The pride of lions at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is growing, as three new cubs were born August 16 through August 17th. Mother Naomi is taking care of the cubs behind-the-scenes, and zoo veterinary teams say the cubs all appear to be healthy.

Two baby Amur leopard cubs born in June made their public debut on Wednesday morning at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. The cubs were born June 19 as part of the Species Survival Plan for this critically endangered species.

The state Appellate Court dealt another blow to an animal rights group’s quixotic legal effort to have three elephants named Beulah, Minnie and Karen declared legal “persons” so they can be released from a Litchfield County zoo.

Animal rights extremists are becoming increasingly aggressive in their efforts to end animal agriculture and the meat industry. Releasing reports from major activist conferences enables everyone in animal agriculture to prepare for strategies and tactics targeting their livelihood.

“As long as people continue to buy tickets to zoos, animals will continue to suffer. “ That is what the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (PETA) belief statement on zoo’s tell us. (Zoos: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone). It would seem that one such zoo professional has elected to stand behind PETA.