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Edinburgh Zoo Launches New Monkey Cam

First there was penguin cam, then there was panda cam, and now Edinburgh Zoo has launched squirrel monkey cam! Online viewers can now get live ‘fly on the wall’ access to the squirrel monkeys in Edinburgh Zoo’s Living Links exhibition. A 20 strong boisterous troop of lively little monkeys, there’s never a dull moment [...]

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Dinosaurs stomp into Bristol Zoo Gardens

A host of new species have stomped into Bristol Zoo today as preparations get underway for the Zoo’s new dinosaur exhibition. A giant tyrannosaurus rex, triceratops and other ancient creatures will be taking up residence alongside the Zoo’s 400 animal species, ready for a summer exhibition which opens later this month (Friday May 25th). Today [...]

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Tymoshenko’s tigress gives birth to 4 cubs

By MARIA DANILOVA, Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A beautiful white tiger that became a symbol of Yulia Tymoshenko’s presidential campaign has returned to the spotlight by giving birth to four cubs, including a rare albino one. Activists hope the birth of the cubs in a zoo on Sunday will lift the spirits of [...]

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Bear ‘Bromance’ Blossoms

The Highland Wildlife Park’s resident polar bear boys, Walker and Arktos, have now moved in together full time into their large five acre bachelor pad in the Scottish Highlands. And the two best buddies are now so close, that keepers regularly spot the two bear sleeping nose to nose. After meeting for the first time [...]

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Belfast Zoo celebrates first chimpanzee birth in 15 years!

Belfast Zoo is celebrating the arrival of the first chimpanzee to be born at the zoo since 1997! Lucy was born on 17 March 2012 (St. Patrick’s Day) to mother, Lizzie, and father, Andy. Her arrival now means that Belfast Zoo cares for seven chimpanzees in total; Lizzie, Andy, Kim, Lewis, Sophie, Phoebe and Lucy. [...]

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Bristol Zoo Gardens appoints new head of guest services

Bristol Zoo Gardens has appointed a new head of guest services with responsibility for guest relations across the attraction. Chris Page takes up the new position which includes overseeing admissions, guest experience, membership, the gift shop, the 12-acre grounds and the general presentation of the Zoo. Chris, who is originally from Yorkshire, joins the Zoo’s [...]

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Baby boom blossoms at Belfast Zoo!

The flowers at Belfast Zoological Gardens are not the only things ‘blossoming’ this spring, as keepers are celebrating the birth of Blossom, the blesbok calf. Father, Basel arrived in Belfast in 2009 from Africa Alive in Suffolk and was soon joined by mother, Daphne. The pair’s relationship has since ‘blossomed’ and they welcomed their first [...]

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UK zoo’s pandas meet for date, but will they mate?

LONDON (AP) — Zoo officials have created a private love nest for Britain’s only pair of giant pandas in hope the fertility-challenged animals will mate — and Wednesday may be their last chance for quite a while. Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo have opened a “love tunnel” between the enclosures of male Yang Guang and female [...]

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World-renowned underwater photographer visits Bristol Zoo Gardens for book signing

One of the world’s most accomplished underwater photographers will visit Bristol Zoo Garden next month (April) to sign copies of her new book. Clifton-based Kate Westaway’s new book ‘Wildlife Monographs: Humpback Whales’ records her amazing experience far out in the Atlantic Ocean, under water, photographing a humpback whale mother and her playful pup. Her stunning [...]

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Sweetie Sizzles for Sunshine

As temperatures have risen across the UK, so has Sweetie the panda’s hormones and the countdown is now on. The first increase in Tian Tian’s oestrogen and a dip in her progesterone has been identified by Edinburgh Zoo and their team of experts. Now in the lead up to oestrus, it is predicted that Sweetie [...]

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April Fool’s Day Events at Edinburgh Zoo

This April Fool’s Day make your way along to Edinburgh Zoo and discover a whole host of fun activities for all the family. Our experienced face painters will be waiting at the Members hut, ready to transform you into one of our Zoo animals or why not put your Zoo knowledge to the test by [...]

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Baby pygmy hippo begins venturing outside at Edinburgh zoo

Source: BBC News Edinburgh zoo has been showing off its latest baby pygmy hippo. Adult pygmy hippo Ellen gave birth to her second calf Eve at the zoo at the end of last year. For the past few months Eve has stayed inside the hippo house but this week has seen her exploring the outdoor [...]

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LOVE IS IN THE BEAR

Edinburgh Zoo is hopeful that the ‘Lynx Effect’ will help get the furry pheromones flying in time for panda mating season Friday 16th March, 2012, London – Lynx has today been announced as the official partner for the panda mating season at Edinburgh Zoo, to help encourage their most famous residents make panda cubs. [...]

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Swiss lawmakers support ban on dolphin aquariums

(Reuters) – Switzerland’s lower house voted on Tuesday to ban the keeping of dolphins in zoo aquariums or for entertainment purposes following the deaths last year of three dolphins at a Swiss theme park. The surprise vote was welcomed by Antoine Goetschel, Switzerland’s first “animal lawyer”, who urged the upper house to endorse the ban. [...]

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Belfast Zoo celebrates the first birth of 2012.

On 6 February, Belfast Zoo keepers celebrated the first birth of 2012, with the arrival of Georgie, the vicuña. Vicuñas are the smallest member of the camel family and originate from the mountainous regions of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. This species was once hunted to the brink of extinction, for their wool and meat. [...]

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Edinburgh Zoo Receives Royal Visit

Today, Edinburgh Zoo received the royal seal of approval as HRH The Princess Royal made an official visit to the Zoo. The Princess visited the giant panda pair, Tian Tian and Yang Guang, in their state of the art enclosures and spent time with Alison Maclean, the head panda keeper, and Simon Girling, the head [...]

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Kazakh zoo gives monkeys red wine to beat colds

(AFP) ALMATY — A zoo in the freezing steppes of Kazakhstan is giving its monkeys red wine to ward off winter colds, its chief animal specialist told AFP on Friday. “We give the monkeys wine because in the winter it protects them from respiratory infections. You could say we douse them with wine to ward [...]

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Monster babies at Bristol Zoo Gardens

One of the few venomous species of lizard in the world has given birth at Bristol Zoo Gardens. Five baby Gila monsters have been born in the Reptile House – just the second time this species has been bred at the Zoo. The five eggs were laid after a new adult male arrived at the [...]

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Tian Tian Enjoys Roll in the Hay

Edinburgh Zoo’s giant panda Tian Tian enjoyed a roll in the hay for the first time this week. Tian Tian discovered the latest addition to her enclosure this week, when a bundle of hay was added – providing another place for her to get comfy while eating some of her favorite foodstuff, bamboo. Tian Tian [...]

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That’s The Ticket

Edinburgh Zoo has now released giant panda viewing tickets for sale up to the 18th March 2012. Over 70,000 people have seen Tian Tian (Sweetie) and Yang Guang (Sunshine) since they went on public display just before Christmas, with Edinburgh Zoo seeing almost a 200% increase in visitor numbers compared with the same period 12 [...]

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Extinct plants brought back for benefit of bees

Somerset Wildlife Trust and Bristol Zoo Gardens are teaming-up with local school children to re-introduce rare West Country plant species to wetland nature reserves in Somerset. The Flowering for Life Partnership will reintroduce two species of plant where they have gone locally extinct on the Somerset Levels: greater water parsnip and devil’s bit scabious. These [...]

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Animal artists given own exhibition

(UKPA) Orang-utans, gorillas, chimpanzees and an elephant are among animal artists being given their own exhibition of paintings in London. The event, taking place next week at University College London’s Grant Museum of Zoology, will feature works from zoos in the US and Thailand. One of the highlights is a painting of a flowerpot by [...]

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