Japan’s ‘most dangerous zoo’ says it will fight closure

A Japanese zoo is fighting back after authorities in Hokkaido prefecture issued a closure order for the facility exhibiting ...

Want a hippopotamus for Christmas? What MS law says about wild, exotic pets

Want to get an exotic pet or give one as a Christmas gift? Know what creatures Mississippi state law defines as wild or dangerous animals ...
Yahoo

Zoo visitor sparks outrage after dangerous interaction with critically endangered creature: 'She will continue to be monitored closely'

An image circulating online has sparked outrage. A woman at the Singapore Zoo was photographed feeding an endangered lemur a soft drink, reported the Straits Times. Luckily, the lemur was unharmed by ...
Post and Courier

Zoo dangerous-animal squads arm for a weighty responsibility

When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn’t from the police. Instead, the shooter was a specially trained zoo staffer on one of ...
WSET

'Mission impossible:' Lion, wolf evacuated from Ukraine zoo in dangerous 4-day journey

RADAUTI, Romania (AP) — Simba the lion and a wolf named Akyla have been evacuated from a zoo in war-torn Ukraine and brought to safety in Romania in what an animal rights group involved in the ...
News Tribune

Zoo dangerous-animal squads arm for weighty responsibility

When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn't from the police. Instead, the shooter was a specially trained zoo staffer on one of ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Zoo dangerous-animal squads arm for a weighty responsibility

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. When a 400-pound gorilla grabbed a 3-year-old boy at the Cincinnati Zoo, the sharpshooter who killed the ape wasn't from the ...