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Elephant at Tulsa Zoo is expecting
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | about 20 hours ago
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Last Modified: 12/7/2009 2:27 AM The plan to breed Tulsa Zoo's male elephant Sneezy with the two female elephants from the Oklahoma City Zoo is proving fruitful. Asha, the 14-year-old female, is in the first trimester of pregnancy, which for elephants...
Tags: Oklahoma City Zoo, Tulsa Zoo, Mike Connolly, females elephants, males elephants, Asha, Oklahoma City, Oregon Zoo, Tulsa Oklahoma, Ruby, Elephant, Zoo, Human Interest
The Black Rhino
An endangered species is a population of an organism (usually a taxonomic species), which because it is either few in number or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters, leaving it at risk of becoming extinct. Many countries...
Tags: Africa, Animals, Black Rhino, Endangered, extinct, Extinction, International Rhino Foundation, mammals, Research, Rhinoceros, species, Suman, WWF, zoo, black rhinos, South Africa, humanitarian, Cape Town, Rhino, Odd-toed ungulate, Western Black Rhinoceros, Endangered species, White Rhinoceros, Environment, Rhinoceroses, West African Black Rhino
France mourns Kiki the tortoise
Nuku'alofa :: Tonga | 1 day ago
Credibility France mourns an ageing lothario as tortoise dies, aged 146 Kiki, 250kg tortoise whose energetic lovemaking made him a favourite with the French public, succumbs to an infection Kiki had a 'kind of charisma'. AFP France was in mourning today for one...
Tags: Kiki, France, Tonga, Nuku'alofa, Giant tortoise, Harriet, Tortoises, Tu'i Malila, Zoo, Turtles, 5th arrondissement of Paris, Mￃﾩnagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Human Interest
Intense Panda Fever In Thailand Spreads To Elephants And Crocs
Panda fever is so intense in Thailand, since the birth of its cub, Li Ping, last May, that zookeepers are painting crocs and elephants in panda colors just to get some of the attention. Li Pang, whose parents are on loan from China, has millions of...
Tags: Panda fever, Thailand, Bangkok, Panda Cub, WWF, WWF Logo, Panda Li Ping, Li Ping, Cub, Zoo, Thai Zoo, Thailand Zoo, Crocodiles, Elephants, China, Bonanza, Lottery, Winning Lottery, Panda Suit, Aquariums, animal parks, profit, endangered animals, endangered species, crocodile wrangler, Extinct, Extinction, endangered
Candlelight walk open to community
South Bend :: IN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility The 25th annual Erskine Candlelight Walk, with more than 2,600 luminarias lighting the sidewalks, takes place from 6 to 9 p.m...All visitors can enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride and the petting zoo at The Living Stones church. The South Bend Fire Department...
Tags: candlelight walk, South Bend, Petting zoo, Monroe Louisiana, Hospitality Recreation, Candles, Zoo, Luminaria, Glove, Human Interest, South Bend Indiana
Giraffe injured during transport dies
Tulsa :: OK :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility A giraffe injured her neck during transport between zoos in Ohio and Oklahoma and subsequently died, the Tulsa Zoo announced Friday. The 5-year-old giraffe, Amali, arrived from the Wilds zoo with a crooked neck, Tulsa World reported. Veterinarians sedated...
Tags: Amali, Ohio-to-Oklahoma, tulsa zoo, neck injury, Kay Backues, Tulsa, Human Interest, Giraffe, Zoo, Health Medical Pharma, Autopsy, Death, Zoology, Pathology, Animal welfare, Back, Veterinarian
Panda to be sent to China
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility It announced yesterday that Washington's beloved adolescent giant panda, Tai Shan, is leaving his birthplace and being sent to China. Tai Shan, the first surviving giant panda cub born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, will be sent in January or February...
Tags: China, Tai Shan, Washington Post, national zoo, Washington DC, Washington Zoo, Chinese, cubs born, Washington, Tian Tian, Human Interest, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Zoo, Mei Xiang, Giant Pandas, Shan, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, Giant Panda, Environment, Ethnic groups in Thailand, Qi, San Diego Zoo, Kung Fu Panda, EDGE Species
Annual Zoolight Safari about to begin at Birmingham Zoo
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Friday begins 17 nights of the Birmingham Zoo's Zoolight Safari, featuring half-a-million lights and attractions...Admission is free to zoo members and $7 each for non-members. Visitors can make crafts and interact with animals in the Children's Zoo,...
Tags: Zoolight Safari, Birmingham, Zoology, Hospitality Recreation, Animal welfare, Kansas City Zoological Park, Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Human Interest
Popular veterinarian quits Micke Grove Zoo
Lodi :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Zoo director Ken Nieland said that San Joaquin County, which owns and operates the zoo between Armstrong and Eight Mile roads, will provide an interim service until a new veterinarian is hired. Nieland said that a vacated position like Gai's will give...
Tags: Micke Grove Zoo, Ken Nieland, Lodi, Veterinary medicine, Lodi California, Zoo, Human Interest
Atascadero receives $30,000 in donations for new zoo entrance
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The Central Coast Zoo Society donated $20,000 and the Atascadero Wine Festival Committee donated $10,000 to assist with the more than $350,000 improvements being made. Over the past two years, the zoo society has donated over $150,000 in services to the...
Tags: Atascadero Wine Festival Committee, San Luis Obispo, Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo, Charles Paddock Zoo, Zoo, Atascadero California, Human Interest
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