The Supreme Judicial Court held that juries in animal cruelty cases will now be instructed that owners, or the person in control of the animal, could have a valid reason for using force.

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ordered a zoo to improve ... That was when Diana Valencia, founder and director of the animal rights group Opening Cages and Opening Minds, met Ely.

Mexico’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a zoo ... founder and director of the animal rights group Opening Cages and Opening Minds. “I believe she would have died soon.” ...