BANGKOK — Thai police say they have seized the carcasses of tigers and other big cats believed to have been destined for consumption in China. Police Lt. Col. Theerapat Tharithai says a Thai man and a Vietnamese man were arrested Wednesday in a raid at a house in Bangkok’s suburbs. He says police had…
Columbus Zoo Blamed for Leopard’s Death POWELL — The federal government says the Columbus Zoo is to blame for the death of a leopard that survived last year’s Zanesville escape. The cat was killed while being transferred to a new cage at the zoo in January. A newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture…
ASHLAND — Even as Ohio lawmakers complete new rules for private ownership of exotic animals, Denise Flores, of Ashland, has moved forward with her plan to ship two more big cats out of the state. Tiger Paw Exotic Rescue Center’s youngest remaining tigers, Nora and Katie, 10 and 7, respectively, will depart to Wildcat…
Chennai: In a first such initiative in India to arrest the dwindling number of Bengal tigers, a Bengal tiger with be allowed to mate with two white tigresses to produce “strong yellow skinned offspring”. A separate enclave has been set up in the campus for Bengal tiger Vijay and the white tigresses Akansha and…
The mountain lion hunt that put California Fish and Game Commission President Daniel W. Richards in the center of a political firestorm has him in trouble again. The enforcement chief for the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission informed Richards on Thursday that he had violated the gift limits of the Political Reform Act when he…