The Great Escape always brings prisoner-of-war Steve McQueen to mind, but perhaps the real masters of breaking out are five lions who absconded from their enclosure at a Sydney zoo last month. Taronga Zoo said on Thursday that new CCTV footage reveals how four cubs and an adult male escaped their enclosure by squeezing beneath […]
SYDNEY—Five lions managed a short escape from their enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo early on Wednesday, prompting the zoo to sound a “code one” alert and rush guests of its “Roar and Snore” overnight stay program to safety. The alert was issued after video footage showed a male adult lion called Ato and four cubs […]
At the Buin Zoo on the outskirts of Chilean capital Santiago, a veterinarian sporting a tiger-striped face mask administers an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to a tiger in a cage, as another zoo worker feeds the animal chunks of raw meat via a pair of long tongs. The Buin Zoo, like others around the world, is […]
Animal keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington are keeping a close eye on their lions and tigers after the animals tested presumptive positive for COVID-19. Six African lions, a Sumatran tiger, and two Amur tigers are being treated with anti-inflammatories and anti-nausea medication to help with their discomfort and loss of appetite, the […]
African lion cubs Izwi, Ilola, and Tadala celebrated their first birthday on Tuesday at the Dallas Zoo. The siblings enjoyed ice and meat treats prepared by zoo staff. The lions were born on Aug. 17, 2020, and each now weighs about 150 pounds. They were the first litter of multiple cubs at the Dallas Zoo […]
A poacher was allegedly killed after being trampled by an elephant and his remains later eaten by a pride of lions before being recovered by park rangers in Kruger National Park in South Africa on April 4. According to a press release from South African National Parks, members of the poachers group called the family of […]
Iraq’s rare white lion came outside before its first birthday. Handlers only let it out for two hours a day, to protect it. When it turns three, it will stay out of its enclosure longer. This time it ran around with a friend, wrestled, and snacked on a dead bird. The mother is expected to […]
DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, South Africa (AP) — The male lion brushes through the tall grass and strides into a clearing in a South African wildlife sanctuary. A man beckons the big cat with purring sounds. The lion, Bayetsi, responds with a gentle growl and caresses Kevin Richardson, popularly known as the “lion whisperer,” with its […]
