The Luray Zoo is a privately-owned rescue zoo dedicated to providing animals with a loving and caring home. The Luray Zoo receives animals that are retired zoo animal ambassadors, retired zoo animals ...

LURAY, Va. — Do pet alligators belong in Virginia? According to exotic animal licensing laws, the answer is no. Spotsylvania Animal Control recently confiscated a baby alligator from a residence, ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Sometimes, firefighters step up and save a life. Often, it’s a person. Sometimes it’s a pet. Two weeks ago in Franklin County, it was an alligator. Smiley, a six-foot-long ...

A 16-year-old Luray Zoo employee is recovering after being bitten by a tiger. Zoo co-owner Jennifer Westhoff says the female employee was showing the animal to a group of visitors Sunday when the ...

GETTING THERE: The quick route is Interstate 66 west to Exit 13 to Route 79 (Apple Mountain Road). Turn right onto Route 55 and go five miles. Turn left onto Route 340, and head south for 23 miles.