Many people recently learned that nonhuman animals (animals) are now considered to be "living beings gifted sentience," rather than "movable property," under the French Civil Code. I've had a number ...

PARIS — For years, the animal rights movement — scorned by both politicians and the public in the land of foie gras — struggled to gain traction in France, Europe’s biggest producer and consumer of ...

France will gradually ban the use of wild animals in circuses, phase out orca and dolphin shows and will ban mink farming for fur, the environment minister said on Tuesday.

PARIS — France’s environment minister has announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks and on raising mink on ...

Killer whale "Wikie", 10 years old, jumps with its baby, a female born one month ago at the Marineland aquatic park in Antibes, southeastern France, Monday, April. 18, 2011. AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau ...