zoo Archives

Zoo is ‘outraged’ after visitors scratch their names into rhino’s back

The incident occurred at La Palmyre Zoo in southwestern France. The zoo has a 35-year-old female rhino on display, and visitors can get close to the animal when she gets near the enclosure wall. People are ...

Zookeepers refuse to save chimpanzee from drowning – then truck driver does what no one else dares

In 1990, chimpanzee Jo-Jo fell into an artificial lake in his enclosure at the Detroit Zoo after being chased by a more aggressive chimpanzee. Chimpanzees in fact cannot swim, so Jo-Jo was destined to a ...

Orangutan discovers woman’s burns – shows that animals understand more than we think

Back in 2015, Darci Miller was in an accident and suffered extremely painful burns. Over the years, she’s undergone countless operations to help her heal, both on the outside and the inside. Despite this, Darci’s ...

Zookeepers refuse to save drowning chimpanzee – then a truck driver breaks into his cage

Back in 1990, a chimpanzee named Jo-Jo happened to fall into a man-made moat in a chimpanzee enclosure at the Detroit Zoo. He had been chased by another more aggressive chimpanzee and managed to jump ...

Gorilla learns a unique way of walking – now watch when he’s caught on camera

After spending decades at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent, England, a silverback gorilla Ambam has picked up the distinctive walk of the park’s zookeepers and visitors. Ambam has learned to walk like ...

Stray cat falls into lynx’s enclosure – then a zoo-goer catches it all on video

A stray cat somehow managed to fall into the lynx’s enclosure at the St. Petersburg zoo. Zoo-goers witnessed the whole thing and worried as the lynx approached the frightened cat. Most observers thought the lynx ...

Cat sneaks into brown bear’s enclosure – then the two form an unlikely friendship

When the staff at the Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary noticed food disappearing from the brown bear’s enclosure, they couldn’t understand who could be small enough to get in, yet brave enough to risk angering the ...

A Cat Wandered Into A Zoo’s Bear Enclosure And Now She And Her Bear Friend Are Star Attractions.

The kitty’s moment of fame started when the feral black cat wandered into the Folsom City Zoo’s bear enclosure. The hungry cat was attracted to the bear’s snacks and bravely risked angering the bears in ...

Arturo, World’s Saddest Polar Bear, Has Passed Away After 22 Years In Captivity.

Known as one of the saddest animals in the world, Arturo showed several clear signs of stress, and animal rights activists say that the inhumane conditions Arturo lived in caused him to go insane. Arturo’s ...

She Sees Something Horrifying At The Zoo And Decides To Make A Difference.

At the Zoo, Samar discovered the elephant Kaavan, chained up and restricted to the limits of his enclosure. “But that didn’t seem to matter because for the entire time I was there Kaavan didn’t move. ...