Charal's slogan, « With us, you'll always love meat », doesn't go down well with animal-rights agroup L214. They have accused the No.1 French meat producer of cruelty to animals and not respecting bovine slaughter regulations. To prove their point, one of its members penetrated a Charal slaughterhouse undercover and filmed what he saw. Read more and watch the video...

Candid camera footage of male chicks being ground up alive in a factory in Iowa has become one of today's most talked-about subjects on the Web. It's not such an outrageous way of getting rid of the birds however, a US farmer explains to us. Read more and see the video...

Animal rights association Peta has released candid camera footage filmed behind the scenes at the US's biggest circus, the Ringling Brothers Circus. The video proves that, behind the glitter, the animals are in for a rough ride. Read more and see the video...

When two US teenagers posted a video of themselves abusing the family cat on YouTube, outraged Web users took it upon themselves to track down the culprits and bring them to justice, resulting in the subsequent arrest of the pair. Warning, you might find these images upsetting.

There are tens of thousands of stray dogs on the streets of Moscow. Hanging around building sites and subways, they're rarely aggressive, although attacks don't go unheard of. No doubt it's pretty scary when you walk down an empty street at night and suddenly a pack of dogs appears around the corner. Read more and see the videos...

While delegates from the International Whaling Commission meet today to discuss the “sustainable use of whales”, a bitter war between two boats is being fought in the high seas. One of the ships' captain takes a break from battle to tell us, from a satellite phone onboard, why he’s willing to throw acid for the creatures’ safety. Read more…

Animal activists hurl rotten butter at Japanese whalers.