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A male lowland anoa has been born at the tierpark, the first successful birth in 9 years. Nachwuchs bei Wildrindern - Freie Presse

Some small news from this small zoo: 5 Timor deer have arrived from Zoo Berlin 1.1 hyacinth macaw have arrived A 300sq m walk through aviary has been built for budgies:confused:

Births during 2009 so far include 3 Siberian lynx 1 rusty spotted cat 1 margay 2 Geoffroy's cat 1 Temminck's cat 1 jaguar 2 lion 2 serval 4 sand cat source zoo-naute

I have lifted this from a newspaper article A £300,000 ‘welcome plaza’ with ticketing points, a shop and cafe will be created at Dudley Zoo, it was revealed today. It will provide direct access to the attraction from the car park at the back of the site in Castle Hill. The news...

Wildwood is celebrating a generous donation of £21,000 towards a new wetland wildlife discovery centre at the park. The funds have been donated by the W.G. Harvey Discretionary Trust, a charitable trust dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals and the preservation of wild animal and...

So what's been going on? Haven't gotten up recently due to awful weather....perhaps on Monday. Damn if only I could drive.

A female Amur leopard cat has been donated to the park, from all places Battersea dogs home, the cat was handed into the centre by a member of the public and then rehomed at GWP.

I thought I would create a General news thread for Shepreth, as there doesnt seem to be one. First of all, 3 Mara have been born at the zoo! Link Below: BBC - Mara triplets born in captivity Thanks Nisha for the link... Are triplets a common site in Mara?

A new thread, and a good way to start it is the birth of a female black rhino at the zoo, this the zoos first female was born a couple of days ago, this is the zoos 3rd black rhino birth after 2 males. Krefelder Zoo: Erstes weibliches Spitzmaulnashorn in NRW...

This year looks like it's going to be a great year for the Cincinnati Zoo. From the new Dragons exhibit opening in June to the renovated Children's Zoo a lot has been hapening at the zoo. Besides these two things, Giraffe Ridge is being expanded, The Cheetah Encounter is being expanded, and...

A new thread for some news from the zoo. Last November the zoo received a pair of highly endangered Spanish imperial eagle, the birds have come on loan from a Spanish government breeding centre. These are the only ones of their kind in a public collection anywhere. The zoo has also received...

Time for a 2010 news thread, starting with the birth yesterday (2/2/10) of a bonobo. This is the eleventh bonobo born at the Columbus Zoo since the Zoo received its first bonobos in 1990. Rare Bonobo Population Increases by One at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News

L.A. Zoo Orangutan Picks Texas Longhorns to Win BCS National Championship! On Wednesday, January 6, 2010, the Los Angeles Zoo’s male orangutan, Bruno, chose the University of Texas to win college football’s BCS National Championship. Animal keepers placed two fruit-filled papier-mache...

Another stupid human vs. large predator encounter at the San Francisco Zoo. This incident sparks memories of the fatal Amur tiger attack from two years ago. What a jackass!!;) Man sneaks into grizzly exhibit at S.F. Zoo

Taronga Western Plains Zoo is in a bit of a bother because it sold Indian Blackbuck to private owners, people who want the State of NSW to allow private reserves for 'canned hunts'. Calls for Taronga Zoo welfare chief to resign Bob McComb buys antelope | Dubbo Zoo sells antelope to shooter |...

Escaped pet python strangles child to death in Florida

AdelaideNow... Monarto Zoo's 'fiery' king dies