Mountain lion cub is rescued from the California fires and looked after by vets

Firefighters in California rescued an orphaned mountain lion cub last month that was burned as a result of the Zogg Wildfire and required medical attention at a local zoo.  Captain Cal, named after Cal Fire’s mascot, was discovered on September 30 in an area that the fire had blazed through. He is believed to only … Read more

Secretive snow leopard cub slinks up to a camera trap, sniffs it then disables it in Russia

Give us our privacy! Moment a notoriously secretive snow leopard cub slinks up to a camera trap, sniffs it then disables it in Russia Snow leopard cub disables camera trap in the Altai Mountains of southern Russia The young leopard pokes its face into the camera set up by World Wide Fund Cameras are being used to … Read more

Curious cub peeks through house door before mama bear drags them away after night-time visit

Let’s go! Curious cub peeks through house door before mama bear drags them away after the duo scale a 15ft deck, pop a paddling pool and feast on bird seed during night-time visit A family found a bear cub playing outside their house in Boone, North Carolina They were woken up by the young bear … Read more

Lion cub subjected to horrific abuse in Russia will be flown for new life in Africa 

A lion cub called Simba subjected to horrific cruelty in Russia is to be flown to Africa to start a new life. The tortured animal’s legs were deliberately broken to stop it running away while being exploited on beaches as a photo prop for tourists. Holidaymakers paid to have their pictures taken with the cute … Read more

Terrifying moment bear attacks Uber driver’s car to protect her cub from being run over on dark road

Terrifying moment bear attacks Uber driver’s car to protect her cub from being run over on dark road Mother bear ran at and attacked Uber driver’s car as they drove down dark road   Driver tried to avoid hitting animal and her cub in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia The car had an outline of the bear’s paw on … Read more

Wildlife worker dubbed Tiger King of Instagram is filmed punching a lion cub 

An Instagram star who shares terrifying videos of himself playing with lions is being investigated for alleged animal cruelty after he was filmed punching one of his cubs. Dean Schneider, 27, who quit his job as a financier in Switzerland to look after a pride of lions at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa, uploaded … Read more

Wildlife worker dubbed Tiger King of Instagram is filmed punching a lion cub 

An Instagram star who shares terrifying videos of himself playing with lions is being investigated for alleged animal cruelty after he was filmed punching one of his cubs. Dean Schneider, 27, who quit his job as a financier in Switzerland to look after a pride of lions at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa, uploaded … Read more

Bear cub looks to be giving sibling a pep talk as mother teaches them how to fish

I think he’s caught one, mum! Sibling and mother look on as cubs learn to fish (and there’s even a congratulatory hug afterwards) Wildlife photographer Petr Simon snapped the brown bears at Kurile Lake in Kamchatka, Russia  They show two bear cubs on their hind legs, one seemingly giving the other a word of advice … Read more