Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Hurricane Fiona rumbled toward Puerto Rico, Angel Vega was worried sick when he left the animal shelter where he’s worked for ...

A sanctuary founder who rescued hundreds of animals from a beleaguered Puerto Rico zoo is now doing the hard work of rehabilitation. After years of complaints about conditions at the Dr. Juan A.

This is an updated version of a story first published on Jan. 28, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. These lions were once—literally—the pride of Puerto Rico. Housed at the Dr. Juan A.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is closing the U.S. territory’s only zoo following years of suspected negligence, a lack of resources and deaths of animals that were highlighted by activists.

MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico — Mundi, the Puerto Rico zoo's prized African elephant, was scheduled to board a cargo jet to her new home at a sprawling elephant refuge in southern Georgia. But there was a ...