crime Spain: Cops free 100s of dogs from illegal puppy farm, 5 people arrested Xeni Jardin

animals Another horse dies at Santa Anita, 2-year-old colt is 27th fatality this season Xeni Jardin

dogs Dog with muzzle taped shut now posing with hot firefighters Andrea James

sheep Animal abuse allegations included swearing at sheep—but plenty worse, too Rob Beschizza

animals WATCH: Rescued sloth bears are having fun learning to be free Xeni Jardin

tv Nicolas Cage to star as celebrity animal abuser Joe Exotic Rob Beschizza

animals Volunteers needed to cuddle pigs David Pescovitz

Science Anne Dagg, pioneering giraffe biologist and feminist critic of "evolutionary psychology" receives the Order of Canada Cory Doctorow

summer reading list Ask Reddit: "What book f*cked you up mentally?" Mark Frauenfelder

california Fur industry paid protesters to attend California and New York hearings on a fur ban Cory Doctorow

delete facebook Videos of organs being harvested from living children are big on Facebook now Xeni Jardin

climate New Zealand's domestic spies, obsessed with illegally surveilling environmental activists, missed a heavily armed right-wing terrorist Cory Doctorow

mistakes Man jailed after boasting of pelican abuse Rob Beschizza

law GOP lawmaker driven mad by bill that would decriminalize children who take naked photos of themselves, delivers a frenzied rant about anal sex on legislature's floor Cory Doctorow

Food Court strikes down Iowa's unconstitutional ag-gag law Cory Doctorow

fbi Booby-trapped wheelchair takes out FBI agent Seamus Bellamy

Science Johns Hopkins researchers recommend reclassifying magic mushrooms from schedule I to IV drug David Pescovitz

News A 10-person task force is hunting the serial cat killer in Washington state Xeni Jardin