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Orangutans may soon be jumping for joy

Auckland Zoo's orangutan's may soon get the jump on other animals at the zoo and bring new meaning to the term monkeying around. The zoo's primate keepers are always looking for new and interesting ways to enrich the lives of [...]

Posted On : Nov, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

White Rhino bundle of joy for Australia Zoo

Weighing in at a hefty 50-60 kilograms, the female baby rhino is the first for the Australia Zoo's breeding program. The calf was born early Tuesday morning and is said to be wrinkly, with big feet and ears. Manu Ludden, Head of Aust [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Pets at Home enjoys winter sales boost with dog coats

The big freeze has boosted sales of dog coats and rabbit hutch covers at Pets at Home, with the retailer enjoying bumper trading over the Christmas period and improving its prospects of finding itself a buyer. Like-for-like sales climbed 6. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2010 | Comments : 1

Newborn joy for Gana the gorilla after the heartbreak of a b...

With fierce pride Gana the gorilla gently cradles her tiny baby. Her powerful forearm presses the wrinkly, virtually hairless child to her chest. Her visible joy is in marked contrast to the grief she demonstrated last year on losing her ba [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Fur seal enjoys a sunny day in the suburbs

At 9am on Wednesday, Conservation Department officers heard about a fur seal enjoying summer on the banks of Kingswell Creek in Invercargill.The easy-going marine mammal swam about 1.2km into suburban Clifton to the point where Elles Rd mee [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Zoo Animals Enjoy Winter Wonderland

Wednesday's year-end snow sent most people running indoors to the warmth of their homes and New Year's festivities.But at New York's Bronx Zoo, three Siberian tigers and a snow leopard felt most at home outside, playing in the newly fallen [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Zoo's tigers enjoy visit from great pumpkin

A jack-o'-lantern filled with tiger treats got the attention of cub Menderu Tuesday at the San Diego Zoo. Zoo keepers carved pumpkins and filled them with ground meat for Menderu, his two sisters and their mother. The Malayan tiger cu [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Neanderthals 'enjoyed broad menu'

seems Neanderthals enjoyed a wide range of foods - a much broader menu than had previously been supposed. Excavations in caves in Gibraltar once occupied by the ancient humans show they ate seal and dolphin when they could get hold of the a [...]