News

Lying on the hard desert ground, a lion is reduced to a pile of fur and bones – drained of all the strength and power we associate with the ferocious predator. So emaciated, he is barely even recognisable.

An animal reserve in Kent is now home to two critically endangered Sumatran orangutans.

Brothers Hadjah, 16, and Malou, 11, have come to the Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve in Hythe from Switzerland.

One of Florida’s largest aquatic theme parks has been ordered to close by next month following several high-profile animal deaths and a series of scathing federal reports into the care of its marine mammals.

Thai customs officials have arrested six Indians for trying to smuggle a red panda and 86 other animals out of the kingdom, including snakes, parrots and monitor lizards, officials said on Wednesday.