sea lion

One thing that seems to be really hard to do is to build an outstanding pinniped (i.e. sea lion, fur seal, harbour seal, grey seal etc.) enclosure - especially in Europe. While North America already has had some truly amazing pinniped enclosures for decades, Europe is really trailing behind...

In an article regarding the closing of Marineland in Zealand it seems to be suggested that the government is planing to ban the keeping of marine mammals in captivity in New Zealand including pinnipeds. I find it hard to follow the logic of this because even you have a position against...

Hi, I'm not sure whether this thread has been done before but hey ho! I was wondering how many different types of pinniped species are kept in captivity. Sealion :) (I am aware that I could use ISIS/Zootierliste, but they're not always correct and it would I require me to search...

(About Whipsnade- I thought I had put it in the right section but apparently not!) Someone had said on a previous thread that the water mammal house (splash zone) was a listed building, hence why they haven't been able to make any changes to it. However, I have not been able to find any web...

Sea lions take science for a ride through an underwater world | Adelaide Now http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/news/animals-news/crittercam-sealion-vs-octopus-vin.html

The ‘Animal Care’ team at Woburn has long felt sea lions were somewhat of an anomaly at the park as they require huge amounts of ever decreasing fish stocks to feed, chemicals to maintain their water quality and also don’t have the same degree of freedom as most of Woburn’s other animals. It...