'Using local invasive species helps buffer us and gives animals more variety,' the Minnesota Zoo said of the choice Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A zoo in Denmark has asked the public to donate healthy but unwanted pets as part of a unique initiative to feed its carnivorous animals. Aalborg Zoo is seeking donations of live animals such as ...

On an early spring day, kids lined up outside the Cincinnati’s Zoo’s giraffe habitat, waiting for an opportunity to feed the animals over a fence. One of the giraffes, Zoey, ambled over, sticking her ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human ...

Predators at a zoo in Denmark could soon be feasting on new donations from the public — their pets. Aalborg Zoo, which sits on the outskirts of the city of the same name in the Scandinavian country’s ...

A European zoo is asking for donations of healthy pets to feed to its predators as part of a controversial policy that has sparked international outrage. "Did you know that you can donate smaller pets ...

Aalborg Zoo in Denmark has raised eyebrows with a request for local pet owners. The zoo announced through a social media post that it is seeking donations of unwanted animals such as rabbits, chickens ...

People Mon, August 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM PDT Zoo Encourages Public to Donate Unwanted Pets to Help Feed Resident Animals The Aalborg Zoo shared that "chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs" are used to feed ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Zoo confirmed its president and CEO, Dr. Rob Shumaker, was injured while feeding a chimpanzee. Shumaker was bitten on the tip of his finger and given medical ...

The Minnesota Zoo said it has partnered with a local watershed district in Minnesota to find a use for the invasive goldfish, most of which are relatives of dumped former pets, clogging Lake Cornelia ...

Predators at a zoo in Denmark could soon be feasting on new donations from the public — their pets. Aalborg Zoo, which sits on the outskirts of the city of the same name in the Scandinavian country’s ...