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From Germany with love: Sumatran tiger Rimba arrives in Jerusalem for breeding program

Rimba, a two-year-old Sumatran tiger from Frankfurt Zoo, arrived in Jerusalem to meet Jakarta, a six-year-old female; The rare pair is part of a European breeding program aimed at saving the critically endangered species from extinction

Ilana Curiel | 10.20.25

Danish woman donates daughter’s pony to zoo to be fed to predators

Pernille Sohl, 44, said she handed over the family’s riding pony to Aalborg Zoo because it suffered from illness and severe pain; The zoo, which asks owners to donate healthy pets for predators, calls it an animal welfare initiative

Ynetnews | 08.19.25

Safety lapse suspected in fatal enclosure breach as leopard mauls zookeeper

Uriel Nuri, a 26-year-old senior zookeeper, was fatally mauled by an Anatolian leopard after a door was mistakenly left open; The Biblical Zoo tragedy has stunned Israel and prompted questions over safety protocols and animal handling procedures

ynet correspondents | 08.01.25

Jerusalem zookeeper mauled to death by leopard

The leopard appears to have escaped its enclosure while the employee was preparing for a visitor's tour; trauma team identified extensive injuries to his upper body

Liran Tamari, Gilad Cohen | 08.01.25

Lion cubs find home in Israel after being smuggled across the border

Three females, two males, were smuggled provably via drone over the borders of Jordan and Egypt as part of the largest smuggling of wild animals in the countries history

Ilana Curiel | 05.18.25

Israeli zoo exhibits rescued lion cubs: 'No chance of surviving in the wild'

Conservationists and animal welfare advocates questioning decision, warning that exhibition may compromise any future effort to return the lions to the wild

Ilana Curiel | 04.14.25

Israeli white rhino Rihanna gives birth to fourth calf

Ramat Gan Safari staff say unsure who's calf's father and add event marks 34th birth in facility

Ilana Curiel | 12.09.24

Croc that attacked zookeeper was raised as a pet

Clarence the crocodile lived for over 30 years at the Eilat home of Dr. Reginald Morris developing a special bond with how owner, the family and the entire community

Liran Tamari, Alexandra Lukash, Meshi Ayed | 08.19.24

תנין תקף תוקף גן החיות התנ"כי ירושלים נורה ירי מאבטח

Crocodile bites caretaker in Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, shot by guard

Crocodile bites caretaker in Jerusalem Biblical Zoo and is shot by security personnel; The caretaker was evacuated to the hospital after being saved by the guard

Liran Tamari | 08.18.24

3 hungry lions were left behind in the Rafah zoo

Zoo managers evacuated to Khan Younis said that they had to leave the lions there, due to lack of time and also because they did not have suitable means of transportation; They appealed to the UN to help save the animals left behind

Einav Halabi | 05.22.24

Elephant herd helped 66-year-old matriarch Varda stand until her death

Varda suddenly collapsed in the enclosure at the Ramat Gan Safari and her herd protected her for several hours before she was ultimately euthanized; After her death, her fellow Asian elephants paid their last respects with a series of thunderous, emotional calls

Yaron Drukman | 04.09.24

Rhino slams car carrying mom, kids in Safari zoo

Mother and children were not injured but the car sustained damage; the rhino may have been 'stressed', staff at the Ramat Gan Safari tell Ynet

Ynet | 03.13.24

Israeli zoo rescues baby hedgehog strangled by plastic ring

The Ramat Gan Safari's wildlife hospital staff say the hoglet was saved at the last minute and likely grew into the plastic ring that began suffocating it as it grew bigger

Noa Fisher | 09.26.23

אריה ברח כלוב גן חיות צפון קרוליינה הרג עובדת נהרג

Child mauled to death by lion in Gaza Strip zoo

The boy allegedly climbs a fence to get closer to the animal's cage, unable to escape its grasp; first such attack fatality in the area prompts international animal welfare groups to call for the evacuation of animals held in poor conditions

ynet correspondents, AP | 05.02.23

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