The general manager of Sanda Kyarimi Zoo in the Borno state of Nigeria said several animals pushed out of the zoo by flood waters have been recovered Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

Floodwaters that gushed from an overflowing dam in northern Nigeria engulfed a zoo and swept animals including crocodiles and snakes into communities, as the region battles some of the worst flooding ...

Floods in northern Nigeria have killed more than 80% of animals in a zoo including lions, buffaloes and ostriches. Some deadly animals, like snakes and crocodiles, were washed away into the community, ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — A dam collapsed Tuesday in northeastern Nigeria unleashing severe flooding that prompted evacuations and swept deadly reptiles from a zoo into communities in the area, local officials ...

At dawn, the Omo Forest comes alive with a cacophony of whispers. Giant mahogany trees are blurred into a soft cloak of mist, with ...

The Founder of Woodland Park Zoo, Coal City, Enugu, and Chairman of Tenerife Hospitality Group, Dr. Josef Onoh, has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for intercepting and seizing 17 live ...

July 9 (UPI) --Officials in the state of Plateau, Nigeria, said a hyena that escaped from a zoo was safely recaptured and returned to the facility. The Plateau State Tourism Corp. issued a public ...

Former Ondo First Lady Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has come under attack for referring to Nigeria as “a zoo country that is beyond redemption”. Akeredolu on Wednesday made comparisons between Nigeria’s ...

The infant - named Zeytin in a public competition - was cared for at Turkey's Polonezkoy Zoo while he underwent ...