By Artem Zagorodnov In 2010, following a string of terrorist attacks in the volatile North Caucasus, Russia’s government ...

The latter are often used by horse owners who have space for only one horse ... and alpacas that form part of the petting zoo, and miniature livestock breeds that are bred for the homesteader market.

Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport has a new addition –an 11-month-old female red panda named Ponya. She is making her public debut ...

The brother of a South Carolina petting zoo owner was apparently beaten to death by a kangaroo after possibly going into the Aussie animal’s pen to “roughhouse” with it, authorities said.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM SCREAMS JUST COME PET ME. BUT WHAT’S THE RISK? WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, GOING TO A PETTING ZOO IS A WONDERFUL ACTIVITY FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT ANIMALS. I CAN RECALL TAKING MY ...

May 13 (UPI) --Visitors to the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio captured video when a trio of alpacas escaped from the petting zoo and took a self-guided tour of the park. Laura Steuk ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is once again calling for a federal investigation into the operators of a petting zoo area at Cedar Point. PETA made the request May 13 following the ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. AFTER one of their goats death early yesterday morning, an Essex petting zoo has been forced to issue a plea to the public to not feed ...

An American petting zoo worker has been found dead in a kangaroo enclosure after reportedly “rough-housing” with the animal. Eric Slate’s body was discovered inside the facility just before ...

This time alpacas − three of them − escaped from the petting zoo area and strolled through the park. Unlike last year's incident where park guests opened gates for the critters to escape ...