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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

John Walker and Irina Walker in Romania. (Courtesy of MediafaxFoto) Irina Walker, the Romanian princess accused of operating a ring on her Oregon ranch, was known as a child for her love of animals ...