Thailand

Aquarium reopens at Chiang Mai Zoo

CHIANG MAI, Nov 17 (TNA) - The Chiang Mai zoo’s new aquarium, sporting the world’s longest viewing tunnels has reopened after a three week closure to fix the water purifying system.
Both Thai and foreign visitors at the new aquarium in the northern province of Chiang Mai were again excited to see over 8,000 living aquatic creatures and more [...]

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Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium

Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium does have a website under construction. You can find it at
http://www.chiangmaiaquarium.com/
We will be posting more on the Chiang Mai Zoo in the coming weeks.

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World’s longest tunnel aquarium opens in Thailand

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BANGKOK Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — The world’s longest tunnel aquarium, located in Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand, opened on Sunday.
    The Chiang Mai Zoo’s aquarium, set on a 10-rai (1.6 hectares) plot of land, is made up of freshwater and ocean sections. It is 133 meters long and 66.5 meters wide. The aquarium, [...]

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Lucknow zoo on global network

October 22nd, 2008 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 22 (IANS) The city zoo here will be able to share animal management and conservation information with other zoos across the world, officials said Wednesday. Out of 180 recognised zoos in the country, 57 have been selected by Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to be [...]

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Zoo animals upset by protest clashes

TWO anteaters at Bangkok’s main zoo have been given a three-month holiday to recover after violent clashes between police and protesters erupted near their enclosure, the zoo director says.
The four-year-old male and female anteaters were moved to a zoo in Chonburi province east of Bangkok soon after Tuesday’s protests, when tear gas and loud bangs [...]

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Lucknow zoo unable to provide shelter to rising number of leopards

Lucknow, Sep.15 (ANI): Though recently there has been uproar over decreasing number of tigers and other wild animals due to poaching or other incidents, the authorities at the Lucknow Zoo despite the growing number of leopards are unable to accommodate.
The number of leopards at the zoo has risen to 10 from three in the zoo; [...]

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Rare civet albino cat comes to Lucknow zoo

Lucknow, Aug 31 (ANI): Lucknow zoo authorities have brought a rare variety of civet albino cat, which they have rescued from poachers.
The animal though belonging to the cat family, has a different behavior and thus has been kept in the zoo’’s hospital to study its behaviour.
“It is difficult to find albino [...]

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