DOWN SAFELY RIGHT? YEAH, EVERYONE IS SAFE. BUT IF YOU DON’T LIKE HEIGHTS, THIS WAS PRETTY TRAUMATIZING. WE WERE OVER THE EMUS. BILL HESKETH CAN LAUGH ABOUT IT NOW, BUT HE ADMITS IT WASN’T FUNNY AS HE ...

NOBODY WAS INJURED. ALSO BREAKING. WE’RE LEARNING A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSED A MECHANICAL ISSUE ON THAT SKYFARI SKYRIDE AT SOUTHWICK’S ZOO IN MENDON YESTERDAY. THE ZOO TELLS US THE SAFETY SYSTEM ...

Passengers evacuated a stalled ride while at Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon on Monday, multiple news outlets reported. Firefighters helped passengers off the Skyfari Sky Ride, WJAR reported. The zoo told ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon will use donated fire hoses to create enrichment items for animals. The Uxbridge and Blackstone fire departments supplied the hoses. Hoses will be made into swings, hammocks ...

MENDON, Mass. (WJAR) — A rescue operation is underway after a skyride stalled at Southwick's Zoo in Mendon on Monday. Fire officials said they received calls shortly after 3 p.m. from people who said ...

An afternoon of fun took a scary turn when people riding the Skyfari ride at the Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts, got stuck 30 feet in mid-air. First responders had to go and rescue people ...

Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon has announced the recent birth of three cheetah cubs, terming it a significant milestone for the zoo and its animal care team. The cubs were born in early May to Nya, a ...

A Bengal tiger looks out from its enclosure at Southwick's Zoo in Mendon. MENDON — Sitting on the edge of Worcester County is New England's largest zoo. Home to more than 160 different species, the ...

MENDON, MASS. (WHDH) - A baby Eurasian eagle-owl was just born at Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, according to a Tuesday announcement from the zoo. The new bird is the offspring of the zoo’s two resident ...

More than 30 visitors at Southwick's Zoo in Mendon had to be rescued from gondolas that were stuck in the air on Monday after the "Sky Ride" attraction malfunctioned again. The fire department ...