Today has been a zoo (no pun intended) with all the phone calls from the media about this incident. I am glad to be of help and am amazed at the volume of calls. Just a few additional notes… Zoos that meet the mandatory accreditation standards are required to maintain safety and emergency protocols that [...]

Lions, tigers, leopards, and other cats are predators–they are hardwired to kill living things and eat them. The recent tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo involved attacks on three visitors. There was one fatality and the other two victims are in critical condition. According to Big Cat Rescue the U.S. (up through 2006) has [...]

Did you hear about the beavers who were given a death sentence because they chewed a few park trees? Fortunately, the public outcry changed everything. We encroach more and more on wildlif–but the answer is not to kill them because they are inconvenient. Check out this story about the Bakersfield beavers and the blog about [...]