Bisexual penguin fights serious illness
The bisexual penguin at the centre of a much-reported love triangle is gravely ill. Harry, a Magellan penguin at San Francisco Zoo, made headlines in 2003 when he set up home with another male penguin...
View ArticleGay vultures split up by zookeepers
A pair of gay vultures at a zoo in Germany will be split up so one can be mated with a female. The male couple, both 14, have been building a nest together for the past few months. Dirk Wewers, curator...
View ArticleZoo names gay spider monkeys Elton and David
A pair of male spider monkeys at Drayton Park Zoo have been named Elton and David by their keepers. The monkeys are “inseparable” and spend their time cuddling and kissing, the Staffordshire zoo said....
View ArticleGay Canadian penguins set to split for breeding programme
Two male penguins at Toronto Zoo, who are thought to be in a relationship, are set to be split up in the coming weeks because they belong to an endangered species, says the Toronto Star. Buddy, 20, and...
View ArticleCanada’s gay penguins to be “reunited by spring”
As people around the world express sympathy for their plight, Toronto Zoo has said its gay penguins will be reunited by the spring of next year. Buddy and Pedro, African penguins, had “pair bonded”...
View ArticlePolice probe zoo owner who said: Equal marriage is abnormal, unnatural and...
Police in Cumbria are investigating a zoo owner who published a series of homophobic remarks about the arrival of equal marriage on Facebook. David Gill, of the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton,...
View ArticleKent zoo: Gay penguin couple are ‘better parents’ than straight penguins
A pair of gay penguins who are raising a baby together in a Kent zoo are doing a much better job than their straight counterparts. Jumbs and Kermit, male Humboldt penguins who live in Wingham Wildlife...
View ArticleReport: Gay bears ‘enjoy oral sex’
Two male bears have been observed regularly having oral sex at a wildlife sanctuary in Croatia. According to a report in journal Zoo Biology, researchers from the Polish Academy of Sciences Department...
View ArticleSainsbury’s attacked for covering up gay magazines, leaving Zoo uncovered
A Sainsbury’s store has been criticized for covering the fronts of gay magazines, while half-naked women on the front of Zoo and FHM remained uncovered. A picture of the magazines in the Trinity Centre...
View ArticleZoo accidentally spends four years encouraging hyenas to have gay sex
A zoo has accidentally spent four years trying to breed with a pair of male hyenas. Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Japan, obtained rare spotted hyenas Kami and Kamutori from a South Korean zoo in 2010, as a...
View ArticleGay flamingos adopt chick after it was abandoned by its parents
A pair of gay flamingos at Edinburgh zoo have adopted a baby chick, after it was rejected by its straight parents. The rare Chilean Flamingo was born to a straight couple as part of the zoo’s breeding...
View ArticleGay penguin book still topping ‘most banned’ list
A children’s book that tells the story of two male penguins raising a child together is still the third-most banned book in the US. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell has been...
View ArticleCan you spot something unexpected on Noah’s Ark?
Christians who oppose same-sex unions because they’re not in the Bible might need to check again. A Twitter user spotted an error in one Biblical storybook, which portrays the Genesis story of Noah...
View ArticleZookeepers wanted these gay penguins to breed with females, but they only had...
Zookeepers at Berlin Zoo have given up trying to get two male penguins to breed with female penguins – after it became clear they preferred eachother. The two king penguins, Stan and Olli, had been...
View ArticleThis gay penguin couple are celebrating their 10th anniversary
Two penguins are celebrating their 10th year of partnership, as a gay couple. Dotty and Zee are two Humboldt penguins that reside at Bremerhaven Zoo in Germany. Scientists have found that more than 450...
View ArticleThis gay penguin couple have been caught trying to steal other couples’ eggs
Two gay penguins in a Chinese zoo have been seen stealing eggs from straight couples. The penguins at Polar Land in Harbin said the gay parents had a strong instinctive urge to become parents. A...
View ArticlePolar bear ‘dies of a broken heart’ after same-sex partner is moved away
A polar bear has died just weeks after her same-sex partner of 20 years was transferred to a different zoo. Szenja, who was left alone at SeaWorld San Diego after her companion Snowflake was moved to...
View ArticleTwo gay vultures in a long-term relationship celebrate hatching their adopted...
Two gay male vultures in a long-term relationship have successfully hatched an egg together. The birds, who live at a zoo in Amsterdam called the Natura Artis Magistra, adopted the egg after it was...
View ArticleKenyan government official wants to send lions for gay ‘cure’ therapy
A Kenyan government official wants to send two gay lions for conversion therapy. Two male lions made a splash in the country this week after having sex in front of a wildlife photographer. The lions,...
View ArticleMonkey’s miracle pregnancy due to a glory hole, zoo discovers
A 12-year-old white-handed gibbon in Japan is believed to have become pregnant through a glory hole at her zoo. Yes, really. Zookeepers at Nagasaki’s Kujukushima Zoo and Botanical Garden couldn’t...
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