The inner sanctum of the tigers was a maze of cages with a narrow galley connecting them. Caretakers stood in the galley when checking or interacting with the animals. Three large spaces, separated by steel rods had a door at...

When I was at university completing my postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism, my final project required a trip to London. Specifically the London Zoo.  I was researching the breeding of tigers in captivity by conservationist zoological societies. I wanted to...

She is three times her size when we meet. Grown fat and slow with the passage of time. I enter slowly, unsure about this place I called home for nine years, unsure about how she will react to seeing me....

He’s busy licking his balls. He then proceeds to use the same tongue on the rest of his body before ceremoniously biting small invisible ticks with the aplomb of a magician making things disappear. His forelegs flail under him, he...