Kittens thrown at moving trains, two dead, four others found alive

September 23, 2016

Police in Norwich are looking for the person who a witness spotted throwing kittens at a train in the UK. The train driver of a…

Blackfish documentary, bad press over killer whales drops SeaWorld stock, stops future payouts

September 22, 2016

The company behind SeaWorld is facing a big drop in its shares and announced this week that future payouts to shareholders will be stopped….

Tortoise survives being set on fire live on Facebook, Alabama man charged

September 13, 2016

By some miracle, Leonardo was expected to recover and is now back in the wild. Leonardo is the tortoise that was set ablaze and live-streamed…

Which country kills the most whales?

September 8, 2016

Countries have long had whaling programs and some have come under intense spotlight to stop the practice of killing whales. If your immediate thought…

First rhino horn burn in the U.S. to occur in San Diego sends message of zero tolerance to poachers

September 8, 2016

A symbolic statement against poaching will take place for the first time in the United States. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park will host…

Nicki Minaj raps lyric about shot gorilla Harambe in new The Pinkprint Freestyle

September 6, 2016

The Cincinnati Zoo doesn’t want any more memes or tweets or petitions about Harambe, the gorilla. But no one at the zoo, apparently, told…

Wednesday Zen Moment: Stay at a beagle-shaped hotel in Idaho

August 31, 2016

Remember coffee pot or teacup gas stations, milk bottle shaped restaurants or the shoe and duck houses? If you go to Cottonwood, Idaho, you’ll…

Tiger, monkeys, other animals rescued from “the worst zoo in the world”

August 26, 2016

Laziz was relegated to life in a small cage at what has been called “the worst zoo in the world.” But this week, the 9-year-old…

Greyhound racing banned in NSW Australia

August 25, 2016

After years of lobbying by animal welfare activists, the government of New South Wales Government in Australia has finally voted to ban greyhound racing….

Too many Harambe memes forces Cincinatti Zoo to shut down its Twitter and Facebook accounts

August 23, 2016

As the Disney song would say and as the Cincinatti Zoo believes, Harambe fans, it is time to Let it Go. The poor gorilla…