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Lucky to be alive: The bunny torched in his hutch by drunk woman during family argument

Posted by kluciole at 3/18/2010 3:53 AM | Add Comment

Photo: Dolphins swim past a boat, on same day University of Newcastle researchers claimed tourists do them harm

Posted by kluciole at 3/18/2010 3:25 AM | Add Comment

Japanese dolphin hunters bitter as 'The Cove' wins Oscar

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2010 10:07 AM | Add Comment

Frosty the cat survives FOUR WEEKS in a chilled food warehouse... by eating frozen peas

Posted by kluciole at 3/8/2010 9:55 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) volunteer adjusts her lettuce dress in Mumbai

Posted by kluciole at 3/6/2010 6:27 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a dog at a shelter in Romania, with men clearing snow that was threatening the dogs' lives

Posted by kluciole at 3/4/2010 7:00 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Raja, an eight-year-old rescued Royal Bengal Tiger, at the South Kahayar Bari tiger rescue centre

Posted by kluciole at 2/24/2010 4:03 PM | Add Comment

Scientists discover giant plastic rubbish patch in North Atlantic

Posted by kluciole at 2/24/2010 3:52 PM | Add Comment

Startling article: Great White Sharks now more endangered than tigers with just 3,500 left in the oceans

Posted by kluciole at 2/21/2010 10:39 AM | Add Comment

Photo: one-month-old South China tiger cub Niuniu is seen at a zoo in Luoyang, Henan province

Posted by kluciole at 2/21/2010 10:25 AM | Add Comment

Anti-whalers, Japanese fleet fire water cannons at each other in latest clash over whale hunting

Posted by kluciole at 2/9/2010 4:01 AM | Add Comment

Great essay from Luciole's Emma-Jayne Saanen (send love to Dougal): "Would you lend a paw? Would you stop to help an injured animal?"

Posted by kluciole at 2/1/2010 7:39 PM | Add Comment

13 countries agree plan to save wild tigers

Posted by kluciole at 1/30/2010 9:38 PM | Add Comment

Magnificent lion awoken from catnap by his cub's gentle roar

Posted by kluciole at 1/29/2010 10:21 PM | Add Comment

Incredible journey: How Baltic the scrappy dog drifted 90 miles on a piece of ice down a river and out to sea before being rescued

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2010 11:41 AM | Add Comment

'Dogs of war' saving lives in Afghanistan

Posted by kluciole at 1/28/2010 11:35 AM | Add Comment

WWF fears for Siberian tiger after Russian oil leak

Posted by kluciole at 1/22/2010 10:30 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Siberian tigers wait to be fed at the Tiger Park in Harbin, north-eastern China

Posted by kluciole at 1/19/2010 5:22 PM | Add Comment

Scientists turn stem cells into pork. One day it could be "a green alternative to raising livestock, help alleviate world hunger, and save some pigs their bacon"

Posted by kluciole at 1/15/2010 8:44 PM | Add Comment

Photo: Amur tiger cubs Natalia and Vladimir enjoy the snow at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland

Posted by kluciole at 1/8/2010 3:15 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: a monkey at the Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy in Sukhimi; researchers say one of the primates there "could be blasted off to Mars"

Posted by kluciole at 1/7/2010 2:51 AM | Add Comment

Photo: baby elephant Jamuna Toni cuddles with a zookeeper at Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 12/26/2009 6:54 PM | Add Comment

2 rare Siberian tigers and several Bengal tigers perish during 20-hour truck journey in a Russian traveling circus

Posted by kluciole at 12/24/2009 8:02 PM | Add Comment

Head over heels! Giant Panda Tai Shan does a roly-poly in his sleep

Posted by kluciole at 12/23/2009 12:17 AM | Add Comment

India's last "dancing" endangered bear set free

Posted by kluciole at 12/21/2009 2:19 PM | Add Comment

Malaysian authorities rescue 130 pangolins

Posted by kluciole at 12/20/2009 4:47 AM | Add Comment

Fear of violence grows in mountaintop strip mining fight

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 3:28 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a harpoon ship, part of the Japanese whaling fleet, sails beyond an iceberg in the Antarctic Southern Ocean

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 4:13 AM | Add Comment

N. America's biggest fish, the Kootenai River white sturgeon, slips toward extinction

Posted by kluciole at 12/19/2009 4:00 AM | Add Comment

Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change (photos: Monterey Bay, CA)

Posted by kluciole at 12/18/2009 8:42 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: a Japanese Macaque sits in the snow after climbing out of a hot spring in Yamanouchi

Posted by kluciole at 12/17/2009 6:41 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a 6-day-old sheep relaxes with its mother Mana at the Saitama Children's Zoo in Tokyo

Posted by kluciole at 12/16/2009 7:55 PM | Add Comment

Scientists discover Indonesian octopus species who collect and fashion coconuts as shelter; calling it "first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal"

Posted by kluciole at 12/15/2009 7:31 AM | Add Comment

Not in the pink: Flimgo the gray, baby flamingo stands out among its rose-colored family

Posted by kluciole at 12/13/2009 6:01 PM | Add Comment

Under one Danish roof, humanity talks climate

Posted by kluciole at 12/11/2009 6:25 PM | Add Comment

A lonely lioness, whose pride was killed by poachers, adopts human companions (who successfully find her some lions to love)

Posted by kluciole at 12/7/2009 5:01 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Photo: a gorgeous cheetah; there are only between 10,000 and 15,000 of these cats left in the world.

Posted by kluciole at 12/6/2009 8:39 PM | Add Comment

Monkeys Recognize Their Pals in Photos

Posted by kluciole at 12/4/2009 6:46 PM | Add Comment

DNA Reveals Origins of Shark Fin Soup (every year, millions of shark fins are sold at Chinese markets to satisfy demand)

Posted by kluciole at 12/2/2009 11:17 AM | Add Comment

Photos: a polar bear delights in somersaulting in the snow in Wapusk National Park

Posted by kluciole at 11/27/2009 6:51 PM | Add Comment

6,000 camels to be round up and shot in Australian town; plan angers animal welfare groups

Posted by kluciole at 11/27/2009 6:28 PM | Add Comment

Hero mother squirrel saves her baby from a dog

Posted by kluciole at 11/24/2009 12:50 PM | Add Comment

Festival of mass animal sacrifice begins in Nepal... 200,000 buffaloes, goats, chickens and pigeons will be killed

Posted by kluciole at 11/24/2009 12:42 PM | Add Comment

Alert from Luciole friend S.A. Griffin: Dairyland Greyhound Racetrack in Kenosha is closing, and the greyhounds need to be adopted!

Posted by kluciole at 11/22/2009 11:00 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Can anyone adopt Dalmatian Barney? His owner lost him after the dog ballooned in weight on a diet of chocolate

Posted by kluciole at 11/19/2009 7:40 PM | Add Comment

Slaughter of the horses: More animals will be shot as recession bites. Please help Horse Sanctuaries if you can....

Posted by kluciole at 11/15/2009 4:10 PM | Add Comment

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

Posted by kluciole at 11/13/2009 6:34 PM | Add Comment

MIA bomb-sniffing dog found in Afghanistan after 14 months

Posted by kluciole at 11/12/2009 1:08 AM | Add Comment

Photo: kittens learning to socialize and play with other cats during a kitten kindergarten class

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 10:05 AM | Add Comment

Happy tales for some former fighting dogs

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 9:40 AM | Add Comment

Photo: manta's feed at Landaa Lagoon, a new marine reserve in the Maldives

Posted by kluciole at 11/11/2009 9:37 AM | Add Comment

Koalas could be extinct in 30 years, say conservationists

Posted by kluciole at 11/10/2009 11:38 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Is this the only white tiger cub in the wild? Newborn gets a bath from Mom in South Africa

Posted by kluciole at 11/9/2009 7:33 PM | Add Comment

Blueprint of horse genetic code reveals remarkable similarity to humans

Posted by kluciole at 11/8/2009 2:54 PM | Add Comment

West Africa's last giraffes make surprise comeback

Posted by kluciole at 11/7/2009 2:21 PM | Add Comment

Giant Shoebill finds his path blocked by a duck, and instead of eating his friend, he picks him up and gently moves him out of the way

Posted by kluciole at 11/6/2009 5:47 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Man stopped in Norwegian customs caught carrying a tarantula in his bag, with 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos taped to his body

Posted by kluciole at 11/2/2009 11:27 AM | Add Comment

Just watched the PBS broadcast of "Born Wild: The First Days of Life"... here is a video clip!

Posted by kluciole at 11/1/2009 9:07 PM | Add Comment

Massive oil leak off Australia's northwest coast poses "immediate risk" to dozens of marine species, with many dying and sinking to the Timor Sea floor

Posted by kluciole at 10/31/2009 11:07 AM | Add Comment

Mother bear catches two fish at a time in hunting lesson for hungry cubs in Katmai National Park, Alaska

Posted by kluciole at 10/29/2009 6:36 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a newborn Sumatran tiger cub near the paws of its mother at a zoo in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia -- only 250 Sumatran tigers are left in the wild

Posted by kluciole at 10/28/2009 10:59 AM | Add Comment

Another photo of Prudence the piglet chasing sticks with her canine friends at the Wildlives Centre

Posted by kluciole at 10/25/2009 1:34 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Australian town back-flips after cutting ties with its Japanese "sister-city" Taiji over its slaughter of dolphins

Posted by kluciole at 10/23/2009 7:20 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Trio of rare lion cubs unveiled in British zoo -- Pandora, Portia and Phoebe

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2009 1:19 PM | Add Comment

Thanks to Luciole contributor Bridget Van Loon for this article link about the practices behind large scale dairy farming. "Please educate yourself on what and who you are supporting with your dollars and diet"

Posted by kluciole at 10/22/2009 10:19 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Prudence the runt piglet was saved from death and adopted by 6 puppies; she likes to play fetch with them

Posted by kluciole at 10/21/2009 4:46 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The Final Olé: Spain's Catalonia Moves to Ban Bullfighting

Posted by kluciole at 10/19/2009 2:59 AM | Add Comment

Feds deny protection for spotted seals near Alaska

Posted by kluciole at 10/16/2009 11:19 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a small turtle in a plastic basket, waiting to be released into the water at the natural reserve La Flor

Posted by kluciole at 10/15/2009 9:13 AM | Add Comment

Photos: wild konik stallions sparring for territory

Posted by kluciole at 10/13/2009 10:40 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Rhesus macaque monkey mothers "go gooey" over newborns just like humans

Posted by kluciole at 10/11/2009 1:31 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a vet checks a large hawk at the wildlife rehab, rescue and breeding centre 'Green Balkans' in the Bulgarian town of Stara Zagora

Posted by kluciole at 10/10/2009 12:15 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: a mama lioness with her cub at London Zoo

Posted by kluciole at 10/7/2009 8:55 PM | Add Comment

Excerpt from a short story by Jeanette Winterson, in response to the climate crisis

Posted by kluciole at 9/27/2009 1:37 AM | Add Comment

Socrates the cat weighs in at 22 pounds (and looks a lot like Luciole's Baby the Greatest... well, a heftier version. Baby IS pretty lithe)

Posted by kluciole at 9/26/2009 12:07 PM | Add Comment

Endangered Ugandan gorillas join Facebook, MySpace

Posted by kluciole at 9/26/2009 11:47 AM | Add Comment

Cat found wrapped head to foot in duct tape -- reward in Philadelphia "for information leading to the conviction of those responsible"

Posted by kluciole at 9/24/2009 10:58 AM | Add Comment

Tanvir the Bengal tiger scales 15-foot activity tower - but is too frightened to come down

Posted by kluciole at 9/22/2009 10:45 AM | Add Comment

Sweet photo: Giant panda Lou Sheng with her female cub at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Breeding and Research Centre

Posted by kluciole at 9/20/2009 11:16 AM | Add Comment

Photos and article: Three bald eagles lock talons as they plunge to the ground in mid-air battle over fish

Posted by kluciole at 9/17/2009 7:58 AM | Add Comment

Trish Deseine, a cook beloved by the French, has quietly renounced foie gras -- "You can see their livers bursting out of their skin. Nobody can tell me that's not cruel"

Posted by kluciole at 9/8/2009 11:21 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

From Georgia Griffin: a poster to help find a missing dog in San Francisco -- Lucy -- she disappeared in Dolores Park Sept. 1st, and needs medicine

Posted by kluciole at 9/6/2009 12:12 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Photo: three endangered loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings rescued by park rangers in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after the destruction of Hurricane Bill

Posted by kluciole at 9/5/2009 5:49 AM | Add Comment

How the dolphins being massacred in Taiji Cove to satisfy demand for meat are poisoning the Japanese who eat them

Posted by kluciole at 9/5/2009 5:01 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Wolf hunt is on in Idaho — for now. First wolf killed is a female near Lochsa River. Hunter says it was "an adrenaline rush to hear other wolves howl" after he shot her

Posted by kluciole at 9/1/2009 8:30 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Video shows all male chicks ground up alive at egg hatchery: "there is no federal law that ensures the humane euthanasia of animals on farms or hatcheries"

Posted by kluciole at 9/1/2009 8:20 PM | Add Comment

France faces reality of toxic beaches after a horse and rider were sucked into noxious black sludge on a beach in Brittany (the horse died)

Posted by kluciole at 8/28/2009 10:06 PM | Add Comment

Photo: a rainbow appears behind grazing horses at the Avalon Therapeutic Equestrian Center in the town of Ixonia

Posted by kluciole at 8/28/2009 10:15 AM | Add Comment

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and key members of his cabinet dine on seal ribs and liver in defense of seal hunting

Posted by kluciole at 8/22/2009 12:07 AM | Add Comment

Photos: Tamarin monkey twins Lara and Lucy at the Denver Zoo. They were orphaned at the age of 3 weeks, when their mother died of cancer

Posted by kluciole at 8/21/2009 11:48 PM | Add Comment

Mambo, a dog who was covered in gas, set on fire and left for dead, will face his torturers in court

Posted by kluciole at 8/21/2009 11:44 PM | Add Comment

Incredible images from the TV show "Big Cat Diary"

Posted by kluciole at 8/21/2009 12:35 AM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Any readers in England that can adopt some very lovely kitties? "Crisis at rescue centre as Britons turn their backs on cats"

Posted by kluciole at 8/19/2009 7:33 AM | Add Comment

Photo: a newborn caretta-caretta sea turtle in the Gulf of Kyparissia, Greece. 50,000 turtles are born in this area every year, of which only 50 reaches adulthood

Posted by kluciole at 8/18/2009 7:26 AM | Add Comment

Photo: poster released by the Michigan Humane Society for 'Catfax' -- adopt "certified pre-owned cats"

Posted by kluciole at 8/17/2009 11:13 AM | Add Comment

Photo: beautiful fake turtles made of cardboard on the beach in Scheveningen; animal welfare charity warns against buying souvenirs made of animals

Posted by kluciole at 8/16/2009 10:24 AM | Add Comment

Lower Klamath tribal effort to fix broken world hinges on condor

Posted by kluciole at 8/16/2009 2:38 AM | Add Comment

Thai elephant Motola, who stepped on a land mine 10 years ago and endured painful operations, has gotten artificial leg

Posted by kluciole at 8/15/2009 4:12 AM | Add Comment

Unique wildlife of Galapagos Islands under threat from disease-carrying mosquitoes hitching lifts on tourist boats

Posted by kluciole at 8/13/2009 10:53 PM | Add Comment

Photo: two lesser kestrals perch on a branch

Posted by kluciole at 8/12/2009 3:28 AM | Add Comment
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