"We got a call from the zoo on Thursday to say he had been seen hanging around the birds of prey, trying to catch them close to the lion enclosure," said Mr Bateman. The cat was scanned and ...

A UK zoo has been forced to redouble its security following repeated break ins at its gorilla enclosure in the wake of "false information" circulating online suggesting the animals were abandoned.

With bunches of lettuce and bucketloads of nuts, London Zoo kicked off its annual animal count Friday, coaxing everything from goats to gorillas out of their enclosures for the celebrated stocktake.