Handling Cubs for Photo Shoots Sends the Worst Possible Message THEY’RE two of the country’s most beautiful women, but Jennifer Hawkins and Jessica Hart readily admit a litter of lion cubs are the real stars of Myer’s 2012 spring summer campaign. In South Africa for a lavish 10-day shoot for the store’s new collection,…
Animal activist protests endangered cats show May 25, 2012 2:02 PM NATHAN VAIL THE GAZETTE The Colorado Renaissance Festival is an annual rite of summer, known for its festive family atmosphere including jousting displays, costumes, crafts, food and general pageantry. But this year, one animal activist isn’t yelling “huzzah” over a show called the “Endangered…
Gardner man with past exotic pet problems is charged with trying to hire hit man BY TONY RIZZO AND ROBERT A. CRONKLETON The Kansas City Star Rheuben Clifford Johnson III Johnson County prosecutors on Thursday accused a Gardner man of attempting to hire a hit man to kill his former wife. Rheuben Clifford Johnson III,…
California Department Fish and Game wardens did everything possible to try and save a juvenile mountain lion that wandered into a populated Santa Monica neighborhood, but when all else failed, local police shot and killed the cougar. The lion, a protected species in the state but in no way endangered, had made it to the…
‘Grandpa’ fights for Bulgarian zoo’s survival Behcet Ali poses with eight-month-old lion cubs in a tiny zoo in the sleepy Bulgarian town of Razgrad. Behcet is Bulgaria’s oldest zookeeper, famous for raising over 15 lion cubs during his 33 years of work and the only one to be in full contact with the predators. Raya,…