AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarBlind 750-pound alligator seized from New York home, setting up showdown as owner vows to "fight them to get him back"verified_publisherCBS News - By Cara TabachnickA 750-pound, 11-foot-long alligator named Albert was seized from a New York home this week, setting the stage for a confrontation between the state's …
AvatarBethany FrasierFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoLion tears out lioness's throat in front of horrified Belgian zoo staff as the animals are...dailymail.co.uk - Taryn PedlerDuring their first introduction for a zoo breeding program on Thursday, a lion tore out a lioness's throat in front of horrified staff as they were …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarMiami terminates lease with Seaquarium after questions of animal safetyNBC News - NBCNews.comMiami-Dade County is ending its lease with Miami Seaquarium after the business' long and troubling history of violations and the safety of animals jeopardized. WTMJ's Amanda Plasencia reports.March 7, 2024
AvatarBethany FrasierFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRescued Elephant Can Finally Lay Down For The First Time In 80 Yearsthedodo.com - Caitlin Jill AndersGrandma Somboon was stolen from the wild when she was just a baby and spent 80 years working in the logging and tourism industries. She spent all day …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarEarliest known stone tools in Europe are 1.4 million years old. And they weren't made by modern humans.Live Science - By Charles Q. ChoiHomo erectus may have crafted these stone tools 1.4 million years ago in what is now Ukraine. Stone tools in Ukraine dated to 1.4 million years ago …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarSteven Wise, Champion of Animal Rights, Is Dead at 73verified_publisherThe New York Times - Sam RobertsHe filed lawsuits to define chimpanzees as persons and to establish their right to what he called “bodily liberty” over confinement. Steven M. Wise, a pioneering animal rights lawyer who gave voice to clients unable to testify on their own behalf, demanding the same moral and legal entitlements as …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarRecent deaths at Pittsburgh Zoo raise questions about AZA accreditationverified_publisherCBS News - By Chris HoffmanPITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Since the beginning of the year, there have been three animal deaths at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. The latest: a sea lion …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarZoo pulls 70 coins from alligator's stomach, urges visitors not to throw money into exhibitsverified_publisherUSA TODAY - Sarah Al-ArshaniA Nebraska zoo is telling visitors not to throw coins into animal exhibits after veterinarians pulled $7 in coins out of an alligator's belly. Workers at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha performed surgery on a white alligator Thursday, retrieving 70 U.S. coins from the reptile's stomach after "metal …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarIs a reckoning finally arriving for Miami’s troubled Seaquarium?verified_publisherGuardian US - Richard LuscombeThe once-exalted attraction is threatened by financial troubles, animal rights activists and federal and local authorities
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarVirginia zoo to lose 57 animals after judge rules in cruelty investigationverified_publisherFox News - Associated PressMany of the 96 animals seized from a roadside zoo in Virginia last month after an investigation by the state attorney general will not be returned, a judge ruled Friday. In his ruling, Rockbridge General District Court Judge Gregory Mooney found that prosecutors had proved beyond a reasonable doubt …
AvatarBethany FrasierFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoUnlucky 13: Seaquarium’s New Citations Prompt PETA To Command: ‘Pay With Your Lease!’ | PETApeta.orgFor Immediate Release: January 5, 2024 Contact: Moira Colley 202-483-7382 Miami – PETA has obtained a just-published U.S. Department of Agriculture …
AvatarBethany FrasierAvatarAvatarEmaciated Tigers Rescued from Farm and Moved to Sanctuary: 'The Second Chance that They Deserve'verified_publisherPeople - Kelli BenderCaptivity in a concrete box is over for 15 big cats. On Dec. 16, 12 tigers and three leopards were rescued from a tiger farm in northern Thailand, where the animals have spent their lives in captivity. The rescue was prompted after legal action was taken against the undisclosed farm over alleged …