Future’s bright for baby leaf-eating monkey
A bright orange baby leaf-eating monkey – the first success of a nature-replicating harem-style breeding initiative – is the new star attraction at Taronga Zoo. Read More »
Celebrity polar bear lives fast, dies young
Berlin Zoo is mourning the sudden death of “Cute Knut”, the iconic polar bear who shot to fame when he was abandoned by his mother as a cub and ended up on the cover of Vanity Fair. Read More »
Swedish zoo celebrates pygmy hippo birth
Parken Zoo in Sweden is celebrating the survival against the odds of a baby pygmy hippo called Oliver, born last month. Read More »
Japan’s ‘most-wanted’ monkey back behind bars
Japan’s “most-wanted” fugitive monkey is back in captivity after an audacious escape from a maximum-security facility. Read More »
Outrage as rogue ‘Citizen Kane’ zebras shot by ranchers
Three zebras descended from the inhabitants of American newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst’s private zoo have been shot by local ranchers after straying onto their land. Read More »
Cross-eyed opossum is Facebook sensation
A visually-impaired opossum called Heidi has become Germany’s latest animal star after gaining 82,000 Facebook fans.
Drunken chimp highlights Lebanese animals’ plight
Omega the chimpanzee used to serve customers at a cafe in Lebanon. But sometimes they’d get him drunk, causing him to get aggressive and attack them — so he was sold to a small, decrepit zoo.
Now animal rights campaigners are campaigning to get the Middle Eastern country to conform with international animal welfare regulations to give animals like Omega some protection from cruelty and abuse, reports CNN’s Arwa Damon.
Baby koala shot 15 times fights for life
Vets in Australia are battling to save the life of Frodo the baby koala who was shot 15 times in a senseless attack in which her mother was killed.