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Offbeat News tagged with zoos

The Horrifying Moment a Bear Mauls a Man Who Climbed Into His Zoo Enclosure
Offbeat  (tags: animals, humans, bears, attack, zoos, environment )

Cher
- 1 day ago - dailymail.co.uk
This is the chilling moment a bear clamped a man in his jaws after he climbed into the enclosure at a Swiss zoo.
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Tollbooth Turkey Packed Off to Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: animals, wild turkey, zoos, environment )

Cher
- 3 days ago - philly.com
A wild turkey that took up residence at a New Jersey Turnpike tollbooth and spent its days scooting around 18-wheelers won't have to dodge Thanksgiving traffic.
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Your Morning Adorable: Three Bumps -- Er, Siberian Tiger Cubs -- on a Log
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, cubs, zoos, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 4 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Germany's Nuremberg Zoo welcomed Rangar, Khan and Domur, Siberian tiger cubs, back in August. Since Siberian tigers (also called Amur tigers) are endangered -- it's believed that only about 400 to 500 animals remain in the wild in eastern Russia and
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Scaredy-Cat Tigers
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, zoos, scared, chickens, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 5 days ago - ananova.com
Zoo-keepers in China say their tigers have grown so tame that they're frightened of the chickens they're supposed to eat.
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So Long, Mary; Hello, Terry. Cleveland Zoo Tortoise, Thought Female for 50-Plus Years, Turns Out to Be Male
Offbeat  (tags: environment, animals, tortoise, male, zoos )

Cher
- 5 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A tortoise's zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, they've discovered "Mary" is actually a male. Officials at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo say it can be tough to establish the sex of a giant Aldabra tortoise
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Colored Between the Lions: Big Cats King of Zoo Art Exhibition in Syracuse
Offbeat  (tags: environment, animals, art, zoos, wild animals )

Cher
- 7 days ago - syracuse.com
The judges have rendered their verdict: The winner of the Rosamond Gifford Zoo's "Art Gone Wild" exhibition is a collaboration by its three lions titled "Ruckus."
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Your Morning Adorable: Monkeys Cool Off With Frozen Fruit in Sao Paulo
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, cooling off, zoos, protection )

Cher
- 11 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
A white-handed gibbon from the Sao Paulo Zoo Foundation eats monkey-friendly ice cream -- a frozen fruit wedge on a string. Temperatures rose to 86 degrees Fahrenheit this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the zoo fed its gibbons and black-faced spider
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Twins Siberian Tigers Stars of Baghdad Zoo! VIDEO!
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, zoos, births, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 13 days ago - soonews.ca
Baghdad's Al-Zawraa zoo is enjoying a baby boom particularly among its big cats. Recently, Siberian tigers gave birth to twins and Bengal tigers have also produced a cub. Swelling numbers among its residents is also reflected in the expanding number of
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Learn and View Tiger, Lion, Leopard and Jaguar Enrichment Activities at Akron Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, zoos, enrichment, wild animals )

Cher
- 15 days ago - zandavisitor.com
The Akron Zoo will host an Enrichment Day on Saturday, November 14, 2009, to showcase enriching activities for the animals that stimulate their natural behaviors. Activities are planned for a variety of animals from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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Mane Attraction: Getting (a Little Too) Up Close and Personal With the Kings of the Jungle
Offbeat  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, big cats, zoos )

Cher
- 19 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
As an enormous lion lumbers onto the bonnet of the jeep and begins tearing up a piece of raw meat, you would expect to see fear etched on the faces of these tourists. But rather than showing any signs of terror, the group are smiling broadly - safe from
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Bizarre Baldness Strikes Female Spectacled Bears in Leipzig Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: animals, spectacled bears, baldness, zoos, environment )

Cher
- 21 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
It's a tough time to be a spectacled bear at the zoo in Leipzig, Germany -- at least, it's a tough time to be a female spectacled bear. Veterinarians are struggling to determine why the zoo's female spectacled bears have suddenly lost nearly all their
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Your Morning Adorable: Orangutan Snacks on a Pumpkin at the National Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: animals, zoos, celebrate, Halloween, environment, wildlife )

Cher
- 26 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
The National Zoo in Washington, like many other zoos around the country, is helping its animal residents celebrate Halloween with treats (healthy ones, like pumpkins -- no bite-size Snickers bars here) and special Halloween-themed enrichment activities.
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Your Morning Adorable: Meerkats Explore a Jack-O'-Lantern at England's Bristol Zoo Gardens
Offbeat  (tags: animals, meerkats, Halloween, environment, protection, zoos )

Cher
- 27 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
At England's Bristol Zoo Gardens, even the meerkats are getting into the Halloween spirit (well, we have our doubts that they actually know they're getting into the Halloween spirit) through a specially made jack-o'-lantern delivered to them by zoo staff
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Wild Things Get Seasonal Treats
Offbeat  (tags: animals, zoos, treats, Halloween, environment, protection )

Cher
- 27 days ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
Halloween came early for some residents of the Brookfield Zoo, who were given pumpkins Wednesday as part of a zoo-wide behavioral enrichment program
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Your Morning Adorable: Elephant Eats a Pumpkin at Maryland Zoo Halloween Celebration
Offbeat  (tags: animals, zoos, Halloween, environment, protection, wild animals )

Cher
- 32 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
As part of the Halloween festivities at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, even the elephants are getting the chance to celebrate our ghastliest holiday in style. African elephants Felix (above, who, despite what her name suggests, is female) and her year
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So Long, Mary; Hello, Terry. Cleveland Zoo Tortoise, Thought Female for 50-Plus Years, Turns Out to Be Male
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