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* ![The Only Polar Bear In Guangzhou](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61c9552bb66975ca/6988ab71bc6cfce70a3df0e4/gettyimages-583930090.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2016  
## [No Change in Living Conditions For "World's Saddest Polar Bear"](https://time.com/4543997/china-pizza-polar-bear-animal-rights/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Dominique Rowe
* ![National Parks and Wildlife officers examine the skin of a tiger at the "Tiger Temple," in Saiyok district in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, June 2, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa1f4b9500ebe262/69889605bc6cfc62e63dd3b7/ap16154346781582.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 2, 2016  
## [3 Monks Charged With Smuggling Tiger Skins Out of Buddhist Temple](https://time.com/4355054/tiger-temple-monks-charged/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Denver Nicks
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 14, 2016  
## [_Life of Pi_ Tiger Owner Charged With Animal Cruelty](https://time.com/4293491/zoo-owner-tiger-life-of-pi-animal-cruelty/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by NBC News
* ![173984170](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4b2d4f36f03715b/69887bb48e06019f6146468b/gettyimages-173984170.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 2, 2016  
## [Tourist Killed by Elephant During Thai Trek](https://time.com/4203636/thailand-tourist-elephant-trek-koh-samui/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Rivett-Carnac
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Oct 8, 2015  
## [This Photo of a Cat Shot By a Crossbow Will Make You Wonder How It's Still Alive](https://time.com/4065526/cat-shot-by-crossbow/)  
by Tanya Basu  
* ![Minneapolis News - Feb. 23, 2013](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt890a73dbaff5518f/69885dd535ba6f9e95c0e837/20130223_zaf_m42_021.jpeg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 4, 2015  
## [Another American Could Be in Trouble for Trophy Hunting](https://time.com/3984072/jimmy-johns-trophy-hunting/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Ben Geier/Fortune
* ![Zimbabwe Lion Killed cecil](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbed81b09d8c1976/69885d06428a9e85cecce659/cecil-the-lion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 29, 2015  
## [The Lion-Killing Dentist Is Getting Totally Savaged Online](https://time.com/3977190/the-lion-killing-dentist-is-getting-totally-savaged-online/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Benjamin Snyder/Fortune
* ![Burgers](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfec0513c31b34ca7/698859f3f887dcdda2e91456/burgers.gif?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 9, 2015  
## [Should I Eat Burgers?](https://time.com/3947163/burgers-red-meat/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Mandy Oaklander
* ![Left: Animal lover Yang Xiaoyun uses a mobile phone next to a cage conatining dogs that she bought from dog vendors to rescue them from dog meat dealers at a temporary shelter ahead of a local dog meat festival in Yulin, Guangxi Province, June 21, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta8a940d7758a13db/69885581a988ca4b376b31fc/yulin-dog-meat-festival.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 22, 2015  
## [This Woman Saved 100 Dogs From Being Eaten at a Controversial Festival in China](https://time.com/3929673/china-yulin-dog-meat-festival-rescue-cruel/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Helen Regan
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 18, 2015  
## [Foster Farms Suspends Employees After Video Release](https://time.com/3925835/foster-farms-mercy-for-animals-abuse-chickens-investigation-graphic-video/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Helen Regan  
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jun 2, 2015  
## [Police Arrest Man in Case of Dog's Muzzle Taped Shut](https://time.com/3906499/dog-animal-cruelty/)  
by People
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 4, 2015  
## [Australian Jailed for Killing 9 Puppies While on Meth](https://time.com/3845004/puppies-killed-australia-meth-nathan-thompson/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Sabrina Toppa
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Apr 16, 2015  
## [CEO Fined $5,000 for Kicking a Puppy](https://time.com/3824548/ceo-kicking-puppy-des-hague-centerplate-animal-cruelty/)  
by Helen Regan
* ![526835841](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d6043779b8b09d7/69877c46e53aba4ec54d743a/526835841.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 28, 2015  
## [GoDaddy Pulls Controversial Super Bowl Ad](https://time.com/3685328/godaddy-puppy-super-bowl-ad/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Puppy Dog](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58430f96f521e25c/69876f0c0b72e3e2556dca4e/dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 16, 2014  
## [Tattooing Your Pet Is Now Illegal in N.Y.](https://time.com/3635324/dogs-cats-tattoos-new-york-illegal/)  
by Rishi Iyengar

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