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Animal-rescue experts help Tripoli Zoo

In a city slashed by war, a tiger fights for life. Osama, a Siberian tiger at the Tripoli Zoo, has been suffering for days. He is on his side, breathing shallowly, his huge paws motionless -- caramel, black-and-white-striped fur covered w [...]

Posted On : Sep, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Sambar dies in Alipore zoo

A sambar that was going through treatment died at Alipore zoo on Saturday. The zoo's acting director, Rohit Tiwari, said the deer was suffering from an old infection and succumbed to it at the zoo hospital. However, zoo sources all [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Adoption of zoo animals yet to gain popularity

The Kanpur Zoological Park is focusing on promoting adoption of animals. The adoption scheme enables individuals, government/private organisations and NGOs to adopt animals inside the zoo and pay for their upkeep. Thus, adoption has be [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Second hippopotamus calf born at Vandalur zoo

Soundarya, an eighteen-year old female hippopotamus in Vandalur zoo, gave birth to a calf on Monday. This is the second calf born to Soundarya. S. Yuvaraj, Conservator of Forest and Additional Director, Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vanda [...]

Posted On : Jul, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

New zoo proposed near Ettimadai

The Coimbatore corporation will soon come up with a master plan for creating a new zoo on 73 acres of land at Ettimadai close to the Kerala border. The city will get a new zoo on its outskirts and a team of experts from the Central [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Indianapolis Zoo getting orphaned Fla. dolphin

An orphaned dolphin is getting a home at the Indianapolis Zoo. The zoo says it's been selected as the new home for 6-month-old Taz. The zoo says Taz is an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin that was found stranded Jan. 13 on a sandbar off S [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Your comments: Prophetic camel at Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey ...

The Popcorn Park Zoo resident has decreed that the Green Bay Packers will win the Super Bowl this Sunday. Princess' predictions are nothing to sneeze at; her record is 74-45 lifetime, and she has flubbed only once since she began pic [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Zoo chiefs still need £6m sponsorship deal for giant pandas

EDINBURGH Zoo yesterday admitted no firms have so far signed up to sponsor two giant pandas arriving from China. The zoo have already agreed to pay £6million to have Tian Tian and Yangguang here on loan for the next 10 years. Bosse [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Zoo elephant handler's death spurs outpouring of support acr...

The sympathy and support keep coming in - from Pennsylvania, from Ohio, and from brothers and sisters in zookeeping everywhere. Stephanie Elaine James, 33, died Jan. 14 from internal injuries suffered when Edie, a 26-year-old African ele [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

German zoo's new star: A cross-eyed opossum

She's middle-aged and gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany's biggest star, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo. The 21/2-year-old opossum has a Facebook following o [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Hippo makes debut at San Francisco Zoo

The San Francisco Zoo has the perfect new resident to fill one of its empty exhibits. An 8-year-old male hippopotamus met the public for the first time Friday. The 3,700-pound hippo is a gift from the Topeka Kansas Zoo. It didn't hav [...]

Posted On : Jan, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Sea mammals’ import route to Armenia remains undiscovered

At news conference in Yerevan, the head of Eco Dashink NGO Silva Adamyan expressed concern over the organization’s failure to find out the identity of Yerevan dolphinarium owner as well as sea mammals’ import route. &ldq [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Two blue whales spotted off the Mangalore coast

Two blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest mammals on Earth, were recently spotted off the Mangalore coast during a marine survey carried out by the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Kochi. They were sig [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

5000 people celebrate Grandparents Day at Singapore Zoo

Some 5,000 people celebrated Grandparents Day at the Singapore Zoo on Sunday. Part of a slew of active-ageing activities organised by the Council for Third Age (C3A) this month, the event had participants aged between 4-months and those [...]