Residents in the prosperous Italian town of Reggio Emilia were outraged yesterday after its council adopted an animal rights bylaw that bans boiling live lobster as "useless torture". Supporters of ...

A jockey rides bareback around a makeshift race course set up in the central square of Siena, Italy in June 2011 for the Palio horse race. A series of historic Italian feasts involving animals ...

Animal rights activists in Italy have begun legal proceedings against one of the country's most famous chefs after he cooked and served pigeon on Italian Masterchef. Carlo Cracco, a two ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When 25-year-old veterinary student Caterina Simonsen posted an update on a Facebook page supporting the use of animals in medical research before Christmas, she was trying to say how lucky she felt ...

Be careful when saying someone has 'snake relatives' in Italian. Photo: Martin Cathrae/Flickr You may think you have mastered the Italian language, only to be stumped when someone starts referring to ...

A horse stands under a sun shade on a baking hot day in a village near Kyiv. Andrea Cisternino, the horse’s owner, explains that the horse, named Tathanka, suffers from asthma, and is not supposed to ...

An Italian trade union's 'Hitler Prize' for the "person who has distinguished themselves in their work with animals" is a disturbing sign of "creeping Nazism" in the country, Italy's only female rabbi ...

An investigation has been launched after the bodies of dozens of dogs, cats and rabbits were found dumped in an Italian lake. Officials suspect the dogs were bred for illegal fights, but other animals ...