A new rule has been put in place for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo following the cancellation of an important qualifier event in Uvalde last month.

If you’re looking for plans on Friday, the San Antonio Zoo will provide discounted admission for Bexar County residents as part of Locals Day.

The San Antonio Zoo announced that a fourth male gorilla will arrive at its new Congo Falls habitat in December.

Two more foxes have tested positive for rabies in Bexar County, bringing the total to at least five reported cases involving the animal this year.

The first three gorillas have arrived for a new exhibit at the San Antonio Zoo.

If you want to ring in the holiday season with a new pet, Animal Care Services is offering deeply discounted adoptions this Black Friday.

West Side residents want action as stray and dangerous dogs persist in San Antonio.

The Bexar County Commissioners Court approved a bid worth nearly $11 million on Wednesday for a new animal care facility, according to a news release.

A major qualifying event for the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo was canceled this week due to a growing outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus-1, an illness that veterinarians say has already claimed the lives of several horses.

The Uvalde Rodeo Qualifier, originally scheduled to begin on Wednesday, has been canceled due to a recent equine virus outbreak, the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo said.

Congo Falls, a new two-acre gorilla exhibit at the San Antonio Zoo, is set to open next month.

Video shared with KSAT shows a Helotes resident surprised when he encountered a sounder of wild pigs while taking out the trash. It happened in an area of new construction and is becoming increasingly common.

The San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter is at critical capacity and in need of urgent adoptions and fosters, according to a news release from the city.

The Bexar County Public Health Department announced on Friday that a third fox has tested positive for rabies this year.

Another case of rabies has been reported in Kerr County.

San Antonio Zoo is expanding with a massive new 2-acre habitat called Congo Falls, which is set to open later this year.

San Antonio Animal Care Services (SAACS) is urging residents to take precautions with wildlife after a 7-year-old was exposed to a rabid skunk on the North Side.

If you’re looking for plans on Friday, the San Antonio Zoo will provide discounted admission for Bexar County residents as part of Locals Day.

Even though it is early October, these are “dog days” at the sprawling property in Schertz where Cristina Western and Michael Ricioppo live with their two children.

Chagas Disease, which is typically contracted in tropical climates, is spread with enough frequency to warrant additional research and improved surveillance, researchers argue.

A Universal City woman discovered a rare hybrid bird in her backyard.

ACS is hosting a $0 adoption event until 5 p.m. Saturday

A rare hybrid bird was discovered in a suburb northeast of San Antonio, according to biologists at the University of Texas at Austin.

A set of new fines for people who abandon animals in San Antonio has a much narrower scope than originally described.

If you’re looking for plans on Sunday, the San Antonio Zoo will provide discounted admission for Bexar County residents as part of Locals Day.

City Council approved a new set of fines for people caught abandoning animals in San Antonio in a 10-1 vote Thursday morning. In a statement emailed to news outlets after the vote, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said, “it lacked the required due diligence and public engagement.”

Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones delayed a proposal this week that aimed to punish people who abandon animals in San Antonio, a source told KSAT.

The San Antonio Zoo’s annual ZOO BOO! celebration has returned.

Bats are incredibly important to the South Texas ecosystem.

The Kerrville Police Department is investigating an animal cruelty case after a cat was shot with a pellet gun on Friday evening.

A skunk tested positive for rabies in Fair Oaks Ranch, according to city officials.

The Texas Game Wardens have filed 1,400 charges across 11 counties across the state in the “Ghost Deer” investigation, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The July 4 floods wiped out plants, animals and insects from the Guadalupe River. Now weeks later, the silence is beginning to fill with sounds of nature as some species return.

More than 100,000 pet owners have found their missing animals with Petco Love Lost.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will hold a protest outside the San Antonio Aquarium after a mother says an octopus clung onto her 6-year-old, leaving purple marks on his arm.

Maria Maxcimiana Soliz, 61, and Ricardo Antonio Guajardo, 56, returned to Schertz Wednesday to surrender themselves to detectives.

The city of San Marcos is warning residents of a possible rabies exposure after a bat found at Tanger Outlet Mall tested positive for the virus.

Kerrville Pets Alive is warning local families to keep their pets — and themselves — out of the Guadalupe River for the time being.

A 9-year-old girl from Boerne has raised nearly $3,000 in keychain sales to help animals affected by the Hill Country floods.

Britney Taryn, the mother of a 6-year-old who was grabbed by a giant Pacific octopus at the San Antonio Aquarium in a now viral TikTok, is responding to the statement sent out by the aquarium.

More than 160 citations for illegal exotic animals have been issued in last two years, according to Animal Care Services

A woman is calling for changes at the San Antonio Aquarium after she says an octopus attacked her son.

In the days since the July 4 floods inundated the Kerrville community, volunteers with Kerrville Pets Alive! have been working to help reunite more than 350 animals with their owners, all while providing free food and regular shelter operations.

An apparent animal hoarding case came as a surprise to some residents who live in the Schertz neighborhood where it happened.

Texas residents could see more spiders soon.

A shelter is in need of supplies after 64 animals were found in “distressing conditions” at an apparent abandoned home over the weekend, according to Schertz police.

Several cats and dogs were found living in “distressing conditions” in an apparent abandoned Bexar County home, according to a news release from the Schertz Police Department.

SeaWorld San Antonio is grieving the loss of Kamea, the youngest orca in the pod.

The San Antonio Police Department found a dead dog stuffed inside a suitcase on the East Side over the weekend.

Comal County Animal Control is advising residents to be cautious after a feral cat tested positive for rabies.

Following the recent storms in Bexar County, residents might notice large groups of flying insects — but what are these creatures?

If you’re looking for plans on Sunday, the San Antonio Zoo will provide discounted admission for Bexar County residents as part of Locals Day.

The City of San Antonio awarded Animal Control Services more money than it ever had in it's most recent city budget. The goal was to increase call times, educate pet owners and help reduce the number of stay animals in the community.

Texas Parks and Wildlife is warning people to leave wild animals alone this spring.

Two puppies were rescued Wednesday morning after jumping from an Interstate 35 overpass onto the roof of a downtown dog daycare.

San Antonio is seeing a rise in reported animal bites, and an even bigger jump in severe bite cases.

The people have spoken, and it’s giving the San Antonio Zoo a lot to celebrate.

A San Antonio woman said her and her dog nearly escaped serious injuries after a neighbor’s dog charged at them on the city’s West Side.

The San Antonio Zoo is celebrating its birthday, and you can join the party.

The City of San Marcos is warning residents of a potential rabies exposure after a fox reportedly attacked multiple people in Purgatory Creek Natural Area.

If you’re looking for plans this Mother’s Day, the San Antonio Zoo will provide discounted admission for Bexar County residents on Sunday as part of Locals Day.

Multiple zoos across Texas, including the San Antonio Zoo, are asking the state for stronger penalties for trespassing and habitat intrusions.

Pets around San Antonio are ready to ‘paw-ty’ at Fiesta 2025.

From colorful outfits to fun accessories, we want to see photos of your pets dressed in their best Fiesta flair!

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The San Antonio Zoo announced that a pygmy falcon has finally hatched.

Whether your pet is four-legged and furry, or scaly with a tail, we want to see them!

The San Antonio Zoo is offering discounted admission for Bexar County residents this Friday for Locals Day.

San Antonio Animal Care Services (ACS) will host its first mega free vaccination event this Sunday and has reached capacity for pre-registration.

City of New Braunfels and Comal County officials are urging residents to be cautious with unfamiliar animals after a rabies case was confirmed in the city.

San Antonio Animal Care Services expects to receive hundreds, if not thousands, of kittens into its shelter in a few weeks until October.

The Mexican free-tailed bat, which roosts under our freeways and in caves, even shows up on radars during their evening mass exodus to find food and eats an untold amount of bugs every spring and summer.

The San Antonio Zoo announced Tupi, the baby capybara, is a boy at a gender reveal on Wednesday morning.

A recent investigation by the Texas Game Wardens has resulted in 22 suspects and approximately 1,200 total pending charges from across the state involved in a deer breeding industry and black-market wildlife trade, according to a news release.

The San Antonio Zoo is celebrating National Pokémon Day with a special collector’s card.

Capybara lovers will soon find out if Tupi, the beloved baby capybara at the San Antonio Zoo, is a boy or girl.

A City of San Antonio Animal Care Services temporary employee was terminated following a recent incident where the employee used “inappropriate handling methods” with a dog, ACS said Sunday.

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed.

A San Antonio family is desperately seeking the return of two French bulldogs that were stolen from their backyard earlier this month.

The federal government is offering up to $1,000 for the adoption of a wild horse or burro that once roamed public lands out West.

A pet disappearing is something no pet owner wants to think about, but sometimes it happens, and it’s important to know what you can do to get your pet home safely.

The Animal Defense League of Texas is waiving all adoption fees for puppies, kittens, dogs and cats beginning Friday.

The San Antonio Zoo is set to rollout a month-long celebration dedicated to zoo members.

The San Antonio Zoo is offering discounted admission for Bexar County residents this Monday, on Locals Day.

The San Antonio Humane Society is closed on Tuesday due to the winter weather, and the shelter is reminding people of ways they can protect their pets and other animals that are outside as the freezing temperatures are expected to last for the next few mornings.

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales shared his disgust regarding an animal cruelty case on Tuesday.

A woman was arrested Saturday after a neighbor caught her on video allegedly hitting her puppy multiple times, according to the City of San Antonio’s Animal Care Services.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in domestic ducks from Austin.

San Antonio Pets Alive! is at full capacity and needs the community’s help to find animals a forever home.

Jonathan Gary has only been the director of Animal Care Services for two weeks, but his message to San Antonio is clear: Pet owners must take responsibility for their animals.

The U.S. Border Patrol made an unusual discovery Tuesday when agents found several spider monkeys during a checkpoint inspection.

The fire happened on Progress Road near U.S. 281 in far south Bexar County on Dec. 28.

A teenager is facing a felony charge after allegedly poisoning and killing a classmate’s show goat, according to multiple reports.

A Devine fisherman is celebrating a “reel” catch this month.

Who doesn’t love cute animals? The internet rallied around Moo Deng and Pesto, and in San Antonio, we had our own bunch of animals making some headlines. Here’s a look at this year’s animal stories.

Instead of reindeer up on the housetops in a neighborhood on the far South Side of San Antonio, a monkey caused a commotion.

Council members' approval is needed before the city can raise fines for repeat offenders or begin sterilizing dogs before they are returned to their owners.

Visitors to the San Antonio Zoo now have the chance to see their newest addition to their Naylor Savanna, Waffles, a female Reticulated giraffe.

Visitors to the San Antonio Zoo now have the chance to see their newest addition to their Naylor Savanna, Waffles, a female Reticulated giraffe.

A month after a woman in Boerne was bitten by a fox possibly infected with rabies, a fox was found dead that was indeed infected with rabies, according to city officials.