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Animals News tagged with zoo

Miami MetroZoo Jaguar Dies During Surgery
Animals  (tags: sadness, tragedy, young jaguar, loses life, surgery, zoo )

Simone
- 4 days ago - cbs4.com
A four year old jaguar named Palenque who was one of the star attractions of Metrozoo's "Amazon and Beyond" died Wednesday during a medical procedure. Zoo spokesman Ron Magill says Palenque was taken to the Metrozoo's animal hospital early in the
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Elephants in Indian Zoos, Circuses Moved to Sanctuaries
Animals  (tags: good news, zoo, circus elephants, india, moved to sanctuaries, safe, freedom )

Simone
- 11 days ago - washingtontimes.com
All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday. The decision affects around 140 elephants in 26 zoos and 16 circuses in the country,
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Move Over Mercedes - Zoo Plans to Breed Polar Bears
Animals  (tags: mercedes, limited room, polar bears, zoo, controversy, welfare, concerns, animal groups )

Simone
- 16 days ago - news.scotsman.com
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has revealed plans to bring a new pair of polar bears to the Highland Wildlife Park, near Kingussie, in the hope they will have cubs. Currently, there is only one polar bear in the UK. Known as Mercedes,
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Kanpur Zoo to Propose Leopard Rescue Centre
Animals  (tags: zoo, rescue centre, leopard, humans, conflicts, rehailitation, home, sanctuary )

Simone
- 29 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
With a view to rehabilitate the leopards who have been forced to leave their habitat due to the fast depleting forest cover in the state, the Kanpur zoo authorities will soon send a proposal to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) for establishing a
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Endangered Bongo Antelope Dies at Zoo Atlanta
Animals  (tags: endangered, bongo antelope, died, zoo, sadness )

Lone
- 36 days ago - sacbee.com
ATLANTA -- The oldest known eastern bongo antelope living in captivity has died at Zoo Atlanta
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Gaza Zoo Draws Crowds With Zebra-Colored Donkeys
Animals  (tags: animals, zoo, donkeys, zebra, wildlife )

Maria
- 48 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Gaza City zookeepers have found a creative way of drawing crowds to their dilapidated zoo -- by painting their donkeys. The Marah Land Zoo's only two zebras died of hunger earlier this year when they were neglected during the Israel-Hamas war.
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Zoo Cats Get All Wet Over Fish | VIDEO!
Animals  (tags: zoo, fish, fishing cats, conservation, research, ecology )

Raffi
- 70 days ago - news.cincinnati.com
The newest cats on display at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden made a splash Thursday, but only after some coaxing from their mother. Three fishing cats - so named because they lunge into water to capture fish - were born June 30 at the zoo
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Orphaned Cubs May Go to Zoo
Animals  (tags: bear cubs, orphaned, mother killed, new home, zoo, authorities, wildanimals, tragedy )

Simone
- 72 days ago - juneauempire.com
The three orphan bear cubs at the Fortress of the Bear may eventually wind up at a zoo in another state. They will spend the rest of their lives in captivity and under observation, but the state Department of Fish and Game believes that their lives
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Yorkshire Wildlife Park's Campaign to Save the Lions Off to Roaring Successful Start
Animals  (tags: Romania, zoo, DoncasterWildlife Park, donations, campaign, transport )

Raffi
- 74 days ago - lionrescue.co.uk
Yorkshire Wildlife Park, Branton, Doncaster has had an amazing response to a campaign launched just 2 weeks ago to save 14 lions from Oradea Zoo, Romania. This is believed to be the largest big cat rescue ever from one location to another.
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Grizzly Cub Transferred From Glacier Park After Mother Killed
Animals  (tags: yearling female bear cub, captured, mother and brother killed, authorities, zoo, captive )

Simone
- 99 days ago - flatheadbeacon.com
The yearling cub of a 17-year-old female grizzly that was recently killed by Glacier National Park rangers was transferred out of the park Tuesday on its way to the Bronx Zoo in New York. The female cub, which rangers estimated weighed 80 to 100 pound
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World's Oldest Polar Bear Dies in Zoo- VIDEO
Animals  (tags: worlds oldest bear, captivity, zoo, death, sadness, tashta )

Simone
- 105 days ago - fox11online.com
The Indianapolis Zoo said the oldest living polar bear known to scientists was put down Wednesday after a health condition prevented the 35-year-old bear from being able to stand up. A press release from the zoo said veterinarians decided to humanely
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San Diego Zoo Super Panda Gives Birth to 5th Cub
Animals  (tags: GoodNews, panda, baby, zoo, fiftth baby, happy )

Lone
- 113 days ago - azcentral.com
SAN DIEGO -- Prized San Diego Zoo panda mom Bai Yun gave birth Wednesday to her fifth cub after a 130-day pregnancy that zookeepers said ended with an apparently pleasant labor. The cub born to 17-year-old Bai Yun (White Cloud) became just the 13th pa
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Who Needs Meat? Polar Bears Bite Off More Than They Can Chew to Get to Their Frozen Fruit and Veg at Tokyo Zoo | Mail Online
Animals  (tags: zoo, polar bear, vegetables, Tokyo, diet, treats )

Raffi
- 120 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
As a carnivorous animal, you wouldn't expect a polar bear to get excited over fruit and vegetables. They're usually more concerned with capturing seals than ensuring they receive their five-a-day. However these inhabitants of Tokyo's Ueno Zoo were
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Exotic Animal Amnesty Day Allows Owners to Surrender Non-Domestic Pets
Animals  (tags: wildlife, exotic, animals, rescue, alligator, iguana, monkey, chimpanzee, tortoise, Burmese, python, pets, zoo, protection, Connecticut )

Tom
- 122 days ago - examiner.com
An alligator, an iguana, a small monkey, an eight-foot Burmese python and 132 other non-domestic pets were dropped off Saturday at Connecticut's first exotic animal amnesty day. The event was organized after a chimpanzee attacked a woman in February.
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Animals Torn to Pieces By Lions in Front of Baying Crowds: The Spectator Sport China DOESN'T Want You to See
Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, investigation, suffering, zoo, chinese, beijing )

Eureka
- 134 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Are Beijing Zoo caretakers animal haters? Kids pat a goat; then watch it airborne and seconds later torn from limb to limb by starving lions. This is not a natural kill by suffocation - it is torture for bucks. What message for the kids?
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