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A group of senators and house representatives are calling on the USDA to immediately seek steps to improve the standards of care for marine mammals. While not necessarily a bad premise, it is frustrating the background of the proposal references Blackfish positively and mentions the death of...

The controversial plan to bring jaguars back to the US Came across this Vox article in my morning news thread and thought I'd share it on here. I won't summarize too much as the article itself is very comprehensive and worth reading, but it covers a lot of topics, including: - a plan detailed...

Unsurprising news in terms of the Ivory-bill, but nonetheless sad. They will be confirmed extinct, along with 22 other US natives. These include several Hawaiian songbirds, the Little Mariana Fruit Bat, 8 mussel species, a couple freshwater fish, and a plant. :( US says ivory-billed woodpecker...

Even if you can almost barely make out their profile, I wanted to point out that they are actually two manatees in this photo rather than one, hence the reason why I pluralized the word manatee in the first place. This photo was also taken on September 5th, 2021 at Anna Maria Island, Florida.

The American Southwest/Mexico is a region that you sometimes find great representation for in zoos, other times you won't. Most often, there are a couple of terrariums for animals such as gila monsters, rattlesnake species, etc. What are some of the best representations you have seen of this...

In the spirit of all the other threads looking to catalog animal populations in US zoos, I figured I'd start one for ungulates as they are of particular interest to me. I know there are already some threads existing looking at Antelope and Gazelles in North American Zoos and Duikers & Dwarf...

The United States Congress has passed (and the president has signed into law) the Great American Outdoors Act which will provide billions in funding for national parks (primarily) and other federal conservation units. This will help to address an immense backlog of needed infrastructure repairs...

Here is how it works: I will name an exhibit that is in a zoo in the US and you have to guess what it is. If two different zoos have the same exhibit name,I will also name the state that zoo is located in. I will also be giving all of the exhibit names. Finally,I will be giving names in...

Hoping to prevent the invasive lizards from becoming established, Georgia has increased efforts to remove Argentine Black & White Tegus. People are encouraged to kill the lizards if found and able to safely do so. Tegu lizard in Georgia: Officials want to eradicate invasive species

Apparently in the mid-1980's to early 90's, there were plans to remake a Niagara Falls (the US town)-area zoo in the town of Wheatfield which opened in 1943 before it closed later, with the idea featuring solely North American animals. The plans are pretty interesting in my opinion, particularly...

The zoo has gotten funds worth $291,156 for its new big cat exhibit for jaguars and cougars. It will also get a new logo and is considering separating from Spring River Park and changing its name to the Roswell Zoo. City approves funds for zoo’s large cat exhibit | Roswell Daily Record

Today I visited this park and I found it interesting, the animals there were very active and there were some very friendly animals that guests could pet while waiting for the tour vehicle. The species they have currently on display are Alpacas, Llamas, Greater Rhea, American Bison, Ankole-Watusi...

I was just checking the forums today, and I realized that the United States forum isn't there! Does anyone know what happened regarding this?

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Hello Everyone! My name is Michael and I am from Ohio. The zoos that are close to me are Wagon Trails Animal Park, Living Treasures Wild Animal Park Moraine, Noah's Lost Ark Wild Animal Sanctuary, Akron Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium and Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. I look forward to meeting...

Fight over Alaska Arctic drilling has just begun, opponents vow

Construction of first border wall segment to begin sooner than expected

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/17/politics/senate-epa-scott-pruitt/ God Dammit :mad::mad: Now what do we do?