When 25-year-old veterinary student Caterina Simonsen posted an update on a Facebook page supporting the use of animals in medical research before Christmas, she was trying to say how lucky she felt ...

Residents in the prosperous Italian town of Reggio Emilia were outraged yesterday after its council adopted an animal rights bylaw that bans boiling live lobster as "useless torture". Supporters of ...

Famed for its renaissance walls and mediaeval towers, the Italian city of Lucca hopes to boost its modern-day appeal by ...

An Italian animal rights group is preparing a criminal complaint against US President Donald Trump’s eldest son for illegally hunting protected species, local media reported on Tuesday. Blasting a ...

Thanks to the absence of tourists and much-reduced traffic due to Italy's quarantine measures to tackle the recent Coronavirus outbreak, pollution levels drop across many Italian cities and rarely ...

Ippo, a young zebra-donkey hybrid, is doing well at an Italian animal preserve. Ippo the "zonkey", a zebra-donkey hybrid was born, July 2013 at a Florence reserve in Italy. New Press Photo/Splash News ...

Prosecutors in Italy said Wednesday that a bear that killed a jogger in the Alps last week previously attacked two other people, Reuters reports. Andrea Papi, 26, was found dead on April 6 after going ...

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An investigation has been launched after the bodies of dozens of dogs, cats and rabbits were found dumped in an Italian lake. Officials suspect the dogs were bred for illegal fights, but other animals ...

Italian luxury brand Gucci is officially going fur-free, president and CEO Marco Bizzarri announced on Wednesday. “Being socially responsible is one of Gucci’s core values, and we will continue to ...