The Pigeon Express
Lab-grown meat company Primeval Foods has proposed to bring a whole host of exotic meats to the market, including zebra, lion, elephant, and tiger. But instead of going on a safari and butchering endangered animals, the startup is hoping to replicate the gastronomical experience by cultivating cells inside a lab, a new approach that could […]
The authorities in Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno say a lion has been killed by hunters in a remote area near the border with Cameroon. The carcass of the lion has been deposited at the government-run zoo in the state capital, Maiduguri. The authorities say the lion was killed to prevent it from harming people. […]
Researchers say a cave lion cub believed to be the best preserved ice age animal ever discovered dates back to more than 28,000 years ago. A study published in the journal Quaternary details the discovery of two mummified baby cave lions in the Siberian Arctic by local mammoth tusk collectors in 2017 and 2018. The […]
The pet lion that was confiscated by officials in Cambodia last month was returned to its owner after the intervention by its prime minister. The 18-month-old male lion was illegally smuggled into the country by a Chinese national, officials said. They launched an inquiry in April after seeing TikTok videos of the lion at a […]
Cambodian authorities confiscated a lion that was being illegally kept as a pet after it was seen being cuddled and bathed in social media videos. Officials said a Chinese national had imported the animal and was raising it at a villa in the capital Phnom Penh. They launched their investigation in April, after discovering footage […]
A lion cub in Russia is learning to walk again after its legs were broken so that it would not run away from people taking pictures with it. In the shocking case of animal abuse, the lion cub was tied and beaten up so tourists on Russian beaches could take photos with it. The details […]
Sooner or later animals were going to notice that the humans had disappeared and in South Africa’s Kruger National Park lions have been taking advantage. Park ranger Richard Sowry was out on patrol on Wednesday when he snapped a pride sleeping on a road which would normally be busy with tourists. But Kruger, like other […]
Police in Spain were concerned after they began to receive several phone calls about a lion on the loose. Officials in the Spanish town of Molina de Segura were dispatched to track down the big cat that was apparently roaming the streets in one part of town – but what they found instead has left […]
A video of a lion charging towards a group of people in a village in Gujarat has surfaced on social media and the internet is pretty scared. The seven-second clip was shared on Twitter by Susanta Nanda of the Indian Forest Service and swiftly garnered 6,000 views so far. The clip shows the lion charging […]
The remains of a teenage boy have been found in the lion enclosure of a Lahore zoo, a day after he went missing. Officials said they are investigating how Muhammad Bilal, 17, made it over the fence and what caused his death. But locals have blamed Mr Bilal’s demise on staff incompetence, and earlier this […]
In a rare case of cannibalism, a lioness is said to have killed and devoured two of its own cubs born recently at a zoo in Indore. The incident that took place three-four days ago came to light on Monday, leaving officials of the Kamla Nehru Zoo in a state of shock. The lioness, named […]
A man jumped into a lions enclosure at the Delhi Zoo and sat face-to-face with the wild animal for some time. In a video that has gone viral on social media, the man can be seen crossing into the lion enclosure and walking around the lion. The person was rescued by the Delhi Zoo staff […]