UK Sightings “lion” was a Pet Cat, “Teddy Bear”
By Gareth George From: BBC News A woman has claimed sightings of a “lion”- which sparked an extensive search by Essex Police – were of her large pet cat, Teddy Bear. A search for the “very large...
View ArticleNew Baby Beluga at the Chicago Aquarium
By Staff, Associated Press From: The Christian Monitor Science Photo: Shedd Aquarium / Brenna Hernandez. A baby beluga calf was born to mom, Mauyak, at about 2 a.m. on Aug. 27 at Shedd Aquarium...
View Article“Vicious” the Dog Who Protects His Owner from Cougar Attack in Canada
By Dave Dormer, QMI Agency From: Toronto News Photo: Angie Prime poses with her border collie, Vicious, who protected Prime when a cougar came into her Trail B.C. home and attacked. (PHOTO COURTESY...
View ArticleBaby Panda Gets Check-up (Video)
From: Weather Channel A month old panda at the San Diego Zoo got a clean bill of health after a check-up. Vets say the cub is just over two pounds and developing normally.
View ArticleZoo View Fennec Fox Kits – Cincinnati Zoo (Video)
By CincinnatiZooTube From: You Tube For the first time since 1994, the Cincinnati Zoo is proud to announce the birth of three Fennec fox kits. The kits, one male and two females, were born at the...
View Article“Mei” Panda at The National Zoo Had a New Cub (Video)
By Michael E. Ruane From: The Washington Post Photo: Sarah L. Voisin / THE WASHINGTON POST Keeper Becky Malinsky was getting ready for bed Sunday, sitting on the couch with her dog when she...
View ArticleWild Horses Sold to Slaughterhouses (+Video)
By Dave Philipps / ProPublica From: NBC News The Bureau of Land Management faced a crisis this spring. The agency protects and manages herds of wild horses that still roam the American West,...
View ArticleHow Horses Help Mental Health Therapy
From: Peggy’s Pet Place Photo: Catherine’s daughter Haley and pal Most of you who read this blog understand and may have even experienced healing bonds with animals. I often write about how dogs...
View ArticleNightline from ABC News : Taming Exotic Pet Owners (Video)
By ABCNews From: You Tube On Nat Geo’s “Animal Intervention,” animal welfare advocates help people give up wild animal pets.
View ArticleSydney Zoo Keeper Crushed by Mr Shuffles the Asian Elephant
By Itnnews From: YouTube A female zoo keeper at Taronga Zoo in Sydney has been crushed by the Asian elephant calf she helped raise. Report by Rob Gillett.
View ArticleAfter a Year Ohio Exotic Animal Owner Speaks Out
By Kathy Thompson From: USA Today ZANESVILLE, Ohio — For the first time in a year, Marian Thompson is discussing how she has struggled with the year since she lost not only her husband, Terry, but...
View ArticleGiraffe Gets Name – Cincinnati Zoo (Video)
By CincinnatiZooTube From: YouTube Today, the Cincinnati Zoo’s baby giraffe is one week old and she now has a new name. After an exciting week of seeing name suggestions on the Zoo’s Facebook page,...
View ArticleBeluga Whale Mimic Sounds of Human Speech (+Video)
From: BBC News Researchers in the US have been shocked to discover a beluga whale whose vocalisations were remarkably close to human speech. While dolphins have been taught to mimic the pattern and...
View ArticleDenver Zoo Mouth-to-Snout Resuscitation Caught on Camera (+Video)
By Evrod Cassimy From: KSDK.com Denver, CO (KCNC/CNN) - An amazing animal rescue at the Denver Zoo was caught on tape. Workers at the zoo had to jump in to save a newborn. The surveillance video...
View ArticleReindeer 2012 – Cincinnati Zoo (Video)
By CincinnatiZooTube From: YouTube Thane Maynard talks about this years Reindeer at the Cincinnati Zoo and the PNC Festival of Lights.
View ArticlePhotos Of A Baby Bottlenose Dolphin At SeaWorld
By TheWeatherChannel From: YouTube They’re celebrating at SeaWorld’s Discovery Cove in Orlando, after a healthy 35-pound, bottlenose dolphin was born at the end of November. It’s the 25th to be...
View ArticleMother Found Python Wrapped Around Her Baby, Australia
From MSN.com Parents, could you quickly check that there isn’t a python near your kid? In the past couple of months, pythons have been found in day-care centers, lying next to babies in cribs and now...
View ArticleDead Goat and some Roosters Headless Found in South Beach (+Video)
By Donna Rapado and Juan Ortega from: NBCMiami.com During a routine check around a waterfront condo on Miami’s South Beach, a security guard on Sunday found the unexpected: a dead goat and some...
View ArticleFlorida Couple Have Been Charged with Animal Cruelty and Child Abuse (+Video)
From: WGRZ OLDSMAR, Fla. (AP) – A southwest Florida couple have been charged with animal cruelty and child abuse after authorities responding to a call about a missing child discovered 300 neglected...
View ArticleAbout 1,000 Common Dolphins Stampede (Video)
From: L.A Now It was a rare, breathtaking sight: In a flash, a pod of about 1,000 common dolphins began a stampede, churning across the blue-gray waters off Dana Point at a rapid pace. Dave...
View ArticleA Pod of Killer Whales Stranded in a Patch of Water in the Hudson’s Bay (+Video)
From: CBC News A dozen killer whales trapped in the ice about 30 kilometres off the coast of Inukjuak, Que., could be in imminent danger, as a local Inuk who visited them late Wednesday afternoon...
View ArticleFlorida Offer Cash for Hunters to Kill Burmese Pythons
By Michael C. Bender From: Bloomberg More than 550 hunters from 30 states have signed up for a contest called the “Python Challenge,” which begins Jan. 12 and offers $5,000 in prize money for those...
View ArticleUPDATE: The Killer Whales Trapped in Quebec Ice Appear To Have Left The Area
From: CBC News The killer whales trapped in the ice in northern Quebec appear to have left the area, Inukjuak Mayor Peter Inukpuk said this morning as experts were said to be en route to the scene to...
View ArticleBald Eagle Nesting & Young 2013
By Dog Post Daily Photo Credit: Vincent Zuniaga / “photsbyvincent.smaugmug.com“ The Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Kenansville, FL, are 63,470 acres in Osceola County, a cooperative public...
View ArticleTeens Catch Great White Shark off Fort Lauderdale(+Video)
By Kevin Dolak From: ABC News Photo: Courtesy Captain Taco Perez A group of teenagers out on a charter fishing trip off of Fort Lauderdale got a rare surprise when they found themselves grappling...
View ArticleMore Dead Dolphins Washed Up on Virginia Beaches (+Video)
By Anne McNamara From: 10 Wavy.com VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – More dead dolphins washed up on Virginia beaches over the weekend. The total number hit 164 dolphins Monday, after 25 were found...
View Article“Mei Xiang”, The National Zoo’s Giant Panda Keep Cuddling Her Days-Old Cub...
From: NBC Washington Mei Xiang, the National Zoo’s giant panda, is proving to be a doting mom. Today, her zookeepers couldn’t tempt her to eat a snack; instead, she preferred to keep cuddling her...
View Article“Klondike” Polar Bear, Dies at Sea World
By Desiree Stennett From: Orlando Sentinel After living most of his life at SeaWorld Orlando, Klondike, an 18-year-old polar bear, has died. Klondike and his sister, Snow, were neglected by their...
View ArticleA Golden Eagle Capturing a Young Sika Deer
From: Phys.org The three images only cover a two-second period, but show an adult golden eagle clinging to the deer’s back. Its carcass was found two weeks later, just a few yards from the camera,...
View ArticleSumatra’s Endangered Tigers
By Lee Poston, Special for CNN From: CNN Photo:As recently as 1978 more than 1,000 Sumatran tigers lived on Sumatra. Now, thanks to high deforestation and poaching, their numbers have dwindled to...
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