is banned from keeping animals for 25 years after starving her Alsatian dog.

Prescription drugs for animals are stolen from a veterinary practice in Surrey.

Staff at an animal rescue centre near Bristol struggle to house pets abandoned by cash-strapped owners.

An animal rescue centre in Cheltenham is full because of the number of abandoned dogs.

The BBC's Gary Duffy joins Brazilian police as they try to clamp down on the lucrative wildlife trafficking trade that sees millions of animals and birds seized from their habitats each years.

The controversial idea that space impacts wiped out mammoths and early humans in North America receives new impetus.

The industrial chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, state media reports.

It is not all cuddles and cuteness as modern apprentices learn what it takes to become a zoo keeper.

Max and Holly were the most popular names for dogs in Scotland over the past 10 years, a new study claims.

A Glasgow vet travels to Egypt to help treat injured donkeys, horses and mules.

A beaver that has been felling trees after escaping from a farm is being hunted by conservationists.