An Alberta judge has dismissed a legal challenge brought against the City of Edmonton by PETA and Zoocheck Canada that asked the court to declare Lucy, the Valley Zoo’s Asian elephant, an animal in distress.
In a ruling released Friday, Associate Chief Justice John Rooke of Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench called the originating notice by [...]

A European Union ban on seal products has been suspended, federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said in St. John’s Thursday.
Shea said the ban was suspended until further notice after Inuit leaders questioned the legality of the ban.
“I’m please to report that we have just learned this morning that the petition launched by the Inuit government [...]

A 37-year-old Western Lowland gorilla described as the dominant female of the Toronto Zoo’s seven-member troupe has died.
Samantha, living at the zoo since 1974, was euthanized Monday after suffering her second stroke in a matter of weeks, the zoo said in a release.
The gorilla was paralyzed on her right side after a stroke in mid-July. [...]

A private zoo keeper in Taiwan is being investigated by authorities after breeding a lion with a tiger and creating two liger cubs.
Huang Kuo-nan has insisted he did not mate the two animals on purpose: Breeding and crossing of rare protected animals is illegal in Taiwan, and if he is convicted, he could be fined [...]

The Crown has dropped all charges against six former leaders of the Toronto Humane Society, including erstwhile president Tim Trow.
The Crown told a courtroom at Old City Hall on Monday morning that there were several legal problems with a November raid by the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals that led to [...]