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Ohio zoo gets elephant from Arkansas sanctuary

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

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 Citizen Stewards for Beach Watch Program

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

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 [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2007 | Comments : 0

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