Africa
Pretoria Zoo is Getting Revamped
Tamlyn Stewart
National facility aims to stay in world’s top 10 with revamp
The more than half a million visitors to South Africa’s biggest zoo in Pretoria will soon have a bumper selection of extra activities when they visit.
This comes as the National Zoological Gardens, ranked in the top 10 worldwide, announced plans [...]
14Jul2008 | Sara | 0 comments | ContinuedUWEC TODAY
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Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Two of our patas monkeys today got attacked by vervets while in their exhibit and they sustained some injuries with some bleeding on the thighs.
Kibonge has good appetite but since he has been in the exhibit, the keepers are not sure he is passing out stool as yet. He body conditiond [...]
UWEC IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS
UWEC IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Joana the Impala who was treated last wednesday, died in the course of the evening. A postmortem will be perfprmed to find out the cause of death.
Kibonge was operated and an exploration done, he was found to have obstruction and could not not pass out stoll. He [...]
UWEC THIS SATURDAY
UWEC THIS SATURDAY
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
One of our impalas called Joana got trapped in hole inside the exhibit and ended up with a fracture around the hock joint, i did radiographs and POP was applied, right now she is resting.
Kibonge the Lion and the other sick cases show improvement and responses are getting better.
Other [...]
UWEC IN THE LAST TWO DAYS
UWEC IN THE LAST TWO DAYS
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Kibonge today had a knock down for sampling. His rectum was empty but very inflamed and bloody. We took blood for biochemistry and ather few requests and were sent to referal laboratory,We expect the results soon. The procedure was quite long ang took long to rise up.But [...]
UWEC IN THE PAST THREE DAYS
UWEC IN THE PAST THREE DAYS
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Kibonge who has been sick has now fully recovered from his illness. He is able to fully feed and the stool is firm. I intend to take another stool sample for a review.
Acan the baby Chimp is equally very active and the wounds are looking much better [...]
UWEC TODAY
UWEC TODAY
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Kibonge the Lion was reported to have improved slightly. He completed his treatment on 29th/02/08, but still appears weak. The good news is that he finished his meal last evening and the stool is firmer than it was.
Acan the baby Chimpanzee has also greatly improved and the wounds are drying up [...]
UWEC TODAY
UWEC TODAY
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Kibonge despite the attempemted treatment and having shown signs of recovery (as he takes the treatment in the food well), this morning he was not very active and did not take all his meal. He will be kept on observation.
The Marabou storks chicks, two of them were found dead yesterday, [...]
UWEC TODAY
UWEC TODAY
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Kibonge the Lion who has been at UWEC over time had started feeling sick two days ago and was not responding well to food at the same time he was passing out loose stool,though he appeared active.
A stool sample was taken and we analysed it, we found out that he [...]
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UWEC TODAY
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
At the centre today, all the animals were reported active and all responses were normal, no casualties.
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