Forget fluffy puppies and purring kittens; some people have a fondness for the truly peculiar when it comes to their animal ...

Surging exotic pet trade sparks calls for tighter crackdown - Social media influencers, who have made owning exotic pets cool ...

Ndivhuwo Shivambu works for the Tshwane University of Technology. She receives funding from the Tshwane University of Technology, the Faculty of Sciences and the Department of Nature Conservation. She ...

They say a dog is “man’s best friend,” but pets can come in all shapes and sizes. However, not every animal is legal to keep as a companion in California. The California Department of Fish and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio is one of the most difficult places to own exotic animals in the U.S., with a comprehensive ban on many animals. Although Ohioans cannot own lions, tigers or bears, there ...

If you’ve recently seen a peacock wandering around near Thatcher Avenue, it’s not an escapee from the Pueblo Zoo. Zoo officials stated in an April 29 Facebook post that the bird is not a zoo animal ...

Mississippi considers some animals to be inherently dangerous and others are considered to be public resources.

Although the numbers of “traditional” pets such as dogs, cats, and rabbits have been steadily increasing for the past four decades, there has been an even sharper growth in the number of so-called ...

In the 1960s, growing demand for wild plant and animal products was driving certain species like elephants and tigers toward ...

PERKINSTON, Miss. (WKRG) — You need a permit to own an exotic animal in the state of Alabama, but even then, it’s a lot more ...

Spain’s draft Royal Decree on companion animals has sparked debate after it emerged that cows could be legally classified as ...