Visitors sickened by Kurdish zoo animals’ plight
Visitors to a zoo in the Iraqi-Kurd city of Erbil have complained of sickening conditions and called for the animals, including a smuggled baby lion, to be relocated. Read More »
Rare Sumatran tiger family caught on camera
A World Wildlife Fund research team in Indonesia has caught footage of a rare Sumatran tiger family on video camera for the first time. Read More »
Zoo staff in shock over TV baby cheetah’s death
Staff at Colchester Zoo have been left devastated by the sudden death of a hand reared cheetah cub. Read More »
Last-ditch bid to save Romanian zoo’s lions from death
Fourteen lions at a squalid and crumbling Romanian zoo could be shot if an appeal to raise funds to move the ailing big cats to a British wildlife park falls short of its £150,000 target. Read More »
Tigers ‘could be extinct within a decade’
The World Bank has thrown its support behind conservation efforts to save the tiger amid fears the big cats could be extinct in the wild within 10 years. Read More »
Mum fights off cougar to save daughter
A Canadian mother fought off a cougar that had pinned down her three-year-old daughter in a forest near Vancouver, according to reports. Read More »
Secret lives of jaguars revealed
Details of the secret lives of jaguars – including how often the elusive creatures give birth – have been revealed thanks to a landmark study of the big cats using radio collars and camera traps in Costa Rica. Read More »
White tiger mauls zookeeper to death
A zookeeper at a New Zealand wildlife park has been mauled to death by a white tiger in front of horrified visitors. Read More »