Iran's parliament is floating legislation that would ban most household pets in the name of protecting the country from the dangerous influence of "unclean" animals. Under the bill on the "protection ...

Religious food taboos are hard to explain. Hindus avoid beef but eat pork. Jews, Moslems, and Seventh Day Adventists eat beef but avoid pork. It is hard to come up with a satisfactory practical ...

ANKARA, Turkey – Islamic municipalities in Turkey are killing stray dogs, animal rights groups claim. Municipal workers are hunting, torturing, and killing the animals by the hundreds, the campaigners ...