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Plan for sanctuary for old circus lions and tigers in south-west France

The €2.5m centre will welcome its first retired circus lions in June

Sadness as first giant panda cub born in France set to leave for China

Yuan Meng was born in August 2017

Wildcat spotted roaming through gardens near a major French city

Firefighters captured the Serval and took it to a local zoo

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Emotion as first giant panda born in France set to leave for China

Yuan Meng, whose godmother is Brigitte Macron, was born at Beauval zoo in 2017

France wildfires rage on: 20,000 hectares burnt, one arrest made

Investigators believe that the fire in Landiras may have been started deliberately. In all, 37,000 people and 1,000 zoo animals have been evacuated

Confiscated or rescued wild animals find new home at unique French zoo

Unwanted male elephants, retired circus tigers, lab animals and many other exotic creatures are among the animals found there

Upgrade for Strasbourg zoo but the welfare debate continues

Zoo de l’Orangerie in Strasbourg has been given a new lease of life by Freaks Architecture, but the zoo is being increasingly criticised by animal rights groups

Huan Huan the panda gives birth to twins at zoo in France

Keepers at Beauval Zoo in central France were delighted by two new arrivals overnight, both in good health and being cared for by specialist panda midwife sent from China

Second cub due for French zoo’s celebrity panda couple this summer

Breeding programmes like that at Beauval Zoo have helped save pandas from being endangered

Beware: A “blob” is arriving at Paris zoo this weekend

The Parc Zoologique de Paris (Paris zoo) is to welcome a new resident - but it is neither animal, nor vegetable, nor fungi. It is, in fact, a “blob”, which can eat, move, and double in size every 24 hours.

Lion born in France travels to UK to help save species

A new Franco-British relationship is to begin this month, as a male Asiatic lion born in France is to travel to Bristol Zoo (UK) to be coupled with a female, as part of plans to help save this endangered species.

French activists protest against dolphin captivity

Animal rights activists have mounted a protest against keeping dolphins in captivity by disrupting a public show at the Parc Astérix, in Oise (Hauts-de-France).

Panda is huge draw

Fox cubs run amok in Paris cemetery

A group of fox cubs have been spotted playing in a cemetery just one kilometre from La Porte de Choisy in Paris.

Public asked to name French park's new baby hippo

What would you name a baby hippo? Animal park Planète Sauvage, in Port-Saint-Père (Loire-Atlantique), is asking members of the public to name a new arrival, it announced this week.

Zoo

Plan for sanctuary for old circus lions and tigers in south-west France

Sadness as first giant panda cub born in France set to leave for China

Wildcat spotted roaming through gardens near a major French city

Emotion as first giant panda born in France set to leave for China

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Huan Huan the panda gives birth to twins at zoo in France

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French activists protest against dolphin captivity

Panda is huge draw

Fox cubs run amok in Paris cemetery

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