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More than 200 animals, ranging from mules to peacocks and ostriches, lived on the ranch in central Mexico and hundreds more stayed on two related properties, many in opulent enclosures. Also kept on the grounds were less furry fare: AK-47 assault rifles, Berrettas, hundreds of other weapons and cocaine.

A peacock which had escaped from its home at the Central Park Zoo returned home on its own Wednesday morning, the Wildlife Conservation Society told CNN.

A highly venomous Egyptian cobra that went missing at the Bronx Zoo was found today after nearly a week on the lam, zoo officials said.

A venomous Egyptian cobra went missing from New York's Bronx Zoo, prompting the closure of the zoo's reptile house until further notice.

Eleven Siberian tigers — among the world's rarest species — died of malnutrition after being kept in small cages and fed chicken bones at a cash-strapped zoo in China, state media said.

An animal keeper has died after being bitten by a tiger at the Shanghai Zoo.

A zoo official says a rare white tiger has been killed by two lions in a zoo in northern Czech Republic.