Many of the articles yesterday, today and tomorrow are a bit 'dated.' I was cleaning up some files and wanted to include them here. You may or may not find them relevant or interesting. I found them to be both. If you 'shy' away from those interests outside the borders of the USA try engaging them and expand your borders a little. There is absolutely nothing here that is going to hurt you. Not really. Impassion you maybe, but, not hurt you. I am not advocating 'wannabe' status. I am advocating broader minds. Do as you choose.
The first four articles are related in some way to articles yesterday.
Zoos
Triple treat for a rare species
07.11.05
By Errol Kiong
The birth of three white tiger cubs in Whangarei has boosted the animal's fragile numbers worldwide - and helped save a fellow feline in the process.
The latest litter of royal white Bengal tigers at the Zion Wildlife Gardens run by "Lion Man" Craig Busch is crucial because the cats have been extinct in the wild since 1958, and only 120 survive in captivity worldwide.
With the three latest additions, Mr Busch now has seven in his Northland sanctuary.
He said two of the as-yet-unnamed cubs would be sent to a reserve at the Cradle of Humankind, a world heritage site in South Africa. The other cub would be kept at Zion for its breeding programme.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10353910
UK hunting ban exposed as a farce
07.11.05
By Greg Harkin and Steve Bloomfield
The hunting ban in England and Wales was exposed as a farce again yesterday as scores of foxes died on the first day of the hunting season, with claims from protesters that some animals had been hunted down and killed illegally.
The pro-hunting Countryside Alliance said up to 100 foxes died as hundreds of thousands of hunters and spectators took part in more than 300 hunts on the opening of the first season since the practice was legally banned.
Anti-hunt protesters, many armed with cameras, monitored the day's events, watched by up to 3000 police officers.
Hunt leaders were determined to test the legislation to the limit and more than 50 hunts used birds of prey to hunt down foxes.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10353909
'Switcheroo' on zoo garage plan upsets some neighbors
By KATHY MULADY
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Monkeys, elephants and a four-story, above-ground parking garage don't mix, say a growing group of Seattle residents concerned about the garage and other buildings planned at Woodland Park Zoo.
The construction is part of the long-range plan for the zoo that was approved by the City Council a year ago. Besides the garage, the plan calls for other structures -- including an office building and event center in the 92-acre park.
Some say the zoo is in danger of being overcommercialized.
Despite the protests, zoo officials are moving ahead on plans for the $16.2 million parking garage on the west side of the zoo property. This week they announced that an engineering and architecture team has been hired to design the parking structure.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/242852_zoo30.html
Nonprofit trust cuts ties to county in zoo campaign
By LAURA LAYDEN, lllayden@naplesnews.com
September 30, 2005
The Trust for Public Land has cut its ties and will no longer work as Collier County's agent in negotiations to acquire nearly 166 acres of prime land in the heart of Naples.
The nonprofit trust pulled away from its role as negotiator for the county last week after one commissioner suggested looking at taking the property by eminent domain. Commission Chairman Fred Coyle raised the possibility of seizing the land because the county has been unable to reach an agreement on a selling price with the Fleischmann family, the landowners.
http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/news/article/0,2071,NPDN_14940_4120609,00.html
Tinjomoyo Zoo in Samerang Closed Due To H5N1 Positive Birds
Recombinomics Commentary
September 29, 2005
he zoo of Tinjomoyo Semarang will be closed for 21 days, following the discovery of several poultries that was in this zoo was positive terjangkit the virus of birds flu or Avian influenza (AI).
Eight positive poultries were affected by the virus of birds flu that consisted of the eagle dodol and Kate's chicken is currently killed and burnt in order to the spread not happen.
The above machine translation indicates H5N1 bird flu was detected in at least eight birds at the Tinjomoyo Zoo in Semarang in Central Java. This closure has parallels with the Rangunan Zoo in Jakarta. The birds there were massively infected with H5N1 and both zoo workers and visitors tested positive for H5N1 (see Jakarta map). The number of infections is unknown, but recently a baby of a mother who had visited the zoo in Jakarta was just admitted to the Salianti Saroso infectious disease hospital in Jakarta.
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/09290503/H5N1_Samerang_Zoo_Closed.html
Kanpur Zoo to swap its inmates with other Zoos
Kanpur September 30, 2005 12:27:32 PM IST
The Kanpur Zoo here will soon swap its surplus animals with the inmates of Vishakhapatnam, Chandigarh and Mysore Zoos.
Talking to UNI here today, Director of Kanpur Zoo, R Hemant Kumar said following positive response from other three Zoos, it has been decided to swap the surplus animals here with those in excess there.
The Kanpur Zoo had in surplus at least three Himalyan Black Bears, eight Swamp Deers, besides black bucks, Sloph Bears, Jackals, crocodiles and some bird species. The Chandigarh and Vishakhapatnam Zoo had in excess a tiger each, Mr Kumar said.
He said that the Kanpur Zoo was ready to give a male and female Swamp Deer in exchange for two big cats.
The Zoo was also willing to relieve a Himalayan black bear, two Hanmuman langoors, two monkeys and four red jungle fowls to Mysore Zoo in exchange for two Hamadryad-Baboon, a tiger and three green pheasants.
The aforesaid exchange was likely to take place soon, Mr Kumar maintained added.
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=125129&n_date=20050930&cat=India
Topeka Mayor Proposes Regional Zoo
AP
Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten is proposing a regional wildlife preserve to replace his city's zoo.
Bunten says he plans to meet in November with commissioners from Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties.
He'd like to see a preserve in Shawnee County, like the privately owned Rolling Hills Zoo west of Salina. Rolling Hills keeps animals in large, controlled natural environments.
The Topeka Zoo is located at the city's main park.
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1763671.html
Regional zoo idea has counties curious
By Tim Hrenchir
The Capital-Journal
Commissioners in neighboring counties seem interested, but cautious, about the prospect of teaming with Topeka to offer a regional zoo, Jackson County Commission Chairman Brad Hamilton said Wednesday.
Hamilton said commissioners want to know where the zoo would be and how much it would cost -- questions for which answers aren't yet available.
"It's really too early in the process to make any kind of determination as to whether it's something we're going to move forward with," he said.
Hamilton recently sent a letter to commissioners in Douglas, Jefferson, Osage, Pottawatomie, Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties sharing Topeka Mayor Bill Bunten's idea that they team up to financially support a zoo that would keep its animals in large, controlled areas similar to their natural habitat.
Douglas County Commission Chairman Charles Jones said that county's three commissioners discussed the letter briefly at their meeting Monday.
"We all kind of shrugged and it just didn't strike me that it was something that there was much enthusiasm over," he said.
Jones said commissioners would listen to whatever proposals are put forth.
"But there are other demands we're facing fiscally, and piling this on top probably won't be a real popular notion," he said.
Bunten said he planned to discuss the proposal with area county commissioners Nov. 22 in Topeka during the annual meeting of the Kansas Association of Counties.
Bunten said Wednesday that the area could attract significant tourist dollars by offering a facility similar to the Rolling Hills Zoo, a private institution that opened west of Salina in October 1999.
Kathy Tolbert, that zoo's director, said visitors like its practice of giving animals plenty of room to roam. Tolbert said the Rolling Hills Zoo attracts 80,000 people annually, and she expects the total to rise to 150,000 with its recent opening of a museum.
Topeka's 72-year-old zoo last year attracted about 182,500 visitors, well short of its record set in 1991 of almost 289,000. A report compiled in July by a committee formed by the Topeka City Council suggested the zoo was funded inadequately.
Bunten spoke positively of the Topeka Zoo, describing it as a "nice, small-city zoo," but he said he wanted to think bigger.
"This isn't about a bad zoo," Bunten said Wednesday. "This is about thinking in first terms of something that befits the capital city of this state."
Bunten said he had heard considerable positive feedback about the proposal.
"I think there's a lot of people who care about animals and would love to see them in what most of us would consider a proper habitat, with plenty of room and a safe environment," he said.
Tim Hrenchir can be reached at (785) 295-1184 or tim.hrenchir@cjonline.com.
http://cjonline.com/stories/092905/loc_zoo.shtml
Newest Baby Hatched At Fort Worth Zoo
POSTED: 12:30 pm CDT September 28, 2005
UPDATED: 2:49 pm CDT September 28, 2005
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The newest baby at the Fort Worth Zoo -- an itsy bitsy Texas horned lizard -- is barely as big as a penny, hatched from an egg the size of a jellybean last month.
Although it isn't purple, the critter is TCU's mascot and is often mistaken for a frog.
The creature is still waiting for a name, because zookeepers are still trying to figure out if it is a boy or girl horned lizard.
http://www.nbc5i.com/community/5031665/detail.html
Aardvark makes public debut at Neb. zoo
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. - The Henry Doorly Zoo has announced the birth of its first aardvark. The animal, born in Omaha on Sept. 9, made its public debut on Wednesday at the nursery, the zoo said.
The baby was born weighing only 3 pounds but grew to about 5 pounds within two and a half weeks. The animal comes out of an incubator for feedings, exercise and play each day from noon to 4 p.m., the zoo said. The animal eats a specially formulated liquid diet but will begin eating solid foods in about one month.
The aardvark is a long eared, long nosed and hairless nocturnal animal that hails from throughout Africa.
The baby's parents live in the African diorama exhibit in the Kingdoms of the Night.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/12765666.htm
How a lonely, widowed polar bear got zoo in hot water with activists
By Shirley English
THE plight of Britain’s last captive polar bear has provoked a bitter row after Edinburgh Zoo said that it is considering breeding the mammals.
The zoo, a charity, is the last in Britain with a polar bear enclosure, which is home to 25-year-old Mercedes. Three years ago it pledged not to replace her when she dies. But yesterday the zoo’s Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee met to discuss a captive breeding programme for polar bears, saying it had changed its mind after reports that the mammals could be extinct by the end of th e century.
Two animal rights groups, Advocates for Animals and the Born Free Foundation, have accused the zoo of reneging on its pledge for commercial reasons. They have called on the Scottish Parliament to ban the practice of keeping polar bears in captivity.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1802621,00.html
The monkey 'business'
ANIMAL species disappear all the time - more than 800 have vanished over the last five centuries. Though unfortunate, extinction historically has occurred when the laws of nature have dictated. Increasingly, however, it is the hand of man - including institutions committed, or so we thought, to animal welfare and preservation, America's zoos - that is responsible.
As a Sunday story by Blade Science Writer Jenni Laidman pointed out, many American zoos are turning their backs on the promulgation of endangered species that zoos think don't appeal to customers.
It is distressingly arrogant abuse of a sacred trust.
Case in point: at least two dozen species of monkeys collectively described as "old-world" monkeys may go extinct in American zoos. Animals in a precarious state in the wild need the help of American zoos or they will join the thousands of species that have already disappeared from the planet.
Some 211 zoos and aquariums are members of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, or AZA, and they happily proclaim themselves to be "America's largest wildlife conservation movement."
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050928/OPINION02/509280363
Fewer NC fairs with petting zoos this year after E. coli outbreak
9/19/2005 10:20 AM
By: Associated Press
(RALEIGH) -- It's almost fair season in North Carolina but fans of the midways won't see as many petting zoos as before because of an E. coli outbreak at last year's State Fair.
More than 100 people got sick after they were exposed to bacteria at the children's petting zoo at the fair in Raleigh. Some of the victims are still seriously ill and a few may need kidney transplants.
A study after the outbreak shows that people who got sick came into contact with animal manure.
http://rdu.news14.com/content/headlines/?ArID=74580&SecID=2
Sleep among tigers in a room with a zoo
Refuge takes predators part tame, part wild
By Larry Bleiberg
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. - It's well after midnight when I peer out the window of my room. As I had suspected, I'm not the only one up.
On the other side of the barred glass, Loretta, a white Bengal tiger, is pacing her cage. If she notices me, she doesn't let on.
But as I lie in bed, I find it hard not to think about the carnivore just a few feet away. And about the dozens of others surrounding me.
More than 100 tigers, lions and cougars live in the refuge at Eureka Springs. Most are abandoned pets or circus animals rescued by the non-profit Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.
Visitors are welcome on guided tours at the former ranch, which has been a refuge for 13 years. But at night, guests in two motel suites and one treehouse have the place to themselves.
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/living/travel/12659236.htm
Zoo keeping its accreditation
Updated: 9/18/2005 9:36 PM
By: Brian Dwyer, News 10 Now Web Staff
Thompson Park Zoo Executive Director Angela Baier, flew to Chicago last Monday, to find out what she called, the single most important announcement in the zoo's history.
Chicago was the city where the American Zoo & Aquarium Association or A-Z-A, was announcing what zoos would earn accreditation status. Accreditation means the zoo will gets all sorts of help from the A-Z-A including animal care, funding, and animals. As expected, Baier is happy about the decision, so are the rest of the zoo's employees.
"Oh we were thrilled. They actually announced it over the loud speaker here at the zoo. All the staff let out a big cheer when we found out." said zookeeper Lauren Zeigler.
http://news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=49671
BIRD FLU DEATHS SHUT ZOO
19.9.2005. 12:11:05
Indonesian authorities have shut down Jakarta’s main zoo after avian influenza killed 19 of its birds.
The Indonesian government said various birds at the Ragunan zoo, including pigmy chickens and eagles, were found to have had the disease.
The zoo will remain closed for at least three weeks and reopen once authorities conduct an investigation and have sterilised the area.
“Usually two weeks are enough but we decided to raise it to three weeks to make sure unwanted things would not happen," Agriculture Minister Anton Apriantono told ElShinta private radio.
Some 2,100 birds at the zoo will be tested, those found with the disease will be killed while healthy birds will be vaccinated.
http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=120934®ion=2
Auckland zoo welcomes baby tuatara
Sep 17, 2005
Auckland's zookeepers are celebrating the arrival of 15 baby tuatara which they say represents a dramatic boost in New Zealand's tuatara breeding programme.
The 15 youngsters hatched several months ago but moved to the zoo just last week and senior keeper Bruce Ireland says they have settled in well.
When they are about five years old they will be returned to their natural habitat on Cuvier Island off the Coromandel Peninsula, which is now rat-free.
Ireland says the baby reptiles are the size of a finger, rather shy and living on a diet of crickets.
He says the tuatara will be kept out of the public eye for the next six months as they continue to settle in and grow.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/611895
No petting zoo? No fair!
By Allison Perkins
Staff Writer
GREENSBORO -- They look so lonely.
Goats and sheep stick their heads through the metal bars and crane their necks to catch a peek at the people who walk past.
Adults and children pause at the fence and wave. Some stand on the lower metal rungs and reach across the empty space to sneak a quick rub.
But the petting zoo at the Central Carolina Fair is no more -- at least for now. Several outbreaks of E. coli associated with petting zoos last year have all but ended the practice.
"That's just not right. I grew up with a petting zoo," said UNCG freshman Brandy Lewellyn, of Summerfield.
http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050916/NEWSREC0101/509160309/1005/NEWSREC02010301
Zoo Nebraska should receive close scrutiny
The informal investigation the U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is now conducting into the shooting deaths of three chimpanzees at Zoo Nebraska in Royal needs to be thorough and unsparing.
The incident is only the latest in a series of events that call into question whether the zoo can continue as a viable operation.
Current director Ken Schlueter Jr., who operates an auto business across from the zoo, shot the chimpanzees after they escaped and after tranquilizer darts failed to take effect.
Schlueter is the zoo’s third director in the past year. Earlier in the year, the zoo’s board fired director Dale Bakken, citing concerns about the health of zoo animals. Bakken denied the allegation.
The zoo, which still has a bear, mountain lions, snow monkeys and other animals, is facing revenue problems. Zoo Nebraska derived about half its $123,000 annual budget from the sale of joint memberships that gave the purchaser admission to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo at a cheaper price. An unknown number of those who bought memberships to Zoo Nebraska never actually visited it.
Earlier this year, trainer Denise Sanders tried to convince Zoo Nebraska officials to send the chimpanzees to a sanctuary. Zoo officials turned down the request, unwilling to lose their star attractions.
Fortunately, no zoo patrons were injured when the chimpanzees escaped. The 200-pound animals can do serious damage to humans. Other escaped chimpanzees have severely bitten humans.
Understandably, area residents want to continue an operation that has provided economic benefits to the community.
But caring for exotic and dangerous animals is challenging and potentially hazardous. It’s a task that is difficult to do well under the best of circumstances, let alone on a shoestring budget and relying on community volunteers.
The USDA investigation ought to be more than a cursory kiss-off. It needs to address the question of whether Zoo Nebraska should be allowed to continue to operate. The safety of both humans and animals is at stake.
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/09/16/editorial_main/doc432a043ab5632295161128.txt
Oregon Zoo Hosts Lecture On Lewa Wildlife Conservancy -Saving Endangered Rhinos
Portland, Oregon - For ten years, endangered rhinos have thrived at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Northern Kenya thanks in large part to Ian Craig, who will speak at the Oregon Zoo on Friday, September 23 at 7 p.m. Craig founded Lewa with renowned rhino advocate Anna Merz, and it has become one of the most successful wildlife conservation programs in Africa through an innovative mix of ecotourism, wildlife security measures and local community involvement.
http://www.medfordnews.com/articles/index.cfm?artOID=313319&cp=10997
This is an outrageous estimation for zoos. Endangered species are measured in natural habitats and not zoos.
Hunters or collectors
September 10, 2005
Novelty act or a lifeline for survival? Taronga Zoo is at the centre of a fight that will decide whether city zoos join the endangered species list, writes John Huxley.
Even by his own hectic standards, Taronga Zoo's director, Guy Cooper, is a man in a hurry. The previous day has been spent in bed battling the flu, the morning spent in front of an appeals tribunal, exchanging papers and examining points of law.
Now, mid-afternoon, he is rushing through Palm Plaza, past statues and carved stones suggesting a traditional Thai village, to review progress on the "crowning glory" of the zoo's $225 million redevelopment program: its Wild Asia rainforest.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/hunters-or-collectors/2005/09/09/1125772697602.html
Meet the meerkats at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
TAMPA, Florida – Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo is welcoming its newest animal residents, a family group of six tiny meerkats, slender-tailed members of the mongoose family that are making themselves at home inside the zoo’s Safari Africa habitat. Despite their small size -- weighing less than two pounds each and standing about one foot tall -- meerkats are considered to be one of the most social and intriguing animals in all of Africa.
The meerkat exhibit is the first new structure in a series of planned buildings in Safari Africa to be known as the “African Village.” Plans for the village complex include: a centralized safari lodge, which includes an air-conditioned inside dining area decorated with high-end finishes and museum-quality African artifacts; a terrain vehicle safari adventure ride; and a series of huts featuring educational exhibits and food service stands.
A “welcome to the neighborhood” celebration begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 in front of the meerkat exhibit in Safari Africa. Meerkats are insectivores, feeding mainly on bugs, so in their honor, zoogoers will be treated to a free “bug brunch.” Guests can sample tasty edible bugs in the form of “Chocolate Chirp Cookies” made with crickets or “Washington State Wax Worms” (poached worms with apples and honey).
Kids can receive free airbrush tattoos and stickers, and zoo outreach staff will be on-hand with a live scorpion, part of a meerkat’s diet.
http://www.tampabays10.com/thismorning/thismorning_article.aspx?storyid=18630
Sunday is a gay day to visit London Zoo
editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
09 September 2005
Haroon Siddique
LONDON Zoo is opening up its doors to wannabe queens of the jungle next week.
The Regent's Park institution is coming out to host Gay Sunday, a special day for gay and lesbian visitors, on September 18.
The event, believed to be the first of its kind, is the brainchild of the zoo's head of communications Simon Rayner.
He said: "I am gay and I felt that we had something exciting and very different to offer the gay community in London which takes them away from the stress of the urban jungle and bars and clubs and into a mellower environment.
"This gives them a chance to interact in a more gentle way.
"We hope it will become a landmark event in the gay calendar."
The zoo, which boasts more than 650 different animal types, is putting on extra feeding sessions for the day.
And a meet and greet will give visitors the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the friendlier species.
There will also be a chill out lounge with a cocktail bar, a DJ playing ambient tunes and a drag queen reception. But, as usual, the animals are expected to be the stars of the show.
Mr Rayner said: "We have two Rockhopper penguins and they are inseparable - there is a lot of beak on beak action.
"We don't know whether they are gay but they are more than friends. They are definitely favoured by visitors to the zoo, they are adorable."
Mr Rayner came up with the idea for Gay Sunday after noticing more couples coming to the zoo.
He said: "We carry out research on site talking about how people enjoy their day and why they come. As the zoo has changed it has become more environmentally conscious and instead of families it attracts more of an informed adult crowd using it as a first date venue."
The zoo hopes more gay couples will be encouraged to visit and that some singles may even find love.
He said: "I think it's a unique opportunity to meet people without noisy music and in a different way from normal."
Although the day is about reaching out to gay and lesbian visitors, no one will be excluded from the party.
Mr Rayner said: "It's an entirely self-selected event. We are not going to ask everyone to prove they're gay - everyone is welcome."
A spokesman for Stonewall, the Westminster-based gay rights pressure group, said: "I suppose it's a good idea but having said that I would imaging most gay people would happily go along on a normal day anyway.
"But it is quite a nice idea if a big group of gay people want to go along and make a day of it."
p For a Gay Sunday voucher offering a 20 per cent discount and a free cocktail visit the what's on section at www.zsl.org/london-zoo.
haroon.siddique@wood-vale.com
http://woodandvale.london24.net/woodandvale/news/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newswoodandvale&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newswoodandvale&itemid=WeED09%20Sep%202005%2010%3A17%3A53%3A990
Good neighbors build zoo fences
Friday, September 09, 2005
Good fences may make good neighbors, but good neighbors also can make good fences.
Officials at the Children's Zoo at Celebration Square are putting out the call for volunteers to help reinforce its fence over the next two weekends.
Officials intend to slip an extra two feet of chain link fence into the ground under about 2,700 feet of barrier to block a repeat attack by dogs on animals at the zoo.
http://www.mlive.com/news/sanews/index.ssf?/base/news-1/112627562181660.xml&coll=9
Kansas City Zoo’s accreditation extended
The Kansas City Zoo’s professional accreditation has been extended for another five years by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.
That means the zoo has met the association’s standards for animal care, keeper training, safety, educational and conservation programs, veterinary care and financial stability. Zoos are subject to site inspections and review by officials of other zoos in evaluating their status.
The Kansas City Zoo’s accreditation was tabled, or on probation, in 2001. Full accreditation was restored in 2002.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/12682304.htm
Zoo collecting booksfor 'Every 1 Reads'
The Jefferson County Public Schools district has joined with the Louisville Zoo to support "Every 1 Reads."
Zoo visitors are encouraged to donate new children's books from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at a booth near the main zoo entrance off Trevilian Way. Donors will receive a Zoo Pals trading and zoo discount card valued at $5. All books will be donated to the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation.
Every 1 Reads is a joint effort among Greater Louisville Inc., Jefferson County Public Schools and Louisville metro government with the goal of ensuring that every student is reading at or above grade level by 2008.
Businesses, churches and other organizations are invited to adopt a school and hold a book drive or serve as volunteer tutors. For information, call 625-0004.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050919/NEWS0102/509190379/1008/NEWS01
Dergo king of the zoo • Goin' wild: Morris gives R-B defense a severe whuppin'
By Mike Fitzgerald Special to the Herald-News
BROOKFIELD — Morris High School senior running back John Dergo and his Redskins teammates had fun on their trip to the "zoo" Friday night, battering Riverside-Brookfield 61-8 in non-conference action.
Dergo scored 6 touchdowns — 5 on offense and 1 on defense. He carried the ball 20 times for 234 yards, kicked 3 extra points and tallied 39 of the Redskins' 61 points.
For the numbers buffs, he has rushed for 987 yards and scored 131 points in four games. Oh, yes, he also made 7 tackles.
"We played tough," Dergo said. "They were blitzing a lot of guys, but we're used to that. It was fun."
..."I told the guys to look around and enjoy it. We're right by the (Brookfield) zoo, in fact, we call it the zoo. I tell them we have to go into the zoo and play, and we told them to enjoy it because they're never going to get this chance again. I told them to savor the moment."
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/sports/JO17_MORRIS_S1.asp
Zoo offers Fiesta Musical Getting there
The Monarch butterfly migrates from Canada to Mexico. A pilot plans to follow them.
Do Monarch butterflies migrate south in the winter for the Mexican food? By Michael Zitz
Date published: 9/17/2005
FLOAT LIKE A butterfly, sting like a burrito?
Over 10,000 people will flit about the National Zoo in Washington tomorrow, enjoying Hispanic music, dancing and food and learning about the epic annual migration of the Monarch butterfly from Canada to Mexico.
It's all part of Fiesta Musical, an annual event at the zoo observing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating Latin culture.
Tomorrow's event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and admission is free.
Visitors will be able to meet and talk to a pilot who will follow the butterflies on their annual migration from Canada to Mexico in an ultra-light plane--painted to look like a butterfly--which will be on display.
The flight following hundreds of millions of Monarch butterflies is part of the World Wildlife Federation-supported Papalotzin Project.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/092005/09172005/129941
Royal Zoo Incident Prompts Questions About Zoo Licensing
By: By MARGERY BECK
Associated Press Writer
OMAHA, Neb. -- Those wanting to publicly exhibit lions, bears, chimpanzees and exotic animals need only as little as $40 and some wire fencing to be licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Questions have arisen about the safety of small-scale zoos and requirements for operating them following the shooting deaths of three chimpanzees that escaped their enclosure this month at a Royal, Neb. zoo.
Some visitors menaced by the escaped chimps on Sept. 10 recalled a zoo staff that seemed confused about how to handle the aggressive chimps. They and others have asked whether an all-volunteer staff, like the one that runs Zoo Nebraska in Royal, is even legal.
The answer: Yes, it is.
http://www.yankton.net/stories/091705/news_20050917004.shtml
Zoo offers Fiesta Musical Getting there
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The Monarch butterfly migrates from Canada to Mexico. A pilot plans to follow them.
Do Monarch butterflies migrate south in the winter for the Mexican food? By Michael Zitz
Date published: 9/17/2005
FLOAT LIKE A butterfly, sting like a burrito?
Over 10,000 people will flit about the National Zoo in Washington tomorrow, enjoying Hispanic music, dancing and food and learning about the epic annual migration of the Monarch butterfly from Canada to Mexico.
It's all part of Fiesta Musical, an annual event at the zoo observing Hispanic Heritage Month and celebrating Latin culture.
Tomorrow's event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and admission is free.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/092005/09172005/129941
Up to 20 000 to attend Zoo Lake jazz concert
September 04, 2005, 05:45
A crowd of up to 20 000 jazz fans are expected to attend the annual Jazz at the Lake concert at Zoo Lake in Johannesburg today.
Wayne Minnaar, Metro Police spokesperson, says 176 metro police officers would be on duty along all the main roads, including Empire Road, Jan Smuts Avenue, Seventh Avenue, Bolton Road and Oxford Road.
All roads around Zoo Lake would be blocked from 5am and fans would only be able to travel to the event by buses, which could be boarded from park-and-ride points from the Metro Centre, Braamfontein and John Orr Technical College on the corner of Empire Road and Owl Street.
Jazz fans will not be allowed to take liquor, drugs or firearms past the control points.
Roads will be reopened at 8pm on Sunday night. - Sapa
http://www.sabcnews.com/entertainment/music/0,2172,111688,00.html
Global Wildlife Center; Jackson, Birmingham, Baton Rouge Zoos OK
September 5, 2005 Update
The American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) reports that the Jackson zoo, Birmingham zoo, Montgomery Zoo, and Baton Rouge Zoo came through Hurricane Katrina with relatively little damage. None of the facilties lost staff or animals and most of the damage was limited to fallen trees.
Power has been restored at the Montgomery Zoo and the Baton Rouge Zoo.
The Baton Rouge Zoo is assisting the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, which itself suffered little damage but is still working to raise funds to help with the recovery effort. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) has set up a online donation site at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Funds raised will be distributed by the Executive Committee of the AZA Board of Directors.
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0904-zoos.html
Breeding program set to resume at Cincinnati Zoo
CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Zoo is counting on Jomo, a 14-year-old gorilla on loan from the Toronto Zoo, to revive its once successful gorilla breeding program.
After being acclimated to his new surroundings, Jomo has been introduced to five of the zoo's resident female gorillas _ Samantha, Madgo, Muke, Mlinzi and Kweli.
The Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla breeding program was once the most successful in the United States with 47 births in 28 years. It has been stalled since 1998 because Colossus, the zoo's only male, has shown no interest.
All five of the zoo's females are proven breeders with 19 offspring among them. Jomo has no breeding record because he hasn't been around females.
http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=3805786
Zoos coping with damage, helicopter roar
By Michael Martinez and William Mullin, Tribune staff reporters. Michael Martinez reported from New Orleans, William Mullin from Chicago
Published September 4, 2005
NEW ORLEANS -- Almost a week after Hurricane Katrina hit, the animal kingdom at the New Orleans zoo and the aquarium is struggling.
Fish are dying by the hundreds, officials say, and some otters have died. At the zoo a white alligator and a black vulture are missing. The elephants, orangutans and rhinoceroses have fared relatively well.
Ron Forman, chief executive officer of the Audubon Nature Institute of New Orleans, which owns the Audubon Zoo and the Aquarium of the Americas at a different location, said the elephants gave him the most dramatic welcome after the storm.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0509040402sep04,1,7164070.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Rain fails to dampen Zoo Run
Web Posted: 09/03/2005 12:00 AM CDT
Paula Hunt
Express-News Staff Writer
There were no lions or tigers or bears to be seen at the 21st Animal Zoo Run on Friday night at Brackenridge Park.
Those smart animals stayed dry in their cages while the 125 teams competing in the eight-mile relay event benefiting the San Antonio Zoo got soaked when the sky opened up halfway through the race.
But the downpour didn't slow down Team Peak Fitness of the men's open division, which crossed the finish line far ahead of its nearest competitor in just over 45 minutes.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/stories/MYSA090305.3C.RUNzoo.run.1d3d0b10.html
Half-naked in the Human Zoo
By David Rankin
A New Malden man spent the Bank Holiday weekend semi-naked and being gawked at by thousands of visitors to London Zoo.
But far from being an illegal flasher hell-bent on 15 seconds of stardom, 19-year-old Simon Spiro was taking part in a new exhibit called The Human Zoo.
He was one of eight people who were accepted to take part in the exhibit, located on the world-famous Bear Mountain.
Speaking before the event, he said: "I'm a veterinary student so the idea of working for a zoo was something that appealed to me.
"I'm not worried by the fact it might be cold and rainy. I've brought Pocket Scrabble in case we're bored.
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.627466.0.halfnaked_in_the_human_zoo.php
Penguin dies at zoo
9/3/2005 9:14 PM
By: News 10 Now Web Staff
A three year old penguin died at the Rosamond Gifford zoo. This comes less than a month the death of baby elephant Kedar.
Fuzzy the penguin died in Mid-August of a fungal infection. Kedar died after a pool accident August fourth, which sparked a U-S Department of Agriculture investigation.
Fuzzy was one of 18 penguins at the zoo. They're part of a 3.7 million dollar Penguin Coast exhibit that opened in late June.
Keepers could distinguish Fuzzy from the others because of the extra stripe around his neck. They say he was one of the most popular penguins with visitors and staff.
http://news10now.com/content/all_news/?ArID=48610&SecID=83
Zoo, botanical garden unite to save frogs from fungus
By TOM SABULIS
Published on: 09/09/05
Atlanta is fast becoming an E.R. for the frog world as researchers from two local institutions try to halt a mysterious and deadly fungus threatening to send all amphibians the way of the dinosaurs.
For the last few months, curators from Zoo Atlanta and the Atanta Botanical Garden have been flying to Panama — ground zero for their research — and carrying back as many frogs as possible, transported in little black roller bags outfitted with Tupperware tubes.
"In some cases this is the last spot on the planet where those frogs exist," says Joe Mendelson, curator of herpetology at Zoo Atlanta, who returned last week from an expedition.
Captive frogs at the zoo and garden now number more than 600, from about 35 species. Some may be the only survivors of their kind in existence.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/0905/09frogs.html
Zona Zoo policies revamped
By Zach Colick
Arizona Daily Wildcat
September 8, 2005
Print this
If students want to sit on the sidelines at Saturday's game, they had better have a Zona Zoo pass, after ASUA spirit leaders
revamped the ticket policy because passes sold like hotcakes.
More than 7,000 Zona Zoo passes have been sold since the first two weeks of school, in comparison to the 9,522 passes sold in 2004, said Amber Harryman, Associated Students of the University of Arizona spirit director.
Student guest tickets will only be available on a season ticket basis in the north end zone (sections 26 to 30) or the Red Zone in the south end zone, Harryman said.
Zona Zoo buyers who request a guest ticket will receive their season ticket, and their guest will receive a ticket at the regular price of $65. Zona Zoo buyers who purchase a guest ticket may not sit in the Zona Zoo student section (1 to 10) when their guest is with them, Harryman said.
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/98/173/01_2.html
Kansas City Zoo Among Many Using 'Zoocams'
AP
The four lion cubs at the Kansas City Zoo were born just last month, so they're not quite ready for display.
That didn't stop zookeepers from keeping visitors happy. They put the cubs on TV.
The so-called 'Zoocams' allow visitors to see real-time images of the lions on monitors at the zoo and online.
It's a growing trend among the country's zoos.
The National Zoo in Washington features streaming Web cams of cheetahs, flamingoes, elephants, pandas and others. The San Diego Zoo has four live online shows, including the popular 'Polarcam' of its polar bears. And the Minnesota Zoo screens gibbons and sharks online.
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/1708732.html
Panda leads Chinese city on pursuit
A giant panda rests in a comparment at Shanghai Zoo Monday July 18, 2005 in Shanghai, China. The government said last month that power use in Beijing, Shanghai and other major cities has set new records and warned that portions of the country could face blackouts. Officials said earlier that power demand this summer could exceed China's generating capacity by up to 5 percent as a booming economy and the seasonal heat waves push up energy use. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
July 18, 2005
BEIJING --A wild panda that strayed into a southwestern Chinese city over the weekend scaled a fence, hopped from roof to roof, swam in a river and napped in a tree before it was caught, a news agency reported.
The panda led residents of Dujiangyan in Sichuan province on a chase after wandering into the town and spending the day there, the Xinhua News Agency said.
Experts cited by Xinhua said the 4- to 5-year-old female weighed about 130 pounds and could have been looking for a mate or have been driven from home by her mother.
The saga began Saturday when three men drinking beer spotted a figure "nimbly" climbing over a fence surrounding a housing estate, Xinhua said.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2005/07/18/panda_leads_chinese_city_on_pursuit/
Gorillas in the midst as zoo gets rid of cages
By Valerie Elliott, Countryside Editor
LONDON ZOO is to become less like a zoo and more like a safari park as it removes bars from the animal cages to allow visitors to get closer to their favourite animals.
In a significant revamp of the zoo, founded in 1826, lions, tigers and gorillas will get a measure of liberty as they are released from their pens to live in more natural settings.
Gorillas are to be the first to get a taste of freedom. Within two years visitors will be able to stare the great apes in the face.
By the end of the decade the aim is to bring the big cats, including Asiatic lions, Sumatran tigers, leopards, sandcats and servals closer to the public.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1698342,00.html
Zoo stands by elephant breeding scheme
The general manager of life sciences at Taronga and Western Plains zoos has defended a decision to undertake an asian elephant breeding program in Sydney.
Eight endangered asian elephants are being imported from Thailand for a conservation breeding program.
Animal rights groups have gone to the courts to block the importation, citing a lack of space at the Sydney and Melbourne zoos.
Larger animals have always been bred at the Dubbo zoo, but the Taronga and Western Plains zoos' life sciences general manager, Will Meakle, says it makes more sense to keep the elephants in Sydney.
"Taronga does have the advantage of having about 1.3 million visitors per year and Western Plains Zoo is about a quarter of a million, so we can seek more support by showcasing them to more people by displaying them here at Taronga, but Western Plains Zoo is available for expansion of the herd into the future," he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1419867.htm
Rep. Zepnick: Statement on Governor Doyle's Veto of Zoo Interchange
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Milwaukee -- State Representative Josh Zepnick (D-Milwaukee's 9th), ranking Democrat on the Assembly's Committee on SE Wisconsin Freeways, applauded Governor Doyle's use of the so-called "Vanna Veto" to eliminate $35 million from the state budget to study a freeway upgrade project that is years away from digging any dirt.
Referring to the "Vanna White Veto" from $38 million to $3 million to redesign the Zoo Interchange Zepnick said "I'd like to buy a few vowels...how about... I...O...and U?
"Spending these funds in the 2005-07 State Budget would be the equivalent of borrowing money to paint a house that you do not even own yet. Only Republicans in the Legislature would try to get away this kind of monkey business; which amounts to an IOU to taxpayers for future construction to alleviate the Zoo interchange congestion," Zepnick added.
http://www.wisdems.org/index.php?display=ReleaseDetails&id=582728
Petting Zoos Pose Health Risk for Kids
Anthony Welsch
KIMT - NewsChannel 3
They're cute and cuddly to look at. But touching them could make your kids sick.
The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health says local petting zoos like the one at the North Iowa Fair are full of germs.
Last summer, illnesses were linked to fairs across the country.
http://www.kimt.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=KIMT/MGArticle/IMT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783988251&path=
Zoo stands by elephant breeding scheme
The general manager of life sciences at Taronga and Western Plains zoos has defended a decision to undertake an asian elephant breeding program in Sydney.
Eight endangered asian elephants are being imported from Thailand for a conservation breeding program.
Animal rights groups have gone to the courts to block the importation, citing a lack of space at the Sydney and Melbourne zoos.
Larger animals have always been bred at the Dubbo zoo, but the Taronga and Western Plains zoos' life sciences general manager, Will Meakle, says it makes more sense to keep the elephants in Sydney.
"Taronga does have the advantage of having about 1.3 million visitors per year and Western Plains Zoo is about a quarter of a million, so we can seek more support by showcasing them to more people by displaying them here at Taronga, but Western Plains Zoo is available for expansion of the herd into the future," he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1419867.htm
London Zoo has announced plans to let humans get closer to its animals - without cages getting in the way. But is it the zoos which are changing - or the human visitors?
Zoos want the public to come 'face-to-face' with animals
London Zoo sold its most prized asset, Jumbo the African bull elephant, to an American circus in 1882 after the owners became perturbed by the animal's cantankerous nature. The animal died in a train crash soon after.
The treatment of animals has come a long way since then. Zoos talk more of conservation than of profits. London Zoo has just announced a £5m overhaul of its gorilla enclosure to bring them closer to their natural environment. Other zoos have followed similar paths in recent years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4698215.stm
Trunks packed but zoos face jumbo-sized battle
21.07.05
By Greg Ansley
CANBERRA - Environment Minister Ian Campbell gave himself a jumbo-sized political headache yesterday when he approved the importation of eight Asian elephants into Australia.
The elephants are bound for breeding programmes in Melbourne and at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, which has just completed a A$40 million ($44.5 million) compound for the endangered species.
But animal welfare groups are up in arms and have begun legal action to try to prevent the animals from leaving Thailand. They claim the Government has broken its own tough laws against trading in endangered animals.
"This is quite simply the wrong decision," said Humane Society International spokeswoman Nicola Beynon.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10336810
Norfolk zoos at forefront of initiative
20 July 2005 11:22
Zoos and wildlife parks in Norfolk have been at the forefront of a move to bring visitors a step closer to the wild wonders of the natural kingdom.
It has been revealed that London Zoo, in Regent's Park, is planning to do away with bars and cages.
In the past few days an African bird safari opened at the zoo allowing the public to wander through an aviary containing a collection of exotic birds.
Bosses at the zoo are looking to follow up the bird safari by creating enclosures for gorillas, lions, tigers, giraffes, and other animals.
Ken Sims, director of Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, said his attraction, along with others in the region, had been leading the way in terms of giving the animals and visitors to the parks a mutually rewarding experience.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED20%20Jul%202005%2011%3A23%3A23%3A203
Bonobo Dies at Jacksonville Zoo
Make Us Home
By First Coast News Staff
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A member of the Jacksonville Zoo family has died. The oldest member of the Bonobo family was 34-years old.
Bo was found first thing Friday morning lying in his favorite hammock in the Bonobo night house of the Great Ape area.
He was born in the African Republic of the Congo in 1971 and came to the Zoo in 1998 from Yerkes Regional Primate Center. He had been under treatment for heart disease for several years and had also been treated for hypothyroidism.
A post-mortem examination indicates that the likely cause of death is associated with chronic heart disease.
Throughout his life Bo produced 18 offspring, six males and 12 females, and had 13 second generation offspring.
Four of his offspring still live at the Zoo and the others have moved on to other accredited zoos around the country. Bo was very protective of the group, and all members responded very well to him. Bo spent extensive amounts of time interacting with and caring for all of his offspring. In his later years, Bo was quiet and often stayed by himself resting. Bo and his lineage represent about 13.5% of the captive bonobo population internationally.
"An animal's death affects everyone at the Zoo. Our entire staff considers it our foremost responsibility and honor to provide the best care for our animals," said Dennis Pate, Executive Director.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=41172
Smithsonian Names New Zoo Director
Head of Conservation Group Plans to Follow Recommended Reforms
By D'Vera Cohn
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, July 29, 2005; Page B01
John Berry, a former Interior Department official who runs a multimillion-dollar wildlife conservation foundation, will become the next director of the National Zoo, officials announced yesterday.
The announcement by the Smithsonian Institution ended a search that began more than a year ago with the hope of finding a strong manager with a background in science and animal care to renew the zoo after turmoil over management and deteriorating facilities.
John Berry, 46, will begin the job full time in October. (Smithsonian Institution - Smithsonian Institution)
Berry is executive director of the congressionally chartered National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which raises federal and corporate money for a broad range of projects to save wild lands and creatures. He was an assistant secretary in the Clinton administration's Interior Department, a longtime legislative aide to Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) and a senior policy adviser at the Smithsonian.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/28/AR2005072802143.html
First bear arrives as part of zoo plan
By Jakob Schiller
Tribune Reporter
July 29, 2005
A wayward bear has taken temporary residence at the Rio Grande Zoo.
The bear, brought in this morning by New Mexico Game and Fish Department agents, was the first to be protected under a new program announced this week by Mayor Martin Chavez. He said Monday the zoo would be able to provide temporary accommodation for some of New Mexico's nuisance bears that might otherwise be killed.
The bear that got a second chance today was captured Thursday by Game and Fish near Eagle Nest Lake. Department representatives said the bear was likely the same one that has been seen in and around the city of Eagle Nest over the past couple of weeks. It apparently had lost its fear of humans, they said.
http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_3963780,00.html
Young Wolf Dies At Lincoln Park Zoo
Signs Point To A Viral Infection
(AP) CHICAGO A wolf died Friday at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo, the latest in a string of animal deaths at the institution.
The wolf likely contracted a virus common to domestic dogs that could have been tracked into the exhibit by native wildlife, zoo officials said in a statement. During a necropsy, pathologists discovered lesions in the animal's intestinal tract that indicated it had a viral infection.
"Though we apply all available vaccinations, the possibility of contracting an infection remains, whether in the wild or in a zoo," said Dr. Robyn Barbiers, the zoo's general curator.
Animal keepers discovered the year-and-a-half-old male lying down in his indoor habitat on Friday morning and immediately rushed the animal to the hospital, officials said. He died four hours later after going into cardiac arrest.
The wolf, native to North America and endangered in the wild, lived in the Children's Zoo with a female. She has been placed under quarantine and will be under close observation until a final cause of death is confirmed, which could take three weeks or more, officials said.
The series of deaths at the zoo started with a cow in June 2004, then an elephant in October, followed by the deaths of a camel, marmoset, lion cub, two gorillas, three langur monkeys and the zoo's two remaining African elephants.
An audit by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association absolved the zoo of any wrongdoing in the animals' deaths. The audit team recommended several changes earlier this month, but found most of the animal deaths were either from old age, accidents or unavoidable.
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_210193659.html
Possible county control and a national review process are looming as officials weigh local recommendations
By Tara White
The Capital-Journal
The Topeka Zoo may see more funding and increased cooperation as officials work to implement a citizens' review panel's recommendations for improvements.
The panel -- made up of nine community members appointed because of their knowledge of the zoo's fiscal or animal care policies -- released a report last week and presented its findings Tuesday to the Topeka City Council.
"Now that the committee has made recommendations, I want to make sure they do not get swept under the rug," City Councilman John Alcala said Wednesday.
http://cjonline.com/stories/072805/loc_zoofuture.shtml
Elephants face year in quarantine
By Andrew Darby
July 29, 2005
Eight Asian elephants remain in aThai enclosure.
Photo: Ben Rushton
Eight Asian elephants bound for Sydney and Melbourne zoos will have spent at least a year in quarantine in Thailand before their fate is known.
An appeal against the Federal Government's decision to allow them into Australia will be heard from September 26, and the zoos yesterday agreed not to move the animals until it was completed.
The seven cows and a bull were put in the enclosure last October, before the importation application hit trouble with the Department of Environment and Heritage.
The animals were to spend three months in pre-export quarantine in Thailand before being flown to the Cocos Islands for another three months.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/elephants-face-year-in-quarantine/2005/07/28/1122143962444.html
Open wide and say 'Growl'
By Lisa Fleisher, Globe Correspondent July 30, 2005
My, what big, healthy teeth you have, Esita.
Esita, a 7-year-old Mexican gray wolf, had a root canal and full cleaning yesterday at Angell Animal Medical Center in Jamaica Plain after she cracked nearly an inch off a 3-inch tooth.
Doctors at Zoo New England noticed in March that the lower left canine of the wolf, who has lived for the past five years at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, had cracked. If left untreated, the tooth and jaw could rot, leading to pain and fatal diseases.
''It's just a highway for bacteria," said Dr. William Rosenblad, head of dentistry, oral medicine, and surgery at the center.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/07/30/open_wide_and_say_growl/
For the love of animals
The Times-Standard
EUREKA -- New paintings by AnnaLisa McLaughlin will be featured at Gallery Dog this month starting with an Arts Alive! reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the gallery, 214 E St.
McLaughlin has been painting for many years and says she continues to make new discoveries in composition and design while striving to gain a heightened state of visual awareness.
”My subject matter began in creating drawings of animals and people at an early age,” said McLaughlin, “whereupon I eventually followed a path through formal training in classical painting and design at the University of Utah.”
She graduated in May 2002 and relocated immediately to the North Coast, because she wanted to live in an environment closer akin to her “artistic sensibilities” as she pursued the challenges of a professional painting career.
http://www.times-standard.com/lifestyle/ci_3182875
Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium Plan eTicketing Strategy With Cygnus
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 1, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Cygnus eTransactions Group, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CYGT) today announced that it has signed contracts with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to provide print-at-home ticketing technology and services for the Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium. Tickets will soon be available at bronxzoo.com and nyaquarium.com. Tickets will also available through AOL(r) CityGuide, a leading provider of local entertainment information online, available free on the Web at aolcityguide.com.
"We're very excited to add online, print-at-home ticketing for our customers and to provide them with an easy purchasing option for visiting our parks," said Tamara Krizek, Director of Marketing for the Wildlife Conservation Society.
"Cygnus is very pleased to have been selected by WCS as a provider of advanced eTicketing solutions for retail online sales and for third party distribution opportunities," said Ian McMillan, Vice President of Theme Park and Attraction Sales at Cygnus.
http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=82811
Zoos unite to fight animal snatchers
By Peter Allen in Paris
(Filed: 01/08/2005)
European zoos have set up an international register of stolen animals to counter a growing wave of thefts to supply a flourishing black market in exotic pets.
The new register lists a long tally of missing creatures, including tortoises, flamingos, parrots, wallabies, monkeys and penguins, which can sell for thousands of pounds.
France has suffered a rash of thefts, but British zoos have also been targeted - losing a reported 40 marmosets and tamarins in the past year.
Twelve pink flamingos were stolen in a recent night raid on Amneville zoo, north-east France. Thieves used wire-cutters to enter cages.
"It is inconceivable that some of the birds did not break a leg or suffer heart failure because of the shock of the experience," said the zoo's owner, Michel Louis.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/01/wzoo01.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/01/ixworld.html
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