Your emails are urgently needed to stop the planned ritual slaughter of at least 10 animals for a traditional African "blessing" of the World Cup in June, 2010

In the post-9/11 world, the phrase "national security" conjures up images of dirty bombs, jihadists, white powder and biohazard labels. It should also bring to mind another picture: an egg.

Like most facilities such as the Wild Felid Advocacy Center it started with one animal. In my case it was 'Demetreus' - a male bobcat - who came to live with me in 1971. Being a cat lover, I had a passion to share my life with a bobcat.

The divorce of a Sedro-Woolley couple has exotic pet enthusiasts scrambling to find two Siberian tigers a new home.

A recent addition at the Great Plains Zoo is ready to meet you. Callie is a 30lbs Amur Tiger born at the zoo about 3 months ago. Today was her first visit to the big cats exhibit. Callie is the only surviving cub from a litter of six.

As an enormous lion lumbers onto the bonnet of the jeep and begins tearing up a piece of raw meat, you would expect to see fear etched on the faces of these tourists. But rather than showing any signs of terror, the group are smiling broadly - safe from

Cougars, also known as mountain lions or pumas, have been spotted in Minnesota. But there's disagreement over whether the big cats have moved in or are only passing through

Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big cats.

This is not a new photo. It was taken in 2006, but just pointed out to me by an animal-loving colleague. And it's such a great image, I thought it deserved a bit more play. What a fierce, fierce orange kitty! A little tiger, clearly. And he doesn't even

Keepers at the Alice Springs Desert Park are celebrating the birth of a baby bilby