New South Wales: two lions maul female zookeeper. Fate of lions to be decided.

Ariel and Juda the lions who attacked Brown

This is another story of a zookeeper being attacked by a lion or lions and suffering severe injuries. In this instance it took place at Shoalhaven Zoo in New South Wales, Australia. Jennifer Brown, 35, was cleaning the lions’ cage when they attacked her. She is in a serious condition in hospital. An investigation …

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Joe Exotic is a likeable man who bred tigers to create money-spinning cubs for photoshoots

Joe Exotic and Theroux

On the first day of their lives, Joe Exotic took cubs from their mothers that he had deliberately bred to exploit them. When the cubs grew up they were surplus to requirements and parked at the back of his wildlife park. Joe Exotic is pleased that he has become famous (infamous actually) because of …

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Is Calvin Klein perfume safe to use on big cats in zoos?

Is perfume safe to use to stimulate big cats at zoos?

Banham Zoo, Norfolk, UK: Banham Zoo has appealed for unwanted perfumes from visitors because they are a ‘roaring success’ with the big cats as they ‘respond very positively to unique scents when sprayed in their enclosures’. I see the importance of stimulating captive big cats because they have a very boring and unstimulated existence …

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Zoos should become extinct because they fail to educate and preserve

Zoos should be phased out

I am very happy that a millionaire conservationist who inherited a zoo from his parents has said that small zoos should be closed within ten years and the larger ones in 20-30 years. He’s going to convert his zoo to a rescue centre eventually. The reasons he provides are cogent. In fact when you …

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Javon Stacks owner of traveling zoo wanted on animal cruelty charges

Javon Stacks and lynx

Javon Stacks likes to think of himself as an entrepreneur, exotic zoo owner, primatologist and wildlife educator but the authorities and Romulus law enforcement say that he is not looking after his animals properly. They’re looking for him and they have posted a photo of Stacks on social media over the weekend asking for …

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