Animals in Entertainment

The Home Office just released plans for a new UK law on animal experimentation that could lead to more suffering for more animals than ever before.

Celebrity Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton joined PETA in front of the Houses of Parliament to call on the government to ban the use of wild animals in circuses.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, Born to Be Wild 3D follows the lives of orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue, protect and rehabilitate them.

PETA, alongside the majority of UK animal protection organisations, has signed a joint letter to David Cameron calling him to reverse his decision not to ban animals in circuses.

At the Costa Adeje Gran Hotel in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, a group of small caged birds is being used as a decorative prop in the foyer.

Knut, the polar bear cub who was the toast of the Berlin Zoo four short years ago, is dead.

Animals find new ways to astonish us every day. Wouldn’t it be great if we returned the favour by astonishing them with our compassion?

Today, The Sun introduced Britain’s animals to their very own real-life superhero.

For your Wednesday enjoyment, here are some of the sweetest and most amazing animals we could find.

For Christmas celebration, London’s Covent Garden Market is displaying live reindeer for people to visit and touch, touting the animals as “Rudolph and his mates”.