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Be Bear Aware

Spring has come and now it is getting closer to summer, do we know what that entails? Bears are venturing […]

It is a common misconception that leopards are solely an African animal, but these big cats can be found throughout […]

Bobcats (Lynx rufus) are a native carnivore of many parts of the United States. Unfortunately, by 1850, in the United […]

For hundreds of years, people have used wild animals to draw an audience. Initially, animals were plucked from the wild […]

White tigers are not albinos or different subspecies of a tiger, such as a snow tiger. A recessive gene inherited […]

Small cat hybrids are common pets across the world. Commonly referred to as ‘lap leopards,’ their names do not stray […]

The Reality of Cub Petting Lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!), these are some of the most popular animals tourists […]

FaIn the early 1900s, around 200,000 African lions roamed the entire country. In 2015, an estimated 20,000 wild lions were in fragmented […]