Animal Welfare

Missouri lawmakers are considering a proposal that would nullify local ordinances — like those in St. Louis and St. Louis County — that ban the practice of declawing cats.

What should you do if you stumble across a baby animal in the wild? The right answer isn’t always obvious.

Wildlife Rescue Center in Ballwin bounces back from COVID-19 closures with its first open house since 2019.

Tonia Haddix had previously claimed Tonka the chimp died of natural causes. His discovery in a Missouri basement gives lie to that claim.

Looking for ways to fund lobbying and legal efforts to preserve their way of business, pork producers are turning down guaranteed money that could go to advertising in hopes it will lead to voluntary donations of unrestricted funds.

Tonka’s owner, a Missouri woman named Tonia Haddix, says he is dead. PETA doesn’t buy it.

Gateway Pet Guardians’ new social worker will help the organization strengthen ties to existing community resources for people facing hardship.

Four years ago, Dan Kolde sued the University of Missouri. His clients, a California-based nonprofit called the Beagle Freedom Project, had sought to…

Missouri is home to 22 of the 100 puppy mills on the Humane Society of the United States’ most recent list of known problem dealers, topping the list for…

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, St. Louis Public Radio executive editor Shula Neuman led a discussion about Illinois’ six new animal welfare laws, which…