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 ...

From tiny tamarins to bouncing baby wallabies, Belfast Zoo is bursting with new arrivals and hope for the future. Belfast Zoo is celebrating a very special spring baby boom, with a host of precious ...

Belfast Zoo is closed for a second day after E.coli was found in a water sample from the site. The zoo closed on Tuesday as a "precautionary measure", operators Belfast City Council said, while the ...

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, ...

LONDON – Officials say a rare red panda is safe and sound, a day after it escaped from Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland. The animal went missing on Sunday, and Belfast City Council had urged members of ...

Belfast Zoo has been shut temporarily due to an "urgent" issue, it's been announced. The zoo was closed on Tuesday morning. In an announcement, a spokesperson for Belfast Zoo said there is an "urgent ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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