Albania said Tuesday it will ban all hunting for two years to protect animals threatened with extinction. Environment Minister Lefter Koka said the ban was necessary to protect species whose numbers ...

PRISTINA, Kosovo — A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries in Germany in early December after authorities in Tirana discovered they were being ...

A worker cleans the cage of a zebra at Safari Zoo Park in Mbrostar, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Tirana, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Albanian authorities have temporarily blocked the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lion is seen in its cage at a zoo in Tirana, Thursday, April 18, 2019. An international animal welfare charity was locked in a ...

Wildlife protection groups say authorities are failing to enforce a seven year-old ban on hunting, leaving a number of endangered species perilously unprotected. Seven years after Albania banned ...

The Tirana municipality has shut down Albania’s only zoo after a video was circulated showing a bloodied horse that had been attacked by a bull while they were kept in the same pen. The gates have ...

A small but significant change has been taking place in the middle of Tirana over the last ten years. A growing percentage of Albanians now consider their pets to be more than just "cats or dogs," but ...

MBROSTAR, Albania (AP) — A report claiming lions and other animals were left malnourished at a private zoo in Albania has prompted Albanian authorities to order the zoo’s temporary closure.