A man wearing a protective mask and suit inspects a container containing eggs and the bodies of culled chickens at a poultry farm, where a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found by Dutch ...

The Netherlands has achieved something rare in the modern world: an almost complete absence of stray dogs on its streets.

Approximately 3.1 million dogs end up in U.S. animal shelters each year, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). There are a multitude of reasons why these ...

The new bill requires that an animal be stunned before it is slaughtered. AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Despite opposition by the Dutch constitutional court, the local animal rights party has filed its second ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Hours before a rare snowstorm hit this city last month, Sgt. Erik Smit got a call from dispatch: A Jack Russell was locked out on a third-story balcony. Neighbors heard it ...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Agriculture has helped make the Netherlands rich, but experts warn that the density of farms and the increasing number of animals in one of the most intensive agricultural ...