Darlene Chrisman has lived in the same place just outside the city limits for 20 years, and she says she’s had horses since 2000. Then, last year, she decided to start a petting zoo, made up in large ...

Show Me Exotics Petting Zoo in Holts Summit offers private animal encounters along with animal education. Agnes Deckard, owner of the zoo, has raised exotic animals with her family for the past few ...

FRANKFORT, Ind. (WISH) — The mayor of the Clinton County seat on Tuesday night recommended closing a petting zoo where more than 80 mammals and birds died during the winter. A Purdue University clinic ...

A baby wallaby is on the loose in Oklahoma after a dog set him free, the animals’ owner said. Roo, a 1-year-old marsupial, has evaded recapture since escaping his backyard enclosure in Blanchard, a ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - A College Station mother wanted to give her toddler a memorable birthday party this year, but that reality took shape in a different form than she had imagined when she ...

A young shelter dog recently became the unlikely mentor for an orphaned wolf pup at a zoo in Wichita, Kansas, and the two have since built a bond their human caretakers call the "perfect pairing." ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo announced Wednesday that they would not be hosting an event that would have returned for its fourth event. Dog Days at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo was a ...