"Online platforms can also glamorize the ease of keeping exotic pets, often misleading people about the reality of keeping ...

Charities have warned of a disturbing boom in the UK exotic pet trade, fuelled by animals sold on TikTok, Facebook and ...

Picture this. Someone tells you they own a full-grown bear. Odds are your first thought is not “Oh, how wonderful!” It’s ...

From childhood, we grow up reading stories and watching films that portray wild animals as friendly and lovable characters.

Medieval artists didn’t always have access to real animals — and it shows. Lions look like dogs, elephants look like monsters ...

Georgia has strict rules about owning exotic animals as pets. These are for your safety and the well-being of the animals we ...

Peafowl are regularly kept as livestock in Kentucky, and while they are considered exotic animals, they aren’t subject to ...

Brevard Zoo goes to great lengths to keep its exotic animals, from sea turtles to sloths and Komodo dragons, warm during ...

Owners must secure a Class I permit to house specific, inherently dangerous mammals. It is counterintuitively legal to own a zebra, while possessing a native skunk is strictly prohibited. Submitting a ...

People are being urged not to buy animals "on a whim" from social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram by the owner of a ...

A wild discovery of dozens of exotic animals, including a crocodile, hedgehogs and snakes, has been made during a police ...