'Cub-Petting' Attractions Stress Out Baby Lions and Cause 'Grave Welfare Concerns,' Study Finds

Photo: © FOUR PAWS Lions cubs are not photo props. For the study, researchers analyzed public videos tourists posted to YouTube of their African lion cub petting encounters, taking note of the animals' behaviors, husbandry practices, and captive living conditions revealed in the clips. Researchers reviewed over 260 videos for the study and formed a 49-video database that they felt was representative of typical tourist-lion interactions at cub-petting facilities. An estimated 61% of the cubs shown in the videos included in the database were under three months old; two videos had cubs as young as nine days old and one day old, with their eyes still shut.

'Daddy Did It': Fla. Man Accused of Fatally Shooting Woman in Front of Children

Derrick Feliciano Bargman-Williams.Photo:Broward Sheriff’s Office Broward Sheriff’s Office A Florida man was arrested on allegations he fatally shot a woman after the pair had a long argument, police say, according to multiple reports. Investigators with the Miramar Police Department told WPLG that first responders arrived at a home along DeSoto Drive at around 8:30 a.m. after receiving a call about an alleged domestic situation. Two children — aged 4 and 1 years old — were present at the scene when law enforcement arrived, and one of them allegedly told officers, “Daddy did it to mommy, and mommy is dead.

'Dahmer' Tops Season 2 of 'Bridgerton' to Become Netflix's Second-Most Popular English-Language Show

Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer.Photo: Courtesy Of Netflix It’s been quite a week forRyan Murphyand his killer limited series,Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Stranger Things 4remains the most-watched English language series ever with 1.35 billion hours viewed. Netflix bases its Top Lists on the hours that each title was viewed during its first 28 days. To take the top spot fromStranger Things 4,Dahmerwould need almost double the number of views it already has over the next week.

'Dalíland' Director Won't Cut Ezra Miller Out of Movie but Is 'Not Condoning Anything They've Done Wrong'

Photo: John Lamparski/Getty; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Ezra Miller’sDalílanddirector is speaking out about the actor’s recent controversies — and explaining why Miller hasn’t been cut from her film. After rumors began to spread thatDalíland, which is set to premiere Sept. 17 at theToronto International Film Festival, may have omitted Miller, 29, from its final cut, director Mary Harron (American Psycho) toldVanity Fairthat while that isn’t true, “I’m not condoning anything they’ve done wrong.

'Damari Was My Heart': Dad of Pa. Boy, 4, Speaks Out After Boy's Mom & Her Boyfriend Are Charged with Murder (Exclusive)

Darryle Carter, Jr. with his son, Damari Carter (L); Damari’s mother, Dominique Bailey, (R) is charged with the four-year-old’s murder.Photo:Darryle Carter; Philadelphia Police Department Darryle Carter; Philadelphia Police Department “I felt like he knew when I’d come into the room — even before I checked in on him,” Damari’s father, Darryle Carter Jr., 42, tells PEOPLE. “He would already be smiling.” But all that changed, Carter says, when Damari’s mother, Dominique Bailey, asked for a divorce and moved out in 2022.