Animal Rights – Italian police have rescued nearly 500 puppies from smugglers within the past two weeks in a mission that they are calling “Operation Bulldog.” A Hungarian truck was stopped on an Italian highway in “the border zone with Austria and Slovenia,”...

Social Issues – Wilfried Siegele, a prosecutor in Austria is investigating whether a man selling wine and schnapps with a picture of Adolf Hitler on the labels is breaking a law that prohibits displays glorifying the Nazi era. Apparently there is a Facebook link to Roland Marte, the...

Animal Rights – The owner of Ringling Bros. circus has agreed to pay a $270,000 fine to settle allegations that it violated federal animal-welfare laws in its handling of elephants, tigers, zebras, and other exotic animals. Announced this Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says...