SAN DIEGO (CNS) — As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue groups are urging people not to buy rabbits or baby chicks as holiday gifts for children. Buying or ...

SAN ANTONIO - As Easter approaches, we want to remind everyone that selling baby animals, like brightly colored baby chicks, ducklings and bunnies, is illegal in San Antonio. According to the city’s ...

Anthrozoologist and animal rights activist John Di Leonardo warns against gifting newborn chicks and ducklings as Easter presents, saying that though the animals are cute, the baby birds are not pets.

SUFFOLK COUNTY (WABC) -- Three businesses in Suffolk County are facing charges after they allegedly sold baby chicks illegally. The Suffolk County district attorney says that it's illegal to sell, ...

SAN ANTONIO – Baby rabbits, chicks and ducklings may be in demand this time of year, but the City of San Antonio is reminding people that it is illegal to buy, sell or dye them due to the “Easter ...

With Easter Sunday coming up this week, San Antonio Animal Care Services is warning that the dyeing of baby chicks, ducklings, and rabbits in pastel hues is legally prohibited. In addition, the city ...

This Easter, let’s celebrate with compassion by leaving animals out of our traditions. Giving baby chicks as gifts or using real eggs for hunts may seem harmless, but these practices often lead to ...

BALDWIN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Every year, well-meaning people buy baby chicks and ducklings as Easter props and gifts. But animal advocates say it's often impulse buying that can go very wrong after ...

This Easter, let’s celebrate with compassion by leaving animals out of our traditions. Giving baby chicks as gifts or using real eggs for hunts may seem harmless, but these practices often lead to ...

The nation’s S. P. C. A.’s, Manhattan’s especially, last week prepared to invoke state criminal codes to prohibit the sale of baby chicks as Easter toys, since few grown-ups know how to feed or bed ...

One of the bunnies rescued by the San Diego Humane Society in 2015. (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Humane Society) As they do each year when Easter approaches, shelter officials and animal rescue ...

SAN ANTONIO – While springtime and Easter may have you thinking about chicks, ducklings and baby rabbits, it is illegal to buy, sell or dye them in San Antonio. Animal Care Services is reminding ...