In South Africa an estimated 8,000 lions are bred and kept in captivity for commercial purposes in more than 350 facilities. This is far more than the country's wild population, estimated at 3,500 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of Asiatic lions have arrived at a British zoo as part of efforts to protect the highly endangered species from extinction.

Two of the world’s rarest lions have arrived at a UK zoo as part of a breeding program to help save the highly endangered big cats from extinction. The pair of Asiatic lions - male Nilay and female ...

Just as many expected a retreat from wildlife reform, Mpumalanga has taken the opposite step – moving to shut down captive ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo has a new lion — and he’s kind of a big deal. Pilipili recently arrived from Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. He was the first lion cub born there in over 20 years when ...

Jamshedpur: Tata Steel Zoological Park has added a major attraction to its animal collection with the arrival of a pair of ...

Two male sea lions were recorded on video this week charging at each other and running through a group of beachgoers at San Diego's La Jolla Cove, a scene that animal experts say reflects the typical ...

With surprising provincial unanimity, Parliament has advanced reforms to phase out South Africa’s captive lion industry. This is likely to set up a clash with the new environment minister, who is ...

Just as many expected a retreat from wildlife reform, Mpumalanga has taken the opposite step - moving to shut down captive lion breeding and jolting an industry that believed the political winds were ...