SeaWorld and Busch Gardens animal ambassador Julie Scardina introduces the TODAY anchors to a few of her favorite animals from around the world, including a binturong "bearcat" from the forests of Southeast Asia and a Eurasian lynx. (TODAY)
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Two law students are accused of decapitating an exotic bird at the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. KSNV's Elizabeth Donatelli reports. (NBC News)
A Florida family mourns the death of their dog after he accidentally bit an exotic cane toad with toxic skin glands. WFLA's Josh Green reports. (NBC News)
Neighbors are worried about the return of exotic animals that were released by the widow's husband in October. NBC's Courtney Reagan reports. (TODAY)
Julie Scardina, animal ambassador for Sea World and Busch Gardens, stops by the TODAY set with three exotic animals – an echina, a rock hyrax and a hornbill. (TODAY)
TODAY's Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie go in search of the gentle giants and fast felines that inhabit Where in the World's secret first stop. (TODAY)
The wife of the man that freed the exotic but dangerous animals in Ohio is fighting to get custody of the six surviving animals being held at the Columbus Zoo. NBC's John Yang reports. (TODAY)
Three cheetahs, two monkeys and a bear-- spared from the carnage near Columbus, Ohio -- are now at a nearby zoo receiving expert care. Police say they had no other choice but to kill nearly 50 other animals set free by a preserve owner who later killed himself. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. (TODAY)
The exotic animal escape near Columbus, Ohio, is renewing calls for a crackdown on exotic pets. Scott Shoemaker, who owns a 10-acre animal preserve in Nevada, discusses the issue with TODAY's Matt Lauer (TODAY)
Police in Ohio say they had no choice but to kill dozens of exotic animals, including 18 rare Bengal tigers, after a preserve owner set them free before committing suicide. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. (TODAY)