Many pet lovers dream of working with animals one day. Some give up secure corporate jobs to chase that dream. ...more

May 28, 2008

The tigers dived for meat, orangutans gestured for food, and a snake got up close and personal. ...more

May 7, 2008

The tigers dived for meat, orangutans gestured for food, and a snake got up close and personal. ...more

May 7, 2008

NORTH TAMPA The tigers dived for meat, orangutans gestured for food, and a snake got up close and personal. Most of the participating students agreed that High School Journalism Day at Busch Gardens is more exciting than their typical classroom assignments. ...more

May 6, 2008

Gina Rivera, 28, came to Lowry Park Zoo in 2005 after working in Chicago as a docent at Lincoln Park Zoo and an intern at Shedd Aquarium. Rivera, a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, loves nothing more than helping animals, especially birds. ...more

December 21, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Cats trigger an allergic reaction in Jonathan MacDonald, a small thing except that in the past year the teenager logged 100 hours volunteering at Pasco County Animal Services. ...more

November 24, 2007

BRADENTON - For a dicey half-hour Monday night, it looked as though Dorothy might have to make her fabled trip to Oz with a stuffed dog in a basket, which is not at all what Michael Newton-Brown had in mind. The director, who spent much of his life working with animals as a clown for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, wanted an actual dog for the part of Toto in his upcoming production of "The Wizard of Oz" with the Manatee Players. ...more

October 9, 2007

Berkeley Prep's Danielle Michiels is the lone senior on the squad this year and is the do-it-all performer for the Buccaneers. ...more

September 30, 2007