“A hippopotamus has escaped from the African Pavilion. All visitors and staff, please evacuate to nearby indoor areas.” At 1:48 p.m. on the 28th, at the Second African Pavilion of the Seoul Grand Park ...

This is both hilarious and makes total sense. Just like everyone else, zoos have to practice for emergencies. And zoo emergencies include escaping animals. Problem: You can’t just release a real ...

Workers evacuated the Lehigh Co. Humane Society Saturday afternoon. It's not an actual emergency, but a drill to prepare for one. Like Noah loading his creatures into the ark, animals at the Humane ...

As the emergency alarm sounded throughout the animal health center, employees of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium sprang into action. Did they restrain the poisonous snake? Was an ambulance on the way?