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Animals News tagged with zoo animals

"On Display" at the Zoo
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, exploitated, wild animals, on display, humans, arrogance, imprisoned )

Simone
- 104 days ago - animalrights.change.org
These two headlines regarding a baby gorilla at a zoo in Omaha, Nebraska--headlines that are perfectly typical for news pieces and press releases about and from zoos--pretty well summarize my problem with zoos: "Baby Gorilla on Display at Omaha Zoo"
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Threat Of Zoo Closure, Animal Euthanizations Triggers Political Stampede
Animals  (tags: politics, discussion, zoo animals, zoo closure, euthanisation )

Simone
- 151 days ago - wbur.org
A major brouhaha over zoos spilled over onto Beacon Hill Monday. Lawmakers scrambled to respond to claims from Zoo New England that a $4 million gubernatorial budget cut could force the shutdown of two local zoos. Worse, Zoo New England officials said
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Stone-Throwing Chimpanzee Displays Humanlike Planning Abilities
Animals  (tags: captive animals, animalrights, animalwelfare, research, study, zoo animals )

Dan
- 267 days ago - latimes.com
Santino the chimpanzee gathers stones and stashes them in strategic locations until it is time to hurl them at the obnoxious, pesky human visitors at his zoo. Exactly matches human behavior. Noted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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PLZ SIGN; Stop Uncontrolled Reproduction Of Zoo Animals Who End Up Suffering
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, genetic defects, zoo animal suffering, imprisoned, breeding, authorities )

Simone
- 334 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
AMIRA and PAUL, a lion couple (Berlin Zoo, Germany), had twin cubs 14 month ago. "Moritz" was put to sleep in October 2008, he had a genetic defect. Just now, January 2008, his brother "Max" follwed him for the same reason... Nobody wanted them anyway
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PLZ HELP/SIGN Animals Suffering, Imprisoned, Neglected in BUENOS AIRES ZOO
Animals  (tags: buenos aires zoo, animals suffering, lonreliness, imprisonment, animal cruelty, animal advocates, zoo animals, chimpanzee, sadness )

Simone
- 340 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
We urge you to help us fight this case. Please demand from the mayor of Buenos Aires changes to the way the animals are treated in this zoo. We ask you from the bottom of our heart to help the suffering chimpanzee. You can make a difference of life
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MNR Raids Lickety Split Zoo
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, suffering, investigation, kangaroos, animal welfare, roadside zoos )

Simone
- 478 days ago - soonews.ca
The Ministry of Natural Resources is reportedly removing native wildlife from Lickety Split Ranch and Zoo, a roadside zoo located in London, Ontario. The zoo had been the focus of media attention due to the deplorable conditions in which the animals
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Jenny, Oldest Gorilla in Captivity, Turns 55
Animals  (tags: endangered, zoo, zoo animals, gorillas )

Cat
- 581 days ago - azcentral.com
A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruitcake and treats wrapped in banana leaf.
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The Modern Zoo
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, suffering, loneliness, wild animals, imprisoned, modern zoo )

Simone
- 590 days ago - teenink.com
Animals are tortured by zoos. Many lions will walk around in circles all day. This kind of behavior is especially apparent in tall animals like elephants and giraffes, which might chew the plastic foliage or bang on the bars of their cages. Some monkeys
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Zoo Animals Starve Because of Corruption
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, starving animals to death, corruption, politics, animal cruelty, investigation )

Simone
- 594 days ago - newsfromrussia.com
African lions, bears, wolves, monkeys and other exotic animals of the traveling zoo are on the brink of starving. For 3 hours the animals are locked in their cages in Krasnodon. They are the hostages of the Lugansk customs office.
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Do Zoos Make Animals Crazy?
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, loneliness, craziness, boredom, study, research, zoo check forms, imprisoned wild animals )

Simone
- 601 days ago - api4animals.org
You can help us find out. With our Zoo Check form, you can help us track abuses and substandard conditions suffered by animals in zoos, aquariums, circuses, or other places that exhibits animals. Born Free USA united with API works tirelessly to fight
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Senior Citizens of the Zoo
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, aging animals, zoo, zoo animals )

Donna
- 622 days ago - abcnews.go.com
At Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, May -- an 11-year-old fennec fox -- is losing her hair. She and other aging animals often need the kind of care that is associated with geriatric humans. (ABCNEWS.com
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Four Lions Are Waiting for a More Dignity Life
Animals  (tags: romanian zoo lions, to be killed, wild animals, action to save them, zoo animals, abused, little cages )

Simone
- 640 days ago - vierpfoten.hu
Four lions living in a rundown zoo in Romania are in real danger of being killed just because there is not enough money to keep them there. Let me tell you how this terrible situation has come about. Râmnicu Vâlcea is a small town in Romania which is
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Boys Charged With Shooting Zoo Animals
Animals  (tags: police, teenager boys, shooting wild animals, zoo animals, pellet guns, animal abuse, investigation )

Simone
- 650 days ago - pressofatlanticcity.com
Two boys were arrested after they allegedly shot animals at the Cohanzick Zoo with pellet guns, police said Monday. Police said they received an anonymous call at 2:54 p.m. Sunday that two juveniles were shooting at animals in the zoo. Officers arrive
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The Sad, Lonely Lives of Zoo Animals
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, boring, lonley lives, animal suffering, wild animals, confined, captured, imprisoned )

Simone
- 661 days ago - animalrightsafrica.org
A male tiger at the Natal Zoological Gardens spends its life in abject boredom, in an unnatural, featureless cage. He and his fellow inmates are imprisoned for the sole purpose of attracting members of the public to gawk at them in naïve fascination.
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Zoo Tragedy Should Mean An End to Business as Usual
Animals  (tags: zoo animals, enclosures, safety, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 682 days ago - ucsf.edu
The recent tragedy at the San Francisco Zoo raises serious questions about the zoo's future, at least in its current form. Regardless of what the police investigation shows, the fact remains that the zoo was unsafe, both for the humans and the animal.
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