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Toronto Zoo tiger is killed by her breeding partner

The world’s dwindling population of Sumatran tigers has shrunk even further after one of a pair that Toronto Zoo staff hoped would mate ended up killing the other. Zookeepers rushed to save Brytne, a 13-year-old female tiger, after [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Gibbon escapes zoo, attacks boy in Malaysia

An official says a gibbon attacked and seriously injured a three-year-old boy after escaping from an enclosure at a zoo in southern Malaysia. Malacca Zoo director Ahmad Azhar Mohammed says the male siamang bit Muhammad Afiq Haziq on the r [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Delhi zoo adds new feature

As part of the new master plan, the 100-acre Delhi Zoo on Tuesday added a new feature in the form of an additional enclosure to house animals from Central India. Animals like the black buck, nilgai, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer and [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Canada zoo splits same-sex penguin pair

It appears a female has come between a celebrity same-sex couple in Canada. Toronto's zoo split up a pair of male penguins whose affection for each other drew headlines last month and jokes about "Brokeback Iceberg." The zoo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Ohio zoo gets elephant from Arkansas sanctuary

A male elephant has moved from an Arkansas sanctuary to an Ohio zoo, with caretakers hoping the animal will help create a genetically diverse zoo population of Asian elephants. The 23-year-old named Hank arrived Thursday at the Columbus Z [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Denver Zoo elephants make high-flying move into new habitat

A Mile High version of Dumbo, the flying pachyderm, took flight today when Mimi and Dolly went airborne — in a crate lifted by a crane — into their new home at the Denver Zoo. The city's resident elephants moved to the new [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Zoo code cracked: Mona Lisa hides 3 animals

A US-based artist claims to have cracked the Leonardo Da Vinci "zoo" code - a 500-year-old mystery - after he discovered hidden animals in the famous Mona Lisa portrait. Ron Piccirillo, the amateur oil painter and graphic des [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Giant pandas settling in 'very well' at Edinburgh zoo

Edinburgh zoo has said the giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang are settling in "very well". After their marathon, nine-hour overnight flight from Chengdu, in China, to Edinburgh, they adopted the normal routine for jetsetters, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

British zoo welcomes giant pandas from China

Two giant pandas are set to arrive at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland on Sunday on a eagerly anticipated ten-year loan from China, agreed after years of high-level political and diplomatic negotiations. Yang Guang (Sunshine) and Tian Tian (Swee [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Help arrives for endangered Ozarks salamander

In a breakthrough that could help save a highly endangered Ozarks salamander and benefit other amphibians in crisis, conservationists announced Wednesday that for the first time they have bred an ugly creature called a hellbender. No [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Zoo breeds endangered hellbender

The St. Louis Zoo hopes to release newly hatched Ozark hellbenders — the first ever bred in captivity — into Missouri rivers and replenish the endangered large salamander sometimes known as a 'snot otter." The zoo ha [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Nandankanan Zoo gets eponymous train on golden jubilee year

Puri-New Delhi Superfast express will be known as Nandankanan Express from December 1. The ministry of Railways decided to rename the 12815/12816 train on the zoological park, acting on the request of chief minister Naveen Patnaik and als [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Edinburgh Zoo pandas to arrive from China on Sunday

Tian Tian and Yang Guang will make the journey from China in perspex cages on board a special chartered flight. They will be the first pandas to live in the UK for 17 years. The pandas, who will live in separate enclosures, will be given [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Elephant keepers at Toronto Zoo respond to city council’s de...

Q: What is the benefit to the elephants of sending them to a facility accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, as the keepers are demanding? A: The TO Zoo would be able to retain ownership of Thika, Iringa and Toka and ther [...]