After a jaguar attacked a woman at the Phoenix area's Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium and Safari Park, the director of the park's accrediting organization said the zoo handled the situation deftly.

A recent bull riding event at Staples Center that sparked protests led the Board of Animal Services Commissioners Tuesday to unanimously approve a motion in support of banning such events in Los Angeles.

Today the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced that they will suspend enforcement of a recent regulatory interpretation that would have required home-based dog breeders to obtain licensing as a pet store.

11-week-old Mountain Lion cubs, Toho, Tanka, and Tawakoni are ready to make their debut at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden.

The bill’s sponsor also apologized and said she would not push it forward and explained she was asked by a constituent (who happens to be a HSUS supporter) to submit the bill and that it sounded like a good thing to do at the time.

With Iowa's controversial "ag gag" law on appeal in the courts, lawmakers are considering a narrower bill that would create a special trespassing crime for agricultural facilities.

Springfield voters overwhelmingly voted to reject the city’s pit bull ban. If a Missouri lawmaker has his way, breed-specific rules around the state will go, too.

Two endangered clouded leopards have been born at a zoo in Naples, Florida.