All Posts Tagged With: "excess animals"

Zoos stop sales to shooters

ERIK JENSEN – Sydney Morning Herald TARONGA and Western Plains zoos have banned the sale of excess animals after it was revealed breeding programs were being used to make money. The zoos have shut down their animal sales systems under a bill before the Legislative Council after The Sydney Morning Herald revealed Western Plains Zoo [...]

27Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

CZA comes under attack from CAG

The Hindu New Delhi (PTI): The Central Zoo Authority has come under attack from the CAG for failing to arrest the count of prolifically-breeding species such as tiger and spotted deer in zoos across the country thus adversely affecting their health. In its report for 2008-09, CAG said several zoos have proliferating-breeding species such as [...]

17Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued