Blood-flavored popsicles help zoo animals beat Rio's heat

The flavors of ice given to the zoo's carnivores aren't found at your average summer hotspot: Chicken, minced meat and bovine blood. But 14-year-old lion Simba and the 3-year-old black jaguar Poty lap it up.

Men smuggled $5M worth of reptiles over 7 years, prosecutors say

Over a seven-year period, the smugglers reportedly shipped over 8,700 animals to Asia and sold them for a collective $5.13 million.

Violent dognapping in Bell Gardens captured on video

Rosa Muñoz has been managing Planet Pet in Bell Gardens for 22 years. On Monday, she said a woman came in, stole her daughter's puppy, then beat her and pepper sprayed her.

Former Mexico zoo director killed, cooked 4 goats for Christmas party

Investigators said the former director of a zoo in southern Mexico killed and cooked four of the zoo's pygmy goats and served them up at a Christmas-season party.

12 squirrel monkeys were stolen from Louisiana zoo, officials say

According to the Zoosiana, located in Broussard, the individual targeted facilities of smaller primates and specifically compromised the squirrel monkey exhibit.

2 French bulldogs, Boxer puppy stolen in LA

Authorities are searching for three dogs stolen from their owners in Los Angeles recently, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Mountain lion known as P-81 found dead, likely hit by vehicle

Since March 2022, officials said, nine mountain lions have died by vehicle strikes, six of them radio-collared.

Livermore police reunite French bulldog with SoCal family - a year later

Livermore police reunited a French bulldog with its owners in Southern California after the pet was likely dognapped more than a year ago – and possibly at the center of a wider financial scam.

Jurupa Valley animal shelter sees outbreak of deadly dog disease: Here's how to help

Five dogs from a Jurupa Valley facility have died from a deadly bacterial infection since the new year, and now the shelter is looking for emergency fosters to help limit the spread of the disease.