The zoo snafu started around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, right after powerful thunderstorms struck the area. The sightseeing cable cars, part of the Skyfari above the zoo came to a halt, suspending the passengers in mid-air
<p>Su, a professional photographer, said the attack happened just seconds after a flock of crows chased the eagle into the lion enclosure around 4 p.m.
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On Saturday the animal welfare organization FOUR PAWS released 11 big cats, rescued from Romanian zoos, into the LIONSROCK big cat sanctuary in South Africa. Nine lion cubs, a grown lion and a young tigress made the almost 72-hour journey by road and
The amateur video shows Lucas Tomas, 22, being attacked by the animal. Tomas scaled a wall and jumped into the lion's pit, then began holding out his jacket as if it were a bullfighter's cape, challenging one of the two lions inside to attack him.
Conservationists issued an appeal today to protect lions surrounding Kenya's Amboseli National Park, saying the big cats are declining at an alarming pace and may even be extinct in the region within a few years.
The wide-eyed lion cub inched slowly to the edge of the wooden crate. He stared around him, then with a growl from the older cub behind him, he leapt out onto the grass.
After paying $20.00 to have their picture made with a baby lion or tiger the vast majority of people, who learned the truth about the miserable lives captive cats lead, confess "I knew in my heart that there was something wrong..." Often it is the nagging
Police say six caged lions left only fingers and intestines after eating a worker who was giving them water. The lions attacked the 49-year-old man on Tuesday after he went inside their cage to deliver water.
A suspected thief who broke into a lion park was "ripped apart" by up to 10 animals. The intruder got through three security fences before reaching the main enclosure when he was ferociously attacked by the wild beasts.
In yet another incident of its kind, two lions cubs fell into an open well in a farm in Khilawad village near Una on Tuesday night and drowned. The cubs were barely a month old. Despite lions being in the spotlight after the poaching cases in 2007, open
With mercury registering high temperature with each passing day, the forest authorities in Sasan Gir sanctuary have made arrangements to protect lions and other wild life and domestic animals from being thirsty.
Educational information presented here includes an overview of the 5 remaining sub-species of Tigers, numerous Lemur species as well as 2 sub-species of lion. In many cases we provide photos, illustrations and even vocalizations to assist you with
More than 28 million people and counting have seen the extraordinary footage on YouTube: a baby buffalo in a tug of war between lions and a crocodile. This National Geographic full-length enhanced true story has an amazing ending.
In a rare incident, an eight-year-old lion ate a four-month-old cub in the Gir forest in Junagadh district of Gujarat, officials said. The incident occurred on Monday in the forst between the villages of Dudada and Raidi when a lioness was being wooed by
A martial arts teacher knocked over by a lion during a photo shoot at Bowmanville Zoo says she is happy to have come away with four broken ribs and a bloodied lung. "To be honest, the sensation I have is a great deal of gratitude to be alive,"
