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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

Zoo keepers fuming over vote sending elephants to sanctuary

The Toronto Zoo’s elephant keepers are up in arms over a late-night city council vote to send the animals to a sanctuary rather than an accredited facility. “No offence to any city (councillors) that made the decision, but [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Zoo’s elephants will be sent to sanctuary

The Toronto Zoo’s three aging elephants should be moved to a California sanctuary, city council decided late Tuesday. The elephants would be able to live out their days there, said Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, whose motion [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Palau Declares Marine Mammal Sanctuary

The island nation's Harry Fritz, Minister of the Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism, announced the establishment of a sanctuary for marine mammals during Ocean's Day, at the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Owner of Wildlife Sanctuary Mauled by Cheetahs

Judy Berens, owner of the Panther Ridge Conservation Center in Wellington, Florida, was mauled by a pair of cheetahs on Saturday while conducting an exhibition in front of visitors. Berens suffered nearly 40 puncture wounds in the attack a [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

NOAAs Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Seeks...

NOAA’s Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary is now recruiting volunteers for its Beach Watch shoreline monitoring program, which played a key role in the response to the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill. Orientations and trainin [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

City sanctuary is mammal-free zone

The plaintive night time cry of New Zealand's iconic but endangered kiwi is being heard for the first time in more than a century in the nation's capital.About 100 flightless kiwis and other rare native species have been resettled in a pion [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Elephant of Philadelphia Zoo Shifted to Tennessee Sanctuary

Sleepless from travel and excitement, Dulary the elephant lay down in the grass under the stars, a full moon illuminating the hills and forests at the Tennessee where she will spend the rest of her life after retirement at 43-year of care [...]