Business is good for the “lion encounter” industry. There are now dozens of these operations across Africa that sell close encounters with captive lions. Starting at $60 for “a precious twenty minutes” of cub cuddling, and climbing to more than $3,500 for a month of paid “volunteering,” anyone can pay to play with young lions…
Lion cub STEVE KNIGHT/The Lufkin News Beth Wegner, a big cat keeper at the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin, shows a male African lion cub, which was born at the zoo on Saturday. The yet-to-be-named cub is the first of his kind born at the zoo since the late 1970s. Previous Next STEVE KNIGHT/The Lufkin News…
When a duck came to lunch with a tiger, and found out that his favorite dish wasn’t fruit and fiber By EMMA CLARK PUBLISHED: 14:44 EST, 3 August 2012 | UPDATED: 15:30 EST, 3 August 2012 Patience isn’t something they teach at China’s Heilongjiang Siberian Tiger Park, where dozens of hungry eyes frantically watch visitors as dinner time approaches. An…
Three of the five lion cubs, offsprings of an “unwanted fertilisation” in Nandanvan, the Raipur zoo, died within 24 hours of their birth. While the zoo authorities have denied any negligence in fertilisation or post-birth care, the incident leaves several unanswered questions. Saraswati, 20, had given birth to five cubs on Wednesday between 3…
Animals have a pretty rotten deal in Pakistan since the nation, by and large, can’t seem to stand the sight of the four-legged ones. Dogs are the worst off because man’s best friends from times immemorial are “paleed,” or untouchable. Watch the zealous ones in evasive action should, heaven forbid, a dog arrive. Short of…