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.

Such episodes are then immediately used as a fund raising vehicle by many activist organizations, and so-called wild animal sanctuaries to raise a massive amount of money through donations, and at the same time weaponizing the news event to help further attention to any legislation those organizations may be involved with.