Atlanta Zoo

Dottie the elephant had acute pneumonia

By Leon Stafford
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Zoo Atlanta’s African elephant Dottie, who died suddenly last week in the third trimester of her pregnancy, suffered from acute pneumonia, according to a preliminary necropsy.
The Grant Park attraction is still investigating the exact cause of death for the 26-year-old elephant, but said it found evidence of the pneumonia in its [...]

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Zoo Atlanta’s pregnant elephant dies

By LEON STAFFORD
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dottie, Zoo Atlanta’s expecting African elephant, died late Monday of unknown causes.
The elephant, which had recently gone into the third trimester of her 24-month pregnancy, was 26.
Zoo Atlanta’s veterinary team, along with the Department of Pathology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of [...]

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Panda updates - Zoo Atlanta

 

 
 

Monday, October 27
What is Lun Lun feeding that cub? Since last Sunday, the cub has put on 14.5 ounces! The cub now weighs 2549 grams (~5.6 pounds). He seems to be starting his own category in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most weight gain in a single 24-hour period. In Saturday’s update, [...]

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Voting begins Monday to name Zoo Atlanta’s panda

The Associated Press –
ATLANTA –
Zoo Atlanta is horning in on the voting season on Monday, Nov. 3 when it begins accepting votes to name the zoo’s baby Panda. The voting will run through Dec. 3, when the panda will be 95 days old.
 
Five days later, in accordance with Chinese tradition, the baby will be named [...]

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Panda Update- Zoo Atlanta

Saturday, October 25
The cub gained a huge amount of weight from Thursday to Friday.  His weight Friday afternoon was 2,431 grams, which was an increase of 94 grams in a 24-hour period; this is one of his biggest weight gains yet!  We even weighed him twice to make sure the scale was reading correctly. One contributing [...]

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Giant panda cub born at Zoo Atlanta

Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Business, News on Sunday, August 31st, 2008 at 12:17 pm by Web content assistant editor David Rauch

ATLANTA (AP) _ Zoo Atlanta’s giant panda family just got larger.
A cub born Saturday night is the second offspring for Lun Lun (LOON LOON) and Yang Yang (YAHNG YAHNG).
Zoo spokeswoman Simone [...]

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