[caption id="attachment_94095" align="alignright" width="211"] Babolsar's zoo young chained bear, above, was reportedly seized from the wild in Gilan province, Iran. Photograph: CHN[/caption] Tehran, YJC. A number of Shiite clerics have stated that cruelty to animals is religiously condemnable, urging action against entities that disregard animal ...

[caption id="attachment_94095" align="alignright" width="219"] Babolsar's zoo young chained bear, above, was reportedly seized from the wild in Gilan province, Iran. Photograph: CHN[/caption] The environmental authorities ofIranhave sued a zoo for keeping animalsin poor conditions, particularly for chaining a bear to a post. Iran's environment department ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) The manager of Animal Rights Watch has said a campaign has been seeking two cubs of a leopard. Shahram Amiri Sharifi told Mehr News that a number of animal lovers had volunteered to participate on a search for two cubs of a leopard killed in an automobile accident in Sefidkooh protected area near Khorramabad. So far, 11 people ...