A Saturday at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 quickly turned into chaos when a boy slipped into a gorilla enclosure and a 450-lb.

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In 2023, the farm added most of its exotic animals to the lineup, boosting business in a state that bans only big cats, non-native bears and great apes.

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"Her stomach has really expanded and she's quote on quote showing now," said Rachel Vass, interim animal care manager at Woodland Park Zoo. Vass has been working closely with the gorillas there ...

"Barney," a 415-pound, 31-year-old silverback lowland gorilla, and his brother, "Shango," a 448-pound, 36-year-old silverback ...

Koalas have the most expensive diet at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia. They have diet of eucalyptus leaves, which are shipped in ...

Gorillas have broken glass at the zoo before. Omahan Lizz Jamieson ... it’s going to break.” Cassidy said an animal has never broken through the glass and escaped. “There have been cases ...

The Columbus Zoo had to negotiate with China, battle US Fish and Wildlife Service, World Wildlife Fund and national zoo group ...