Zookeepers in Malaysia's southern Johor state have named two new African lion cubs after US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton." Obama and Hillary, along with another female cub...
A true killer, wrapping the prey and crushing the prey to death and swallow its dead human prey from head to toe." The university biology student had broken the park's rules by entering the cage holding the...
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The world's most famous polar bear, who provoked fierce debates on animal rights, and also appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, is now involved in another battle, this time over who will get all his money! I'm...
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"It's not always easy being a francophone in Alberta, and that even goes for a 136-kilogram Siberian tiger named Boris.
When the seven-year-old tiger arrived at Edmonton's Valley Zoo from a Montreal-area zoo last...
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In Denver, a jaguar was shot to death for the crime of being a jaguar. I understand that he mauled a zookeeper to death, and that saddens me, but surely there was another way to subdue the animal besides killing it. A jaguar is a big, dangerous jungle cat; keeping one in a...
"The only creatures [Irwin] couldn't dominate were parrots. A parrot once did its best to rip his nose of his face. Parrots are a lot smarter than crocodiles.
— Germaine Greer, Guardian, 5 September, 2006
The...
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