ROME—Authorities in northern Italy captured a bear that fatally mauled a runner and became the focus of a battle over what to do with Italy’s growing Alpine brown bear population that was once nearly extinct but has rebounded thanks to a European Union-funded project. Jj4, a 17-year-old female, was captured overnight in the Brenta national […]
KARACHI, Pakistan—Noor Jehan, an elephant in Pakistan’s Karachi Zoo, is critically ill after the 17-year-old fell in a pond on Thursday in a small enclosure. Right after the fall Four Paws, a global animal welfare organization, recommended lifting Noor Jehan with a crane, ropes, and belts. She has since been lying visibly weak with limited […]
SEA ISLE CITY, N.J.—Eight dolphins have died after they became stranded on a beach in New Jersey, marine animal welfare officials said. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said on Facebook on Tuesday morning that a pod of eight common dolphins had become stranded in Sea Isle City and that staff and a veterinarian had responded […]
SAMBOJA, Indonesia—Just outside Indonesia’s planned new capital on Borneo island, an orangutan catches a banana with one hand, thrown by a conservationist on a boat, while her other hand clings to a tree branch. She is one of 127 orangutans that the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) is caring for in the Samboja district, East […]
An animal welfare organization is calling for a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-funded biomedical research company not to return a shipment of over 1,000 monkeys back to Cambodia after federal agencies flagged the shipment last year. Liz Tyson Griffin, programs director and head of sanctuary at Born Free USA, said in a […]
ATHENS—Greek veterinarians are fighting to save a white tiger cub abandoned in a rubbish bin at an Athens zoo, believed to be a victim of the illegal wildlife trade. The three-month old white tiger was found on Feb. 28 under a garbage bin in the parking lot of the Attica Zoological Park by a cleaner, […]
Kiska, the last captive killer whale in Canada, has died, the Ontario government said late on Friday, adding it was informed of the death by the theme park where Kiska lived. “The ministry was advised by MarineLand that the whale named Kiska passed away at MarineLand on March 9, 2023. A necropsy was conducted by […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The remains of a man who had disappeared in southern Argentina earlier this month appear to have been found inside a school shark that was captured by local fishermen. The family of Diego Barría, 32, recognized his remains due to a tattoo that was visible, Daniela Millatruz, the law enforcement officer who was […]
ST. LOUIS—St. Louis Zoo officials say they are working to find a way to keep an Andean bear named Ben inside his enclosure after he escaped Thursday for the second time this month. The bear was outside for less than an hour and was found only about 100 feet away from his habitat, zoo officials […]
MEXICO CITY—Running around on his new prosthetic legs, a Mexican pup once tortured by criminal groups is now living the dog dream, adored by his adopted caretakers and even a finalist for the title of America’s favorite pet. Rescued as a one-year-old with his front limbs destroyed, Pay de Limon (Lemon Pie) found much-needed love […]
MEXICO CITY—Wanted: A new home for a one-of-a-kind feline in Mexico. The Sphynx cat, which doesn’t yet have a name, is about 1 year old and has spent weeks in the Mexican city of Juarez under the care of animal rescue workers after police found him in a prison, where it suffered mistreatment at the […]
FORT PIERCE, Fla.—An 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator while walking her dog in a senior living community on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, officials said. The woman was walking her dog on Monday afternoon beside a canal in Spanish Lakes Fairway near Fort Pierce when the nearly 11-foot (3.3-meters) gator attacked the dog, St. Lucie […]
NEW DELHI—India welcomed 12 cheetahs from South Africa on Saturday that will join eight others it received from Namibia last year as part of an ambitious drive to reintroduce the big cats in the country after 70 years. An aircraft carrying the cheetahs landed at Gwalior Air Force base, the Press Trust of India news […]
ANTAKYA, Turkey—Six days after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, two survivors emerged from the rubble. They were dogs, the focus of a parallel rescue effort underway. “One of the dogs clung to its owner’s corpse, and it was absolutely a miracle that it was rescued six days later,” said Csenay Tekinbas, […]
JOHANNESBURG—Noise produced by mining the seabed could interfere with whales’ ability to communicate with one another, according to a study released on Tuesday, just as plans to start deep-sea mining for battery metals gather pace. The peer-reviewed study, funded by Umweltstiftung Greenpeace, a foundation arm of the environmental organization, argues that more research is needed […]
Three adults and 56 dogs survived an emergency landing of their light plane on a golf course in Wisconsin on Tuesday, according to local officials. The passengers on the turbo-prop plane, that went down at Western Lakes Golf Club in the Waukesha County community of Pewaukee, suffered non-life threatening injuries. The 56 dogs, that were […]
Pets often bring joy and smiles to people’s daily life. And one organization says our furry friends may be able to do even more than that—they can help people cope with stress. NTD heard more from the organization and a pet handler on the benefits of animal therapy.
JUNEAU, Alaska—A black bear cub in southeast Alaska was euthanized after it became ill with avian influenza, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said. It is believed that the cub, which was located in Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve west of Juneau, is the second bear diagnosed with the highly […]
A giant panda died at Taipei City’s zoo on Saturday. The 18-year-old panda, known as Tuan Tuan, died when his heart ceased to beat, zoo authorities said. Recently, two experts from China visited the zoo to inspect Tuan Tuan, who was suspected to have a malignant brain tumor and had taken a turn for the […]
