Officials are investigating the incident. LONDON -- The Belfast City Council says it has launched an investigation at Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland after a worker allegedly became locked in a lion ...

An Asian elephant that lived at Belfast Zoo for 15 years before being moved to the Netherlands seven months ago has died. Dhunja died at Royal Burger's Zoo in Arnhem at the age of 51. In a statement, ...

Aug. 3 (UPI) --An endangered giraffe calf was recently born in the U.K.'s Belfast Zoo, the largest zoo in Northern Ireland. Ballyhenry, a male Rothschild's giraffe, was born this past Sunday, ...

Belfast Zoo's oldest chimpanzee Lizzie is celebrating her 50th birthday! Lizzie celebrated the big day by unwrapping presents with the rest of her troop. Lizzie, one of Belfast Zoo’s oldest residents, ...

The animals of Belfast Zoo woke to a winter wonderland on Monday morning, January 15. Northern Ireland was under a yellow 'snow and ice' warning on Monday that was extended through at least Tuesday ...

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LONDON (AP) – Zookeepers say a group of chimpanzees used branches weakened by a storm to make a ladder and escape from their enclosure at the Belfast Zoo. Video filmed Saturday by visitors to the ...

Schools in counties affected by Storm Amy will close on Friday afternoon, and ferry services to Scotland have been cancelled ...

A woman who agreed to take a baby elephant from a zoo during WWII to protect it from bombing is being sought. The mystery "Elephant Angel" cared for the animal, named Sheila, in her back yard as the ...

The Belfast City Council says it has launched an investigation at Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland after a worker allegedly became locked in a lion enclosure earlier this month, with lions inside. Two ...