For years Big Cat Rescue (BCR) has disguised one of their primary activities to end the private zoo ownership (zoo’s other than AZA) of big cats in the United States. However, this appears to be the exact opposite of their activities.

Per the bill, "exotic or wild animal" includes any animal that is not domesticated, including, but not limited to..." There is a list of animals but that list is not all-inclusive. Note the bill clearly states "but not limited to." That means any type of traveling or mobile show with any non-domesticated animal, even if not listed in the bill, will be illegal.

Madhya Pradresh has 526 tigers - home to the highest number of wild tigers. Such success is due in large part seeing that the white tiger has a very important role to play in conservation awareness.

In a rare tiebreak vote, Mayor Vi Lyles made the ultimate decision to postpone a vote on an ordinance that could limit which circuses come to town depending on how circuses train and treat their animals.

Judges in the New York Supreme Court have dismissed a lawsuit against the Bronx Zoo in which an animal welfare advocacy organization sought to declare Happy, an Asian elephant, a person with a right to be free.

USDA/APHIS announced this afternoon that it has now restored all of the online records that were preciously redacted or omitted. These records will include AWA inspection reports (including any non-compliant items), animal inventories, teachable moments, and final AWA and Horse Protections Act enforcement records.

This female African penguin chick hatched Jan. 14 at Vilas Zoo. A second female chick hatched Jan. 17. The two chicks will be named this month, the zoo said. One penguin hatched on Jan. 14, and the other followed three days later on Jan. 17.

The Denver City Council passed a new code in a 7-4 vote Monday allowing owners to register their pit bull with the Denver Animal Protection (DAP) and get a breed-restricted license.

Over the past several years, due to the Humane Society of the United States hard failures on a federal level, they began their campaigns on local and city levels. Through HSUS has succeed in some areas, a new Florida bill (HB 1237) now targets to completely overturn those ridiculous bans for the entire state.

Counter-terrorism bosses say that the icons of the groups were included in the same bundle as the pages were part of a resource to allow officers to “make informed decisions”, including during protests.