The white tiger now has a foot-hold in the wild. Over the years there has been many false propaganda ideas that white tigers are only a man-made version of the regular color Bengal tiger.

Pennsylvania Senate Bill 928 is like many of the "Traveling Animal Act" bans we have seen proposed this year, but it manages to go even further. This bill is more than a ban on travel with animals which would include educational outreach programs.

A bill that makes animal cruelty , (animal crushing) a federal felony was unanimously passed in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bipartisan Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, which was introduced by Reps. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., and Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., would outlaw a form of animal abuse known as “crushing,” where people maim and torture animals.

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a summary judgment of the Northern District Court of California holding that a Bengal tiger is not an “individual” within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Following the long life, and natural death of Beulah the elephant, who was slated to participate in The Big E earlier this fall, Massachusetts lawmakers will consider — again — whether to ban any future elephant acts.

A federal judge has ruled that the care and keeping of Asian elephants Emily and Ruth at Buttonwood Park Zoo does not violate the Endangered Species Act. U.S. District Court Judge William Young ruled on Sept. 24 that the city of New Bedford, as the owner of the zoo, has not harmed or harassed the elephants as defined in the law or related federal regulations.

The Third Circuit ruled Monday that a county-run stadium in Pennsylvania can restrict anti-circus protests to specific areas but cannot stop animal rights activists from using profanity and megaphones.

There’s a new twist in the strange tale of Dan Ashe, CEO of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a private accreditor of many of the major zoos and aquariums in the U.S. When we checked in on Ashe last year, he was allowing PETA to have a booth at AZA’s annual meeting.

The Rolling Hills Zoo in Salina announced the births of three Amur tiger cubs born on Aug. 14. Amur tigers are classified as an endangered species on the IUCN list. The cubs' parents, Andrea and Dhenuka, came to Rolling Hills Zoo on a breeding recommendation by the Tiger Species Survival Plan developed by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, of which Rolling Hills Zoo is an accredited member.

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.