Austrian animal rights activists are asking a Vienna court to declare Hiasl, a chimpanzee caught in 1982 and for use in pharmaceutical research but sent to a now-bankrupt animal sanctuary, a person.

VIENNA, Austria — Hens will be free to run around barnyards, lions and tigers will vanish from circus acts, and Dobermans will sport what nature intended — floppy ears and longer tails — under a tough ...

VIENNA, Austria -- Austrian lawmakers on Thursday approved one of Europe's toughest animal rights laws, a measure that forces farmers to uncage chickens and bars pet owners from clipping their dogs' ...

BERLIN, Germany — Austrian authorities say they have stopped a man at Vienna airport as he tried to smuggle 74 protected chameleons from Africa into the country. They said in a statement a 56-year-old ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian applauded for capturing a 2.3-metre (7.5-foot) boa constrictor he said he discovered on a riverbank has admitted he made up the story to get rid of a pet snake he found ...