covid-19

Plenty of signage around for covid information.

A few hand gel washing stations around the zoo

A hand Wash station on the way out of the goat pen area. Where you can buy food to feed the goats.

I'm wondering how zoos are going after "Freedom Day"? Are visitor numbers up or down? Do people abide by social distancing or continue practices such as wearing masks? If you have visited do you feel safe? What do zoo managements think?

French zoos are reporting on their websites that a new government requriement goes into effect July 21, 2021. Visitors will need a pass sanitaire which consists of digital or paper proof that you meet one of these three criteria: 1) You have had both doses of an approved Covid-19 vaccine (at...

To start off: the zoo reopened two weeks ago as the state-mandated COVID-19 lockdown in California was rolled back. Fresno Chaffee Zoo reopens after 6 weeks Secondly, a question for anyone with information: is there a revised timeline on the construction and opening of the upcoming hippo...

Bad news on the COVID-19 zoo front guys, the first cases of gorillas contracting COVID have been reported from San Diego zoo. It remains to be seen what this will mean for the exhibition of gorillas in zoos or the in-situ conservation efforts and ecotourism operations to see the great apes in...

A video was uploaded to YouTube on December 6th, which shows that a family was kicked from the zoo. The reason why was because their 5-year-old son wasn't wearing a mask, as he had a medical condition. After talking to most likely a general manager, they were told to leave the zoo. This all...

In the US, vaccines are composed largely of Horseshoe Crab blood. These crabs are captured from the wild and have a third of their blood drained. They are released after this, but most don't survive and the ones that do produce less eggs. Will the populations of Horseshoe Crabs and the birds...

Interesting Mongabay article on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on lemurs through loss of eco-tourism and the increasing rate of deforestation. Lemurs might never recover from COVID-19 (commentary)