The first thing Kyle Burks does when he gets home from work is greet his cat. "I tell her about my day and she tells me about hers," said the new president and CEO of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo.

He’s come face to face with the world’s wildest animals but it was in Scotland that he faced his biggest challenge ...

All across the nation, in Americans’ backyards and garages and living rooms, in their beds and basements and bathrooms, wild animals kept as pets live ... a man who owns a bear that bit off ...