animal rights
Heartless Florida man accused of strangling puppy to death, burying corpse in backyard: cops
Howard Blair got ticked off when his pup "Nutmeg" bit one of his other dogs -- so he strangled the pooch to death, the sheriff's office said.
Pup fatally struck by speeding e-bike – and grieving UES owner can't get justice thanks to legal loophole
A tiny pooch was fatally struck by an e-bike in a sidewalk hit-run on the Upper East Side on Memorial Day weekend – but the dog’s grieving owner says she...
Dead chickens placed in odd position on ritzy NYC block -- sparking 'animal sacrifice' claims
A pair of dead chickens were bizarrely found on an Upper West Side curb median on Broadway over the weekend – less than a year after another pair was discovered...
Pigeon-costumed activists swarm NYC pet shop as cops try to defuse tensions
Pigeon-costumed bird-lovers Saturday clashed with employees of a pigeon-supply store in Brooklyn – where the screaming matches were so intense they had to be broken up by cops.
Sicko Fla. fisherman imprisoned for shooting, poisoning dolphins in front of kids
Zackery Brandon Barfield, 31, was mad that dolphins were stealing fish away from his charter boat clients, according to the feds.
Central Park horse runs wild without driver in shocking video: ‘One of the most terrifying experiences’
A runaway carriage horse sped through Central Park without its driver Sunday evening, sending panicked parkgoers caught on shocking video scrambling – even jumping over wire fences and into the...
Taxpayers may have to quack up $1M for slaughtering 100K ducks at Long Island farm in virus scare: documents
Taxpayers may get their gooses cooked paying for a duck massacre. A Long Island duck farm is asking for the federal government to quack up $1 million after it euthanized...
NY bill would give critters due process after P'Nut the squirrel was seized, beheaded by DEC agents
Don't tread on P. State Republicans are pushing a bill that would give animals seized by the government a stay of execution after internet-famous P'Nut the Squirrel was decapitated by...
P'Nut's grieving owner finds love again four months after NY bureau-rats slaughtered the famous squirrel
Mark Longo adopted a miniature dachshund, whom he believes “may be the reincarnated version” of P'Nut the Squirrel, he told The Post.
3 piglets stolen from art exhibit where they were meant to starve to death — until a 10-year-old girl spoke up
One of the masterplanners behind the swine swindling said his 10-year-old daughter begged him to “make sure the piggies won’t die.”
NYC dog trainer caught on video kicking, whipping pups still in business, neighbors say: 'He's fully abusing dogs'
More than 30 horrific animal abuse complaints have been leveled against Corey Harden alleging the Flatbush-based dog trainer has pummeled several pups -- even leaving some out in the freezing...
Some of NYC's 500K stray cats could be infected with bird flu — posing potential threat to humans
"It's just a matter of time," said Regina Massaro, the founder of Spay Neuter Intervention Project NYC, to The Post.
New allegations of horrific abuse and death -- including a drowned mountain lion -- at notorious 'roadside zoo' on Long Island
When the zoo couldn't locate an eagle in its care, “I was told, ‘Don’t say anything to anybody, we can’t let anybody know we lost the eagle,' " former town...
NYC lawyers call on Bronx Zoo's last 2 elephants Happy and Patty to be moved to animal sanctuary as concerns over care grow
The New York City Bar wants the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) -- which operates the famous zoo -- to either voluntarily give up the two elephants, Happy and Patty, or...
Central Park carriage drivers pushing city for more bathroom ‘relief': ‘You can’t leave a horse’
“Neigh”-ture calls. Central Park horse carriage drivers are urging the city for some "relief" when it comes to bathroom access, The Post has learned. The drivers -- who are sometimes...
Inside the alleged Long Island sanctuary-turned-torture chamber for animals: 'Severe medical neglect'
Animals that have tragically died at the sanctuary include Larry the rooster, Nessy the Peking duck and Honey the bear -- the facility's star attraction who staffers claimed was "dancing''...
Bronx Zoo named No. 2 ‘worst zoo’ for elephants as activists say 'Happy' is one pouty pachyderm
The Bronx Zoo was just named among the “worst zoos” for elephants in North America by animal rights group In Defense of Animals over its refusal to release its Asian...
Popular vegan restaurant chain closes after angry customers mercilessly attacked it for putting meat on the menu
"You've turned on your core roots and the animals in a way that is so disappointing," one angry diner said.
At least 82 monkeys injured, died due to South Carolina lab's 'negligence': report
Documents leaked to Peta show that, between 2021 and 2023, multiple primates housed at two Alpha Genesis Incorporated locations in South Carolina endured preventable injuries and deaths.