Each animal has a designated habitat. One where all their basic needs are met and suitable for their lifestyle. However, there are times when animals surprisingly appear in different places. It causes confusion to witnesses, especially the animals living in that particular environment. People wonder why those animals end up there — why did they […]
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Zoo keeper loses his hand after one of the alligators bit him during a routine training session
A Florida zoo keeper had his hand bitten off during a routine interaction with one of his own alligators due to an errant leaf. Greg Graziani, wildlife director of Florida Gator Gardens in Venus and an alligator veteran of 46 years, had his wrist chomped on August 17, the park reported on its Facebook page. […]
Lion kills man who climbed into enclosure at zoo in Ghana
A lion in a zoo in Ghana has killed a man who scaled a fence and landed in its enclosure. The incident happened at Accra zoo on Sunday. “The intruder was attacked and injured by one of the lions within the inner fencing of the enclosure,” the Forestry Commission said. It said the lion, a […]
Cincinnati Zoo Announces Name Of Baby Hippo… Meet Fritz!
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden have officially announced the name of Bibi’s baby hippo. The adorable hippo was born on August 3rd, which is also National Watermelon Day. It was a very fitting birthdate as hippos love watermelon and it is also how the zoo announced Bibi’s pregnancy. For the next two weeks, Mama […]
Freya The Walrus Is Euthanized In Norway, Sparking Global Outrage
When we first wrote about Freya the walrus, the young 1,300-pound walrus was making the most of Scandinavia’s long summer days by sunbathing on and (much to the chagrin of boat owners) occasionally sinking boats around Norway. But while Freya’s adorable antics earned her a large human following, who obsessively followed the young walrus’ movements […]
Cats are eating NZ’s critically endangered bats
New research by Department of Conservation staff confirms what has long been suspected—feral and domestic cats are repeatedly hunting and eating New Zealand’s native bats, or pekapeka. In a recently published research paper in the NZ Journal of Zoology, DOC Science Advisor Dr. Kerry Borkin examined the gut contents of a feral cat trapped in […]
Family of Nine Spider Monkeys Rescued from Illegal Zoo and Returned to Rainforest
A family of nine spider monkeys, including two babies, were saved from an illegal zoo and returned to their natural home, the rainforest. With help from Animal Defenders International (ADI), Taricaya Ecological Reserve, Peru’s Wildlife Department, and SERFOR, the monkeys were rescued from the zoo in eastern Peru and returned to the wild. The monkeys […]
Surfer Bill Lowe rescues osprey entangled in fishing line
Every day, Barry Brown walks out to the North Stradbroke Island headlands with a camera in his hand, hoping to catch a unique moment, such as a whale spouting or a fur seal relaxing on a rock. Last week, Brown was looking for birds to shoot in his normal location near Whale Rock at the […]