On a ranch at the southwestern edge of the Texas Hill Country, a hunting guide spotted her cooling off in the shade: an African reticulated giraffe. Such is the curious state of modern Texas ranching, ...

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MASON - From the shotgun seat of a silver Jeep Wrangler coated with red dust, Harold Lee squinted as he looked through his binoculars to scan the dull brown brushland for a pop of white. The tall ...

LEAKEY - Cedar Hollow has forested hills, spring-fed ponds and no predators - everything a sambar, Pere David's or barasingha deer could possibly want. The giraffes can't escape the valley because the ...

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Water buffalo, mountain goats and antelopes — oh my! These are just some of the animals found at Ross Hammock Ranch in Florida, a spread located two hours northwest of Orlando and 5 miles from the ...

MILLVILLE, N.J. – Maybe it’s time to consider a different type of bird hunt, one that actually borders on being exotic. Sora rails are a delicacy that helped fuel the market-hunting phase of our ...

Brian Gilroy loves everything about exotic animals. The CEO and co-founder of WildLife Partners, an exotics brokerage based in San Antonio, breeds around 3,000 nonnative animals across three ranches ...