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A 3-year-old boy suffered superficial wounds when a 45-pound European lynx clawed him through a chain-link fence at a zoo, the zoo's director said Tuesday.
Three male Amur tiger cubs have made their public debut at Utah's Hogle Zoo.
Officials at the Philadelphia Zoo say they're happy that an AWOL avian has been found and is returning to its perch.
Attention, bird watchers: A flamboyant feathered friend has apparently flown the coop at the Philadelphia Zoo.
Massachusetts lawmakers said Monday they would try to restore $4 million in state funds for two local zoos after operators suggested that without the money, animals might have to be destroyed — a claim the governor called a scare tactic.
An Ohio zoo is celebrating a No. 1 ranking with a new commercial all about getting rid of "number 2" — the other kind. A cast including Columbus Zoo celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna shovels and sweeps animal waste to lyrics such as "Lots of scoopin' all their poopin'" and "No more number 2." It's the zoo's way of promoting its designation as the country's top zoo by USA Travel Guide. The Columbus Zoo is more accustomed to being rated the No. 2 zoo after San Diego's.
When the National Zoo tried to set up a pair of rare white-naped cranes, the date went sour and the lovebirds fought.
A miniature train that derailed and injured 22 people at the Louisville Zoo underwent daily inspections and passed a state examination in January, safety officials said Tuesday.
Another panda pregnancy watch has ended in disappointment.
A baby lemur who fell into the moat at his enclosure in a Little Rock, Ark., zoo Wednesday was quickly pulled out and revived with CPR administered by zoo staff. Tragically, zoo officials reported that 5-week-old Houdini later died, possibly of pneumonia.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is ready to show off its latest addition, a baby Asian elephant born last week.
If you get a message to call a "Mr. Don Key" on Wednesday, the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines is one step ahead of you. The zoo, in an effort to stop the numerous prank calls it typically gets on April Fools' Day, has set up four hotlines for pranksters looking to dupe others. Numbers have been set up for such April Fools standbys as "Mr. Albert Ross," "Mr. C. Lyon," "Ms. Anna Conda," and the aforementioned "Mr. Don Key."
Two rare and endangered clouded leopard cubs are being taken care of at a National Zoo facility in northern Virginia.
A lion rips open a paper bag stuffed with hay and meat. Giraffes chew up old Christmas trees. Asian black bears claw on empty beer kegs.
Two endangered Bornean sun bear cubs have been introduced at the San Diego Zoo.
Mauzy the giraffe isn’t likely in the running for any Mother of the Year awards. The long-necked mammal that makes its home at Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, Mass., became a first-time mom last Monday — but the health of her newborn, Molly, was in crisis mode since birth.
The jobs are temporary, at basic wages, and some involve cleaning up after zoo animals. But Britain is suffering a recession, so when the help-wanted ads appeared, about 3,000 people applied, including laid-off executives and company bosses.
A man who authorities say jumped into a black rhino enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo has been cited. Neither the man, whose name has not been released, nor any animals were hurt in Monday's incident. But zoo officials say he was lucky the rhino did not go after him. The man was cited for violating a park code that restricts people from bothering zoo animals.
A 16-year-old employee of a small Virginia zoo is recovering after a tiger bit her when she tried to pet it.
A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's name no longer is in its prominent place at the Detroit Zoo.
The National Zoo says panda mother Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) will not give birth to a cub this year afterall.
The monkeys and lions were drugged, tossed into cloth sacks and dragged through smuggling tunnels under the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip before ending up in a dusty Gaza zoo. Stocked almost entirely with smuggled animals, the "Heaven of Birds and Animals Zoo" is a sign of Gaza's ever-expanding tunnel industry.
Idaho members of a group that advocates for the right to openly carry handguns in public are turning heads by touring Zoo Boise while packing guns on their hips.
Getting up close and personal with the lions at Werribee Open Range Zoo | Mail OnlineThe four passengers in the jeep must feel a whisker away from death as a lion jumps up on to their bonnet for lunch. But that's all part of the attraction. The jeep is a new zoo exhibit which allows visitors to get incredibly close to the lions.
Are Bald Bears Without Bear Hair Need Care Bears?YOU would have thought a fur coat would have been the ultimate bear necessity. But not for unfortunate Dolores, who has lost all her body hair and has been left with just a few tufts around her head.
Bald bears baffle vets with mystery condition at German zooDolores, a spectacled bear at a zoo in Leipzig, has gone bald. Not just on her head but all over her body. Vets are baffled about what has caused the sudden hair loss which has affected all female bears at the zoo.
Obese man dies after refusing zoo X-rayAn obese man is dead after he refused to have an X-ray taken in a machine for zoo animals because he was too large for one at a Hamburg hospital, daily Bild reported on Tuesday.
Caged in the human zoo: The shocking story of the young pygmy warrior put on show in a monkey house - and how he fuelled Hitler's twisted beliefsHis ebony skin stood out in sharp contrast to the white crowd pressing to get a better view.
Panda cub takes latest exam in stride - SignOnSanDiego.comBai Yun's 10 week old cub does well through latest health checkup.....
Boy, 3, attacked by lynx at zoo A Norman, Okla., zoo has put up a new, solid fence in front of an exhibit after a 3-year-old boy was clawed by a 45-pound European lynx.
Religious nuts 0, Sanity 1 - Dancing elephant statue stays, says Calgary ZooThe Calgary Zoo said it has no plans to remove a dancing elephant statue after a complaint from a Christian group that it's an inappropriate religious icon.
Swine Flu Kills Healthy BoyThe Aug. 28 weekend started out happily for 5-year-old Max Gomez. The cheerful and precocious boy from Antioch, Tenn., had just started kindergarten and was looking forward to a church trip to the zoo.
Twin two-year-old boys victims of E.coli outbreak - up to 50,000 children may be affectedTwin two-year-old boys with suspected kidney failure are among dozens of victims of a growing E.coli outbreak which started at a petting farm. Both the children are on dialysis and one has undergone a blood transfusion as concern mounts over the scale of the infection.
Save the lions | Lions face death at Romanian zoo LEANING her emaciated body against the small rusty cage, starving lioness Anetta paws at the bars forlornly as the days count down to her pride's execution.
The Amazing Moment an Elephant Perched on a "Ledge" to Grab Food from a Toddler Visiting the ZooAs an elephant took food from a toddler, an amazing photograph was taken "by amateur photographer Tobias Haase, during a visit to Hamburg Zoo in Germany."
Anjana the Chimp Shows Off Her Parenting skills...With a Puma CubA chimpanzee named Anjana helps care for a puma cub in a zoo.
Humanists protest over Creationist zooAn zoo near Bristol UK teaches a mix of Creation and Evolution and apparently a literal interpretation of the Noah's Ark story. The "three people groups" may be descended from Noah's three sons. Humanists and secularist think this is just a little bit nuts.
Cop investigated for feeding gorillas Pop-Tarts A police officer in America is under investigation over allegations that last year he snuck into a zoo after hours to feed gorillas Pop-Tarts.
Woman sues zoo over splashing dolphinsCHICAGO (Reuters) - A woman is suing a Chicago-area zoo for a 2008 fall near a dolphin exhibit, accusing zookeepers of encouraging the mammals to splash water and then failing to protect spectators from wet surfaces, local media reported on Thursday. In her suit filed earlier th …
Cheetah Cub Debuts in Cincinnati - Paw NationA cheetah cub debuts at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical gardens-7 week old cub.
Woman sues zoo over splashing dolphins.A woman is suing a Chicago-area zoo for a 2008 fall near a dolphin exhibit, accusing zookeepers of encouraging the mammals to splash water and then failing to protect spectators from wet surfaces, local media reported on Thursday.
When a Mexican drug lord gets busted, this is what you'll find (gallery)What happens when a rich Mexican drug lord gets busted? Massive confiscation of golden pistols, machine guns, mansions and even wild animals of their private home zoo. That's exactly what happened to these people, and this time...everything was taken away.
Terrified children left dangling near lion enclosure for two hours after power is cut to rides at Chessington World of Adventures Mothers and terrified children were stuck 20ft above the ground near a lion enclosure as a major power cut plunged a theme park into panic today.
Endangered Red Panda Births Quadruplets at Denver ZooQuadruplet births are rare for pandas, but the four cubs, three males and one female, were born on July 9th to Sophia and He-Ping. They are native to the Himalayas.
Tulsa Mayoral Candidate Wants Creationism Exhibit in Public ZooA mayoral candidate has resurrected a controversy over Creationism at the Tulsa Zoo. A push to exhibit the Christian story of creation at the Tulsa Zoo failed four years ago. Republican candidate for Tulsa mayor, Anna Falling, is bringing the issue front and center.
Sea lion mates himself to death at Nuremberg zooA male sea lion from California called Mike has died of exhaustion after over-exerting himself during the mating season in an animal park in Nuremberg, the city said on Tuesday.
Dog wet nurse saves panda cubs in ChinaCubs were abandoned by mother after she gave birth in front of zoo visitors
Male penguin couple splits over widowed femaleA pair of male penguins who have nested together for six years apparently broke up when a female penguin became available, say caretakers at the San Francisco Zoo.
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