BUCHAREST, Romania – Scientists and animal rights groups have urged the Romanian government to rethink its plans to allow the hunting of brown bears. In April, the environment ministry said Romania ...

Romanian minister claims bear population needs to be reduced as they pose a danger to people, but rights NGO says this is a pretext to sell permits to trophy-hunters. Bear cubs with their mother in a ...

Animal cruelty is more common in Romania than many other EU countries. Now the government wants to give the police new powers to act. Animal rights activists in Romania have welcomed government plans ...

BUCHAREST, Romania and LIVERMORE, Calif., March 11, 2020 /CNW/ -- Traveling across Eastern Europe, stray dogs are a common sight in many towns and cities. None more so than Romania, where they are ...

Romania is going ahead with the controversial export of 70,000 live sheep to the Persian Gulf. That is despite Brussels urging them not to because “extreme temperatures would make it impossible to ...

Tigers, lions, bears and other wild animals will be banned from circuses in Romania after the country's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday in a move welcomed by animal rights groups. Any animal "born ...

BUCHAREST, Romania >> A litter of puppies wrapped in a blanket and set on fire. A dog roaming the streets with its jaw hacked off. Cats found at the bottom of an apartment block, spines snapped. It’s ...

In 2001, Nancy Janes was on a hiking tour of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania with a group from the San Francisco Chapter of the Sierra Club. Everywhere they went, she was appalled by the ...

FILE - In this Sept. 2002 file photo, a bear approaches a group of tourists on the outskirts of Brasov, Romania. Scientists and animal rights groups have urged the Romanian government to rethink plans ...