MARION, Indiana (AP) A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern Indiana highway, prompting a police rescue of the animals, which roamed along the freeway, some munching on grass. The tractor-trailer caught fire about 2am along Interstate 69 in Grant County and […]
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) A giraffe named Benito started a 40-hour road trip Monday to leave behind the cold and loneliness of Mexico’s northern border city of Ciudad Juarez to find warmth and maybe a mate in his new home 2,000 kilometres to the south. A campaign by animal rights activists won […]
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) After a campaign by environmentalists, Benito the giraffe left Mexico’s northern border and its extreme weather conditions Sunday night and headed for a conservation park in central Mexico, where the climate is more akin to his natural habitat and already a home to other giraffes. Environmental groups had voiced strong […]