Each of the 16 counts of sex-trafficking of a child carries a 25 years to life sentence. Federal prosecutors ready to sentence. All options for Wills now exhausted.
As expected, Representatives Abbott and Campbell have introduced an "exotic animal" bill in Indiana. It is House Bill 1200 and the text was just introduced January 13. Similar bills have been introduced for the last few years and have not passed.
The American Anti-Vivisection Society and the Avian Welfare Coalition sued the USDA in an attempt to compel the agency to either issue bird handling standards or apply general standards for the humane treatment of animals to birds.
Just days after the terrible tragedy at the Krefeld Zoo blaze, PETA pushes their anti-zoo agenda, once again making it well known that PETA wants to kill off all zoo’s.
Police also say the graphic footage shared via PETA's YouTube page may have been staged and captured by hidden cameras planted at the facility following multiple break-ins.
Just after a month since the photographing of a wild white tiger had been spotted, India’s plan to reintroduce white tigers back into the wild moves forward.
Life in the wild harbors the risk of predation, food shortages, harsh climates, and intense competition. Zoo animals, by contrast, are protected from these dangers. UZH researchers were part of an international team that studied over 50 mammalian species to determine whether the animals live longer in zoos than in the wild.
To better understand Dr. Elizabeth Jane Goldentyer, (Betty) one should acquaint themselves with a little of her past. Now at 63 years old, Dr. Goldentyer was promoted to Deputy Director of Animal Care within USDA/APHIS, in July 2017. The USDA quietly promoted her in July 2017 but did not make it publically known until September 25, 2017.
A rapidly urbanizing world means that people are less likely to live near fields or woods, and an increase in scheduled activities means less time to wander through vacant lots. Thus “managed” encounters with nature, like visits to zoos and aquariums, provide an increasingly important opportunity for contact with other species.