OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Zoo has announced the death of an 18-year-old African lion that had been at the zoo since 2007. A statement on the zoo’s website says the lion named Aslan died Friday. The zoo said the lion had been diagnosed with an enlarged spleen in January and that a…
Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park appears to breed white lions and use animals for breeding that come from back yard breeders. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/04/04/mb-african-lion-cub-zoo-winnipeg.html Warned in 1983 AZA Finally Calls for an End to the Practice of Breeding White Tigers and White Lions Deformed white tigers are the norm in captive collections In June 2011 the board…
BOSTON — A Connecticut woman mauled by her friend’s chimpanzee is suing the state for $150 million. Every day is training day for 58-year-old Charla Nash, who’s working with a team of therapists at a rehabilitation facility outside of Boston. “I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for me. I want to be like,…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The president of the California Fish and Game Commission, facing calls to resign because he killed a cougar in Idaho, is the target of an ethics complaint that alleges he accepted an illegal gift from the ranch where he shot the animal.The complaint filed Thursday with the Fair Political Practices Commission alleges…
Black Hills lion hunters have entered uncharted ground. Following a flurry of 14 kills in the last six days, the count for the 2012 season reached 62 on Friday. That is 13 more than the previous high of 49 set during the 2011 season. It leaves the season just eight cats short of the 70-lion…