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Virginia is for animal lovers. According to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), on Friday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed bills into law that ban new cosmetics animal testing and the sale of animal-tested cosmetics in the state. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. First introduced by Sen. Jennifer Boysko and Del. Kaye Kory, the new law will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. After this date,...

After a 14-month-long pregnancy, K'tusha the okapi finally got to meet her little girl. The seven-year-old Chester Zoo resident gave birth to her calf Nia Nia in late December, and now the rare baby is ready to meet the world. Nia Nia is named after a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo — the only place in the world where okapis are found in the wild, according to a release from the English zoo. Nia Nia was on her hooves shortly after birth, but it took her several weeks to gain the confidence to leave her cozy nest with mom and explore the outdoor part of her exhibit.

Zoo Atlanta is doubly blessed. The Georgia zoo recently announced that their endangered golden lion tamarins Blixx and Tiete welcomed twins on Feb 11. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow Following You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications. Now a month old, the baby tamarins are doing well. According to Zoo Atlanta, the newborn golden lion tamarins weighed just two ounces each at birth. After an "exceptionally fragile" first month of life — which is common f...

Credit: Harbor Humane Over 100 dogs are looking forward to a future full of love, thanks to several animal welfare organizations' hard work. The Bissell Pet Foundation recently partnered with several animal rescues to save dozens of dogs from a Louisiana puppy mill. One of the rescues that helped with this effort is the Harbor Humane Society of West Olive, Michigan, which transported 56 of the rescued dogs to Michigan shelters. Twenty of those 56 dogs came to the Harbor Humane Society, where they are being cared for...

On March 3, 13-year-old Rothschild's giraffe Orla welcomed her sixth calf at the Chester Zoo