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Lion dies at Vandalur zoo
Source: The Times of India CHENNAI: A male lion which was ailing for nearly a month died in the Vandalur zoo on Saturday afternoon. According to sources, Babu, the ten-year-old male lion was rescued from a circus nearly six years ago. It was kept in the rescue and rehabilitation centre on the zoo premises until [...]
29Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Review: Ohio keeper hurt by elephant broke rules
By JOHN SEEWER (AP) TOLEDO, Ohio — An Ohio zoo keeper critically injured after an elephant charged and pinned him in a corner violated two rules by going into the enclosure alone, according to a review of the attack released Tuesday. The keeper should have had another person with him and should have carried a [...]
11Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Tiny tortoise returns to Tulsa Zoo after theft
Source: Tulsa World – ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer Tulsa Zoo officials are flipping over the return of a missing pancake tortoise. The tiny hatchling that keepers call Danny had been missing since July 8, but Tulsa police recovered it Friday in Owasso. “All the police were able to tell me is they were able [...]
24Jul2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Dublin Zoo relieved over return of stolen penguin
(AP) DUBLIN — Kelli the penguin’s back home in Dublin Zoo after pranksters snatched the bird and abandoned her on a city sidewalk. Dublin Zoo condemned Thursday’s theft as no joke, because the 10-year-old Humboldt penguin could have been injured during her abduction or crushed by a vehicle. Zoo officials said police tracked down Kelli [...]
9Jul2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Seattle zoo gives mob of meerkats African names
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — With some help from the community, Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo has decided on African names for its new mob of meerkats. People were asked to vote on what to name the residents of the zoo’s newest exhibit. The winning names were announced on Thursday. Zoo officials say they haven’t assigned [...]
2Jul2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Phoenix Zoo close to meeting $20 million remodel goal
Source: The Arizona Republic The Phoenix Zoo turns 50 in two years and about $13 million has been raised to give the 125-acre site a major facelift. That’s more than halfway toward the $20 million capital campaign goal, and zoo officials believe individual donors will come through by year’s end for the remaining money. It’s [...]
1Jul2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Zoo’s bighorn sheep has surgery on broken leg
SUSAN OLP – The Billings Gazette Lucky, ZooMontana’s bighorn sheep, isn’t living up to his name. On Wednesday, the 1-year-old zoo resident broke the humerus in his right, front leg into five piece. On Saturday afternoon, surgeons at Montana Equine Medical and Surgical Center in Three Forks spent four hours repairing the damage to the [...]
23May2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Zoo Animals Receive Special Treatment during India’s Heatwave
As India sizzles through a summer heat wave, zoo officials in India’s eastern Jamshedpur city are making special arrangements to protect the animals at Tata Steel Zoological Park from the rising mercury. [Viful Chakarvarti, Director of Tata Steel Zoo]: “With the onset of summer, you see the temperature going up day by day and it [...]
24Apr2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Sacramento Zoo Looks For More Room
City Leaders Study Possible Move To Sutter’s Landing From kcra.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sacramento Zoo is looking for more room to operate. City leaders said they have been studying a feasibility plan to possibly relocate the zoo to Sutter’s Landing. “We have been looking for a site to land bank for more than seven [...]
8Apr2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Zoo officials seek fugitive otter
By Cris Ornelas Read more: Local, Strange, News, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Kitchi, Otter, Colorado Springs, Animals COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — A fugitive otter from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is still on the run. Kitchi is a North American river otter. He and three other otters made a break for it on Thursday when they wriggled [...]
28Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued