The drug lord Pablo Escobar built a private zoo filled with hippos, but things took a dangerous turn when he was shot dead. Read more about it here.

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“We’ve never had to use firearms on an animal, but they’re there and we train for it just in case something big or dangerous was to get out.” Houston Zoo spokesperson Jackie Wallace ...

"It is likely that Louie and Ophelia will remain close by, possibly even returning to their habitat on their own," NEW Zoo said in a statement. "Neither Louie nor Ophelia presents a danger to the ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WKRC) - A recent sighting of what some believed to be an escaped gorilla at the Virginia Zoo turned out to be a false alarm, with the zoo saying it may have merely been the ...

The zoo asked the Taipei Zoo for an additional mob of meerkats ... kidney inflammation and potentially dangerous heart conditions. Ko, charged with ...

The zoo said the otters will likely remain nearby, and might return to their habitat on their own. Officials said the animals are not likely to be in any immediate danger. "North American river ...

They're not believed to be a danger to the public either. The zoo would simply like to have the two home. "Most zoo animals would prefer to come where life is easy, and so we are very hopeful they ...

Two river otters, Louie and Ophelia, weaseled their way out of their Wisconsin zoo enclosure last week during a winter storm, appearing on security camera footage cavorting across the snow, as the ...