The killing of a dog and her puppies in Guangdong has sparked outrage inside and outside the country.

Mao Zedong may have regarded them as a bourgeois luxury, but pets are on the rise in China. Around 116m cats and dogs share a home with humans in Chinese cities. It is not always clear who is holding ...

When Han Jiali's beloved cat Dabai was taken from her Shanghai home last year, she embarked on a hunt for her pet that took her deep into the bowels of China's underground feline meat trade. Most ...

The Chinese zodiac assigns one of 12 animals to each year in a repeating cycle that has guided Eastern astrology for thousands of years. These animal signs carry deep symbolic meaning rooted in ...

Dr. Li visiting a rescue home in Northeast China. Source: Peter Li, used with permission. "All in all, Chinese culture does not sanction cruelty to nonhuman animals." —Peter Li, Animal Welfare in ...

This photo released by Xinhua News Agency, shows a view of flooded downstream areas of the Liulan Reservoir after it was breached due to heavy rains in Hengzhou, Nanning City, south China's Guangxi ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Public outrage in China over photographs of laboratory dogs lying muzzled and abandoned on the roof of a medical school building spotlights changing attitudes to animal rights, ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Three top Chinese pharmaceutical companies, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From Taiwan to the US, activists are lobbying for China to pass laws against animal cruelty [Supplied] When videos showing the ...