ST. LOUIS • The staff at the St. Louis Zoo is hand-raising two newborn lion cubs because their mother, Cabara, has failed to produce enough milk to feed them. Two other cubs in the litter have died. “In the wild, it is not uncommon for lion mothers to rear fewer than 50 percent of the cubs…
Mike Stapleton of Paws & Claws Animal Sanctuary Opposes Regulation COLUMBUS — Owners of exotic animals in Ohio soon will face new regulations under a bill that Gov. John Kasich signed into law Tuesday. The state’s restrictions on exotic pets have been among the nation’s weakest. And efforts to bolster the law took on new…
Posing with dangerous wild animals, such as the image in this article, just fuels the abuse. No matter how much your lips are saying, “These animals don’t make good pets,” people will try to make pets of them if they see images of people in contact with animals that would otherwise eat them. The first…
Lion shocker at Jumeirah Beach Residence The car window suddenly rolled down and out popped a lion cub… first person account of the woman who came across the surreal spectacle at a posh Dubai locality last month By Sharmila Dhal, Senior Reporter Published: 00:00 March 15, 2012 Image Credit: XPRESS Reader The lion cub in…
We need to stop patronizing roadside zoos The pathetic roadside zoos in Cherokee claim that they take good care of the animals and that tiny, concrete, barren pits provide adequate habitat for bears. Past stories in the Asheville Citizen-Times have documented citations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for failure of these zoos to provide…