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ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Just a month after Erik Cowie, the zookeeper who was prominently featured in the hit Netflix series Tiger King, passed away […]
At least 13 gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have contracted COVID-19, according to initial test results. The zoo shared the news on its website Friday, after staffers noticed some of the gorillas were demonstrating mild symptoms, including coughs, nasal discharges, and a slight loss of appetite. Shortly after the observations, the Animal Care and Veterinary Teams collected fecal […]
This week, the San Antonio Zoo will become one of the zoos in the country that will begin administering its animals a COVID-19 vaccine to protect them from the virus. According to Chron, the zoo will be working in conjunction with Zoetis, an animal health company that donated the vaccines to them. In a statement from Zoetis, […]
A woman very into a male chimpanzee living at a zoo in Antwerp, Belgium has been banned from said zoo because officials think the cross-species relationship they got going is bad for the chimp, and will negatively affect his ability to socialize with his own kind. “I love that animal and he loves me,” Adie Timmermans reportedly said to regional […]
PETA isn’t happy that Chris Brown’s daughter Royalty spent time at Tiger King subject Doc Antle’s Myrtle Beach Safari. TMZ reports the animal rights organization views the trip as reckless and illegal, pointing, in particular, to Royalty jumping off an elephant’s head into the water. PETA sent a letter on Tuesday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, requesting […]
The San Diego Zoo’s nine-year-old snow leopard Ramil has tested positive for COVID-19, the organization announced Friday. Ramil had a cough and runny nose Thursday, and after zoo staff tested his stool for COVID, results came back positive at an initial lab. The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System were then sent samples shortly after, and […]
The Florida Aquarium announced that it’ll “leave no stone unturned in our efforts to understand the tragic course of events” after 7 penguins died for unkown reasons. The 7 African penguins lived at the Tampa Bay location, which has been housing African penguins since 2006, and an investigation is now ongoing to figure out exactly […]
A viral video showing a woman in a monkey exhibit at the El Paso (Texas) Zoo has led to that woman being fired from her job. A 38-second clip from last weekend shows her under a waterfall feeding a pair of spider monkeys what are alleged to be Hot Cheetos. “These are primates we’re talking […]
Internet star April the Giraffe has died at age 20. New Yorks’ Animal Adventure Park announced the sad news in a Facebook post Friday, stating the beloved animal was euthanized “due to her worsening arthritis, in accordance with the recommendations of her veterinary team.” Her body was transported to the Cornell University Veterinary School for a post-mortem examination. […]
A man was arrested Friday and charged with child endangerment and trespassing in a zoo enclosure after he brought his child inside the San Diego Zoo’s elephant habitat, NBC News reports. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance spokesman Andrew James explained in a statement that, “despite multiple barriers,” the unidentified father “purposely and illegally trespassed into a habitat.” A witness named Matthew […]
