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One of the nation's largest zoos is set to reach an annual attendance record of more than 2 million visitors. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Tuesday expects to welcome its 2 millionth guest for 2009 and plans to shower the lucky person with gifts including...
Tags: annual attendance, attendance record, Columbus, Columbus Ohio, Akron Zoo, Jack Hanna, Zookeeper, Delaware County Ohio, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture
Australia welcomed on Saturday two giant pandas from China zookeepers said they hope will become the first breeding pair in the southern hemisphere. Wang Wang, a 4-year-old male, and Funi, a 3-year-old female, were flown into their new home in the southern...
Tags: giant panda, Funi, Wang Wang, Australia, China, adelaide zoo, Adelaide Airport, old male, australia welcome, old female, Adelaide, Human Interest, EDGE Species, Giant Pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, Environment, Wolong National Nature Reserve, Red Panda, Zoo, Panda diplomacy, Sichuan earthquake, Xin Xin, Zookeeper
Grizzly bear Samson, left, with companion, Shintay, Nov. 26, 2009. Samson attempted to break out of his holding pen at the Toronto Zoo early Tuesday morning, sending zoo officials scrambling to quickly repair the damage. A grizzly bear attempted to break...
Tags: Samson, Tony Meuleman, Robin Hale, zoo officials, Canada, Toronto, Grizzly, Toronto Zoo, Zookeeper, The Bear, Human Interest
Handling a bearded dragon lizard is nothing to Cindy Pukatch...She also handles the education animals, co-hosts the zoo's Wildlife Theater and serves on the Docent Council. Pukatch, 57, lives in Oakland, works five days a week as a human resources partner...
Tags: Oakland Zoo, Cindy Pukatch, San Francisco, Zookeeper, The Zoo, Human Interest
T hey may not have red noses, but two dancing, prancing reindeer have alighted at Stone Zoo. The reindeer will be part of the Stoneham zoo’s annual ZooLights holiday light show. ZooLights opens Thanksgiving and will sparkle daily through Dec...Zoogoers...
Tags: stone zoo, Marshfield, Reindeer, Zookeeper, Human Interest
China shot dead two starving Siberian tigers after the animals severely mauled a zoo worker, state media said today. The incident occurred on Friday at a wildlife park in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province, the Global Times reported. The two...
Tags: Poland, Police, Zookeeper, Zoo, Tigers, National symbols of India, Siberian tiger, Human Interest
Behave stands for Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation and Ecosystem Management. The program’s mission is to inspire people to master and apply behavioral principles to discover sound ecological, economical and social solutions to land management...
Tags: Utah State University, land managers, animal behavior, domestic animal, Steamboat Springs, Domestic sheep, Ecology, Livestock, World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Zookeeper, Behavioural sciences, Behavior, Ethology, Environment
A YOUNG Argentine zookeeper who worked on a giant anteater conservation project died today after she was attacked by an anteater who mauled her abdomen and legs with its sharp front claws. "Her injuries were very serious and when she was admitted...
Tags: anteater attack, Pakistan, Lahore, Zookeeper, Florencio Varela, Vermilingua, Giant Anteater, Anteater, Melisa Casco, Environment, Jose Potito, allnews
A zookeeper in Vietnam was mauled to death and another injured by a tiger that leapt out of its enclosure to attack the workers, newspapers reported on Friday. Zoo workers were planting trees in an adjacent enclosure when the tiger pounced on them...