The baby boy, whose species has been extinct in the wild since 1939, is staying close to his mom while he “finds his footing,” zookeepers said. Pere David’s deer grow to be about 6-feet to 7-feet long and up to 4-feet tall, according to the Lincoln Park Zoo.

What began as a traffic stop ultimately turned into a drug bust and animal rescue mission last week according to the Solano County Sheriff’s Office.

The Père David’s Deer is making a comeback, as a fawn was just born in Southern California. The male fawn was born at the San Diego Zoo on April 8 and is the first of its kind to be born at the zoo’s Safari Park in 22 years,

“Human rabies is usually fatal without prompt post-exposure vaccine and treatment,” Dr. Ankita Kadakia, county interim public health officer, said. “Rabies transmission can happen from a bat bite or if a bat’s saliva comes in contact with a cut or abrasion, or with mucous membranes, such as the eyes, nose or mouth.”

Chino, a 20-year-old California sea lion and a staple of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo’s sea lion family since 2010, passed away on Saturday, the zoo said Monday.

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On Mother’s Day, assembling three bouquets of edible flowers into a bowl and freezing them with a dead rat pup in the center seemed like the least that Sacramento Zoo staff could do for her. Rachel Winkler,