Raina the puppy and Ruuxa the cheetah cub have been besties at the San Diego Zoo for a while now, so it was no surprise when Raina was right there to comfort Ruuxa this week after he underwent surgery ...

“It’s been beautiful to watch their relationship develop,” zookeeper Jordan Michelmore said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and ...

MOSELEY, Va. -- An unlikely friendship has formed at a zoo in Virginia. A cheetah cub named Kumbali and a Labrador puppy named Kago live together as if they were brothers. Kumbali was born at the zoo ...

San Diego Zoo Safari Park SAN DIEGO -- A cheetah cub's loyal puppy friend sat by his side as he underwent surgery at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Wednesday. The zoo put the two animals together ...

Usually, cats and dogs aren’t known to pal around together. Sometimes, though, something special happens that unites two unlikely furry friends. In this case, the Cincinnati Zoo has teamed up a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- To help a 6-week-old cheetah cub, zookeepers in San Diego turned to an unlikely companion. Meet Ruuxa and her puppy pal, Raina, a 7-week-old Rhodesian Ridgeback. The pair ...

The playful pair of Rozi the cheetah cub and Ziggy the labrador-kelpie-collie mix show that sibling bonds can transcend species boundaries. Rozi was born in late February at Western Plains Zoo in ...