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Eleven tigers starve to death at China zoo
BEIJING (Reuters) – At least 11 tigers have died of hunger and malnutrition in a Chinese zoo so far this year, the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, local media reported on Thursday.
China’s wild tiger population is dwindling, but a number of tigers still live in zoos and breeding centres in the northeast.
Some [...]
Goa zoo gets a pair of sloth bear from Hyderabad
Panaji, March 10 (PTI) Bondla zoo in Goa has added a pair of sloth bear procured under an exchange programme from Hyderbad-based Nehru Zoological park, forest officials said.
The Goa zoo would, in turn, offer a pair of bison to its counterpart in Hyderabad.
The 8-sq-km zoo, tucked in Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, had a female sloth bear [...]
Zoo gets three new inmates
LankaTimes.com
Today, the National Zoological Gardens in Dehiwela will get three ring-tailed lemurs (lemur catta)-two females and one male-from the Rare Species Breeding Centre in London, through an animal exchange programme.
Education Officer of the Zoo Nihal Senerath told The Island yesterday that in return they had given a pair of giant squirrels and a rusty spotted [...]
Cobra dies without mate at Solapur zoo
Prafulla Marpakwar- The Times of India
MUMBAI: A 16-foot long King Cobra, which was gifted ‘freedom’ by the Bombay high court had four days before Valentine’s Day last month, has died at the Mahatma Gandhi Zoo in Solapur. On Wednesday, when the PIL filed by nature lover Gururaj Pore comes up for hearing, there will be [...]
Hungry tiger kills zoo keeper
BEIJING, March 7 –An animal keeper was bitten to death by a hungry tiger at Shanghai Zoo this morning.
The 53-year-old victim surnamed Li was about to clean the tiger cage and feed the animal at about 8:15 a.m. when the bengal tiger inside suddenly jumped out and bit him in the neck, witnesses said.
The tiger [...]
Alcoholic chimpanzee to be taken to treatment clinic from Russian zoo
MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti)
Frequent “treats” by visitors of a Russian zoo made one of its resident, Zhora the chimpanzee, an alcoholic and nicotine addict, a Russian daily has said.
Zoo authorities in the Russian city of Rostov (200 km northeast of Moscow) were quoted by Komsomolskaya Pravda as saying Zhora, who had been brought to [...]
Elephants communicate at low frequencies
The Hindu
An elephant’s trump is heard by all, but a new study has found that the animal can communicate at such low frequencies which are not audible to the human ears.
Researchers led by Matt Anderson of San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research studied the “secret language” of elephants.
They monitored the animal’s growls that cannot [...]
Panda cub a golden goose for Chiang Mai zoo
By The Nation
The eight-month-old panda cub Lin Ping has generated more than Bt13.5 million in revenue in the first two months of this year, director of Chiang Mai Zoo Thanapat Pongamorn said Monday.
According to Thanapat, Lin Ping’s twicedaily shows have been the biggest earners for the zoo.
“Last month alone some 545,374 people watched Lin Ping [...]
Walkthrough aviary at Vandalur zoo
Express News Service
CHENNAI: Showcasing one of the finest world-class tourist attractions in international zoos, the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur near Chennai has set up a walkthrough aviary. The new feature, developed in an area of 1.5 acres of land, was inaugurated by Chief Secretary K S Sripathi on Saturday.
Aviary is a concept of [...]
Nepal Launches ‘Save Tiger’ Campaign For 2010
Siddique Islam – AHN
Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Nepal on Sunday launched its campaign with the slogan “Double or Nothing: Save the wild tigers and save so much more!” to conserve tigers worldwide.
The campaign “2010 year of the Tiger” aims to raise emergency funds to stop poaching, protect tiger habitat at [...]
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