In the summer of 2021, a woman in the Atlanta area was forced to surrender her pet serval, a medium-sized wild cat native to ...
From childhood, we grow up reading stories and watching films that portray wild animals as friendly and lovable characters.
Texas allows many exotic pets, including hyenas and bears, with permits while banning only big cats and a few species.
Alabama’s exotic pet laws are stricter and more fragmented than many people expect. Instead of maintaining a single, ...
The Russia-Ukraine war is turning once-household pets into animals that resemble wild dog species, a new study has found.
There’s the popular parakeet, a small parrot native to Australia and other regions south of the equator; there are the ...
Other near universal welfare issues among small pets — which apply to our cats and dogs, too — include monotonous and unnatural diets, boredom, and lack of enrichment. Pierce said that handling can ...
If you've seen one of those smiling axolotl that look like a Pokémon, you might've thought: 'I gotta catch 'em all." But will ...
Quick Take North Carolina regulates exotic animals differently from many other states. Instead of relying on a single statewide law that clearly defines which exotic animals can or cannot be kept as ...
The BC SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (Wild ARC) treated 2,182 wild animals from 135 species in 2025, marking another busy year for the southern Vancouver Island facility.
Two rescued marmosets offer a glimpse into the devastating effects that being kept as a pet can have on primates, as new licencing laws look set to fail before they even begin.