A BBC investigation exposed how scammers posted social content of dogs in distress to dupe donors into giving money.

Dozens of dogs have been rescued in raids by police and animal rights organisations in Uganda as they were discovered to have been kept in sham shelters. These shelters used the dogs for social media ...

BBC News Africa produced a documentary probing supposed dog shelters getting thousands in donations ...

Police raid shelters: Authorities rescued dozens of dogs from two Mityana shelters accused of running online scams after a BBC undercover investigation. Suspect faces charges: Owen Godfrey Membe ...

IT was a social media image that broke Nicola Baird’s heart – a tiny stray dog with half its back leg missing. The ...

Most animal activists, in Uganda and beyond, think that more awareness among social media users and potential donors would ...

Unscrupulous scammers have swindled animal loving Brits out of thousands of pounds by posting pitiful pictures from fake ...

African painted dogs, a species thought to have become extinct in Uganda four decades ago, have been spotted in the far northeast of the country, the wildlife authority said. The canines are on the ...

This story was originally published by Minority Africa and a shortened version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing partnership agreement. A United Nations Populations Fund ...

A 30-minute documentary showing the healing power of dogs has been voted the best at an animal festival in Mexico. The dogs are being used as therapy animals to aid recovery among individuals ...