Hens will be free to run around barnyards, lions and tigers will vanish from circus acts, and Dobermans will sport what nature intended — floppy ears and longer tails — under a tough animal rights law ...

VIENNA, Austria -- Austrian lawmakers on Thursday approved one of Europe's toughest animal rights laws, a measure that forces farmers to uncage chickens and bars pet owners from clipping their dogs' ...

VIENNA (AP) — For weeks, sightings of a rare immigrant have been keeping a corner of Austria on its toes. A moose that has come to be known as Emil appeared nearly three weeks ago in Lower Austria, a ...

BERLIN, Germany — Austrian authorities say they have stopped a man at Vienna airport as he tried to smuggle 74 protected chameleons from Africa into the country. They said in a statement a 56-year-old ...

The Austrian Parliament is preparing a new slaughtering law. Until now the committee on justice had decided that prohibition of cruelty to animals does not apply to those things which are done for ...

In a bold fusion of art, engineering, and ecology, Austria has introduced a visionary concept transforming mundane power lines into majestic animal sculptures. Dubbed the "Austrian Power Giants," ...

A new big offensive has been started against the Jewish practice of slaughtering by the Austrian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A number of mass meetings have been held, and others ...