Twin Pandas Born at Berlin Zoo
A zoo in Berlin is celebrating the arrival of two panda cubs, the first time one of the rare mammals has given birth in Germany.
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CITES Agrees on Near-Total Ban on Sending Wild Elephants to Zoos
The regulator of global wildlife trade will impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to zoos after a final vote on the issue on Tuesday.
Read moreElephants
A Connecticut appeals court affirmed dismissal of a habeas petition from the Nonhuman Rights Project on behalf of three elephants confined in a zoo, as “the court reasonably found that elephants are not persons and lack standing to file a habeas petition.”
Read moreJudge Slams Maryland Roadside Zoo Over Death of Tiger
After a federal judge found a roadside zoo in Maryland violated the Endangered Species Act by not giving adequate care to a tiger that is now dead, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the ruling should send a clear message to other wildlife facilities that may be mistreating animals.
Read moreLemur Thief
Aquinas Kasbar, 19, faces up to a year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty Monday to breaking into the Santa Ana, Calif. zoo and stealing North America’s oldest-living ring-tailed lemur in captivity to keep the endangered animal as a pet.
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2 Rare Barbary Lion Cubs Born in Czech Zoo
Two Barbary lion cubs have been born in a Czech zoo, a welcome addition to a small surviving population of a rare lion subspecies that has been extinct in the wild.
Read moreEndangered Rhinos Ready to Be Sent From Europe to Rwanda
Officials say five critically endangered eastern black rhinos from wildlife parks in three European countries are ready for a transport back to their natural habitat in Rwanda, where the entire rhino population was wiped out during the genocide in the 1990s.
Read moreFight to Free Zoo’s Elephants Stumbles in Connecticut Court
An activist group fighting to free three elephants from a Connecticut petting zoo urged an appeals court Monday to revive their case.
Read moreTopeka Zookeeper Attacked by Tiger Is Improving
The director of the Topeka Zoo says a zookeeper who was attacked by a Sumatran tiger remains in intensive care but her prognosis for recovery is good.
Read moreTrial Reveals Seamy Side of Tiger Park
An Oklahoma federal jury convicted zookeeper “Joe Exotic” on all charges Tuesday of trying to hire a hitman to murder a rival animal sanctuary operator in Florida and for killing five tigers under his care.
Read moreHertha the Bear
The German soccer club Hertha bestowed its name, and a monogrammed ball to match, Tuesday on the 4-month-old polar bear that is stealing hearts at Berlin’s Tierpark zoo.
Read moreRare Albino Penguin Makes Debut at Poland Zoo
An extremely rare albino penguin has made its debut at Gdansk Zoo in northern Poland.
Read moreNew Polar Bear Cub Struts Her Stuff at Berlin Zoo
Allowed to venture out of her cage for the first time, a 3-month-old polar bear made a wet and wild debut Friday at the Berlin Tierpark zoo.
Read moreZookeepers Testify at Trial on Elderly Captive Elephants
Describing instances where they had to discipline two Asian elephants that have lived for decades a Massachusetts zoo, current and former workers testified Monday that they used the minimum force necessary to curb bad behavior.
Read moreFugitive Monkeys Back at Berlin Zoo, Days After Breakout
A 17-year-old fugitive monkey has been reunited with her daughter at a Berlin zoo after being caught at a railway station in the German capital.
Read moreReport: Witness Says Gate Blocked When Lion Killed Intern
A witness told authorities a gate blocked by a ball at a North Carolina animal preserve allowed a lion to reach three people at the start of a fatal attack, biting one intern’s ankle and pulling her into the enclosure, according to a medical examiner’s report.
Read moreBerlin Zoo Greets Female Baby Polar Bear in First Checkup
Touting the cub’s “bearish female power,” the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, Germany, said Friday it was finally able to perform a medical checkup that determined the sex of a baby born in December to Tonja the polar bear.
Read moreZoo Escape
A group of chimpanzees at the Belfast Zoo used branches weakened by a storm to make a ladder and escape from their enclosure Saturday, zookeepers say.
Read moreGorilla Gone
A federal judge in California ruled Friday that Ndume, companion of Koko the gorilla who died in 2018, must be returned to the Cincinnati Zoo in a long standing custody battle over where it will reside.
Read moreWho’s the Daddy? Surprise in Swiss Orangutan Paternity Test
Basel Zoo in northwestern Switzerland said Thursday that a paternity test on a baby orangutan shows she wasn’t fathered by the male in her enclosure.
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