Zoos
Former Coke exec loves running Zoo Atlanta
Zoo CEO selling expansion planBy MARK DAVISThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 08/19/07
Dennis Kelly was the picture of jocular composure as he stood greeting the formally clad visitors at this year's Beastly Feast, Zoo Atlanta's major fund-raiser.
Hello! How are you? So good to see you! A handshake here, a quick kiss on the cheek there. Kelly, the zoo's president and CEO, moved as confidently as a big cat.
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/living/stories/2007/08/20/zoo0820.html
A trip to the zoo
Exotic animals are long-term commitments
By Melanie TypaldosDaily Record Columnist
I often drive the stretch of Hwy. 290 leading from Dripping Springs to Austin. Along that road is a sign that always catches my attention, an arrow pointing down Circle Drive with the words “Austin Zoo.” I love animals and I love zoos but somehow I never had the time to stop. This weekend, I decided to finally go and to bring my son and his family along.Celeste, who is eight, was excited about going to the zoo. She’s a cat person and really wanted to see the big cats, especially the tigers. The rest of us wanted to see the pair of adult capybaras the zoo was reputed to have.Zoos these days all have missions. Of course one mission is to educate the public about the beauty and diversity of life on Earth. In addition to that mission, the Austin Zoo is a rescue zoo. Over 90 percent of their 300 animals have been rescued. A sign at the entrance admonishes visitors not to keep exotic animals as pets. Well that put a stop to me telling them I have a pet capybara.
http://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/local_story_236111934.html
Turn of public sentiment against horse slaughtering bridles some zoos
McClatchy Newspapers
Published Thursday, August 23, 2007
SEATTLE - Animal-rights activists campaigning to end horse slaughter in America have run up against an unexpected friend of the horse-meat industry: the nation’s zoos.
After Texas shut down two horse-slaughter plants in January, the last plant in the country is fighting off closure in Illinois courts. And Congress is again considering a federal horse-slaughter ban that passed the House of Representatives last year.
That leaves tough decisions for America’s zoos, which have long fed horse meat to carnivorous animals. Although several zoos have dropped horse meat in favor of beef in recent years, zoos continue to be the largest consumers of horse meat in the United States.
http://columbiatribune.com/2007/Aug/20070823Busi011.asp
New entrance proposed for KC Zoo would improve visitors’ access
Visitors have complained for years about how exhausting it can be to get around the sprawling Kansas City Zoo. In response, officials recently have rerouted walkways and expanded transit choices within the zoo.
Now comes the latest encouraging plan to entice more guests: a privately financed, $10.75 million makeover that would feature a more convenient zoo entrance with nearby animal exhibits for visitors to enjoy.
The entrance would include a visitor drop-off area and a close parking lot. These improvements would eliminate the long, meandering pathways from parking areas to the front entrance.
The upgrades call for river otters and trumpeter swans near the entrance.
http://www.kansascity.com/340/story/239783.html
San Francisco Zoo Welcomes Four New Penguins
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- Four new penguins moved into their new home at the San Francisco Zoo Monday.
The four, 12-week-old Riley, Charlie, Thistle and Gnocchi, waddled onto Penguin Island before a crowd of curious onlookers and enthusiasts. They had spent two months in fish school, where they learned how to swim and feed just like the old-timers on the island.
The San Francisco Zoo has one of the most successful breeding colonies of Magellanic penguins in captivity, having fledged approximately 150 chicks since 1985.
The Zoo’s penguins can be found on Penguin Island, located across from the Lion House.
http://www.kcbs.com/pages/833697.php?contentType=4&contentId=819229
Zoo's pride grows
20 August 2007
Australia Zoo, as everyone knows, is home to everything from kookaburras to elephants and crocodiles.
Yesterday, a pair of new creatures was added to the menagerie – lions.
Not the Transvaal or Massai varieties, but lions of the Brisbane kind.
Brisbane Lions players, including Daniel Merrett and Robert Copeland, were on hand for the club’s annual members' day, getting friendly with some of the zoo’s residents.
“It’s definitely not
http://www.thedaily.com.au/news/2007/aug/20/zoos-pride-grows/
Seattle Zoo Genericizing “Africa”?
I must confess that prior to coming to Africa, if I’d seen this story in the press I might’ve dismissed it out of hand as an artifact of America’s obsession with political correctness. After living for a year in Cameroon, however, I’ve not only gotten to know Africans from all corners of the continent but also developed an awareness of the vast differences between the various tribes and ethnic groups within the country I now call home. So how do I respond to the Woodland Park Zoo’s “Maasai Journey”? Call it a cop out, perhaps, but I’ll reserve judgment since I haven’t seen the exhibit myself. If anyone at home has visited it or is planning a trip to the zoo soon, your comments are welcome.
Still, I think the zoo could do a lot worse. To wit, here are a couple of photos I took of the “Africa Lounge” in SeaTac International airport on June 12th of 2006, the day I left for Peace Corps orientation in Philadelphia:
Note the faux weathered, rusty corrugated tin roof, zebra-patterned lampshades and ceiling fans. The menu features an item dubbed the “Zulu Pulled Pork Platter” or some such thing, too. Now that’s expropriation of a generic, sanitized “Africa” if I’ve ever seen it!
http://www.27months.com/?p=88
Eight men get 11 years in jail for killing zoo tiger in Vietnam
HANOI, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - A court has sentenced eight people who killed a tiger in a zoo in Can Tho province, in southern Vietnam, to up to 11.5 years in prison, local media said Tuesday.
The poachers, who also face a fine of about $28,000, broke into the zoo last June and poisoned the tiger with cyanide. They then hurried to cut and disembowel the 150-kilogram (300-pound) animal right in the zoo so that the poison did not taint the tiger's meet and bones.
The man who bought the carcass for nearly $15,000 received a suspended sentence of nine months.
Tiger bones, cooked into glue, are used as a traditional Asian medicine with a black market value of about $5,000 per kilogram. It is used as treatment against infections and as a painkiller.
In Asian countries, tiger bones are also believed to steady nerves, increase intelligence, cure forgetfulness and dislodge bones stuck in the throat. A tiger skull is said to prevent nightmares and keep evil away.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070821/72768895.html
Gifford Zoo put on whale of a celebration for Siri
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
DICK CASE
POST-STANDARD COLUMNIST
The last time I was at Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park I stopped at the elephant pen and had a talk with Siri. She's the Asian elephant who had that fine ritual of passage over the weekend: She turned 40, officially.
Siri talks with her trunk.
She loves to be petted.
http://www.syracuse.com/articles/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/118768701084100.xml&coll=1
Community Event: Autism Family day at The Zoo
Posted at 10:04 am on Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Advocates for Autism of Massachusetts will host an Autism Family Day at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo on Saturday, September 15 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event, which combines outreach to the entire community with family fun activities, is open to the public.
In addition to all the regular zoo attractions, Autism Family Day will offer a variety of games, music and art activities, clowns and other performers. There will be performances by the Higashi Jazz Band as well as noted jazz pianist Matt Savage. Opening ceremonies will begin at 11:15 a.m.
Franklin Park Zoo is an accessible facility. Parking is free, and the Zoo can also be reached by public transportation.
http://urbanpride.org/?p=171
Penguins at the zoo
http://blog.syracuse.com/yourphotos/2007/08/penguins_at_the_zoo.html
Expert calls for closure of zoo
Staff Reporter
Photo: S. Mahinsha UNDER SCRUTINY: D. Swaroop, head of the medicine division, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, who visited the city zoo on Monday to study the foot and mouth disease.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The city zoo should be kept closed to visitors for three to four weeks to allow for the complete elimination of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus that has claimed the lives of many animals, head of the medicine division Indian Veterinary Research Institute D. Swaroop said here on Monday.
He was speaking to presspersons during an inspection of various animal enclosures at the zoo. It can now be said that the FMD virus is under control; otherwise there would have been more deaths of animals. Resorting to vaccinating animals against the virus can only have so much of an impact. The very act of giving vaccines can cause stress in the animals. Better animal management and greater stress on the hygiene front are what can help the zoo tide over the present situation.
http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/21/stories/2007082159090300.htm
Virginia Zoo's African lions are new parents
At least two lion cubs were born at the Virginia Zoo on Saturday to Zola and Mramba. Zola, the mother, was in a dense vegetation area of the exhibit Tuesday, protecting her cubs.
GENEVIEVE ROSS / THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
By DEBBIE MESSINA, The Virginian-Pilot © August 21, 2007 Last updated 11:05 PM Aug. 21
NORFOLK
Worry turned to elation at the Virginia Zoo when keepers had trouble finding the lioness in her exhibit over the weekend, then discovered not only Zola but at least two lion cubs nesting outdoors in a briar patch against a rock.
Zookeepers were not aware that the African lion was pregnant by exhibit-mate Mramba. She showed no obvious signs.
"We were astounded," keeper Charlene Wright said.
Because mom is young - she just turned 3 last month - the cubs have a 50 percent chance of surviving, zoo director Greg Bockheim said.
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=130740&ran=1286
New Penguins at the Zoo
They’re just so darn cute. Take a look at three of the four baby penguins that just moved into their new digs at the San Francisco Zoo yesterday. Riley, Charlie, Thistle, and Gnocchi (omg, too cute) are only 12 weeks old. Fresh out of “fish school,” these tuxedo-wearing chick magnets are living it up across from the Lion House on Penguin Island.
By the handsome looks of these birds, it’s no wonder that Penguin Island has the highest success rate of captive breeding. The 200-foot pool may not be as spacious as the original Fleishhacker Pool (circa the Fleishhacker Zoo), but we’re guessing that these new inhabitants will have plenty of room to eat, swim, and make whoopee. Besides, the Fleishhacker Pool was for frisky people, not penguins.
Have fun in your new home, little guys. Watch out for those mean ol' lions across the way.Image Credit: San Francisco Zoo
http://sfist.com/2007/08/21/aw_new_penguins.php
Okapi School at the Park
Posted at 9:04 am August 21, 2007 by Marcia Redding
Life has been very interesting lately for our okapi population. At the Wild Animal Park, we are fortunate enough to have a specialized piece of equipment called the Okapi Restraint Box (ORB). This consists of a padded stall with a moveable wall to limit the animal’s movement, and access doors on both sides as well as the front and rear panels. The animals aren’t physically restrained: we train them to accept the ORB as a positioning tool, using positive reinforcement. One of the biggest challenges has been discovering each animal’s favorite reward. Their tastes are surprisingly individual; what works for one does not necessarily motivate the others.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/okapi-school-at-the-park/
There's Still Time to Experience TOUCH! and DINOSAURS!
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's special exhibits open until September 16
Summer may be winding down, but there's still time to experience the hugely popular DINOSAURS! and TOUCH! exhibits at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The two temporary exhibits remain open through Sunday, September 16.
So far this summer, more than 215,000 people have enjoyed TOUCH! Amazing Rays & Sharks, which gives visitors the unique opportunity to feel the smooth skin of small sharks and barbless stingrays. More than 180,000 people have experienced DINOSAURS! this summer, coming face to face with 15 life-size animatronic creatures around Waterfowl Lake.
http://www.clemetzoo.com/pressroom/index.asp?action=details&pressrelease_id=1261
Lake Superior Zoo to remember beloved polar bear on Sunday
Lake Superior Zoo is hosting a public celebration of Bubba’s life from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The polar bear died Aug. 8, perhaps from liver disease. He was 17 years old, and had been at the Lake Superior Zoo since 1990.
Sunday’s event is not a formal memorial service, but a time for people to gather at the zoo and reflect and celebrate Bubba’s life, zoo officials said.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=48584&forumcomm_check_return&freebie_check&CFID=50211032&CFTOKEN=22703169&jsessionid=8830b8faa96b19601210
Davidson students make zoo history (video)
Updated: 08/21/2007 03:01 PM
By: Adrianne Flores
Tuesday was a historic day for students at Davidson County Community College. The school launched its first Zoo and Aquarium Associates Degree program at the Animal Discovery Zoo.
GREENSBORO -- Tuesday was a historic day for students at Davidson County Community College. The school launched its first Zoo and Aquarium Associates Degree program at the Animal Discovery Zoo.
"It is going to be a one of a kind in the state of North Carolina, fifth in the nation," explained Glenn Dobrogosz, the executive director
Biology professor Mark Stevens says the Dirty 30, as they may soon be called, will learn about every aspect of being a zookeeper from the cute and cuddly to the messy.
"The students need to realize that a professional zookeeper has many different hats that they wear," said Stevens.
http://news14.com/Default.aspx?ArID=586245
Vote on zoo bond awaits school-funding decision
By Jeremiah StettlerThe Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 08/21/2007 03:46:28 PM MDT
Posted: 3:48 PM- Utah lawmakers probably won't mention Hogle Zoo during Wednesday's special legislative session. The east-side animal park isn't even on the agenda. But Hogle's hopes for a $65 million makeover have everything to do with the Legislature, which may decide Wednesday whether to equalize funding for school buildings countywide. So what do lions, tigers and bears have to do with constructing new elementary schools?
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6680583
Hogle Zoo Bond Fate Tied to Smaller School District Success
Aug 21, 2007 by Julie Rose
(KCPW News) What do zoo animals and East-side school kids have in common? Well, their destinies are linked in the minds of several members of the Salt Lake County Council, including Mark Crockett:
"I would be opposed to property tax increases except for education or parks and trails," says Crockett. "Therefore, I can't vote for the zoo unless I think there's better school funding in place."The County Council today delayed once more a decision on a 65-million dollar bond request from Utah's Hogle Zoo. Zoo officials say they need the money now to avoid escalating construction costs as they move forward with zoo improvements.
http://www.kcpw.org/article/4213
Hogle Zoo bond won’t be on November ballot
By Leigh DethmanDeseret Morning News
Published: Aug. 23, 2007 3:09 p.m. MDT
The Salt Lake County Council opted Thursday to not let voters decide in November whether to issue a multimillion-dollar bond to pay for improvements at Hogle Zoo.
Zoo officials wanted the $65 million to build a new aquarium complex, a gorilla forest expansion, African savanna and large polar bear exhibits, a renovated penguin enclosure and an "enhanced" south entrance with 400 more parking spots.
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695203723,00.html
A larger zoo
Public Forum Letter
Article Last Updated: 08/18/2007 12:47:37 PM MDT
Is pushing the Hogle Zoo off the November ballot an "unfortunate reality"? Or is it a reality that 41 acres at the narrow mouth of Emigration Canyon does not a zoo make? By prioritizing building and renovating schools as its top issue, the Salt Lake County Council pushes the proposed Hogle Zoo tax to a secondary position (Tribune, Aug. 15). Perhaps this conflict of interests will cause the Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County councils to take another look at the unrealistic location of this crowded, caged, sunless and car-choked corridor that holds animals for viewing.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_6658504
New black bear joins local zoo
BY STACEY SHEPARD, Californian staff writere-mail: sshepard@bakersfield.com
Tuesday, Aug 21 2007 8:40 PM
Last Updated: Tuesday, Aug 21 2007 8:43 PM
The public is invited to catch the first glimpse of the California Living Museum's newest resident -- a yearling black bear.
The 150-pound bear will make its public debut at 10 a.m. Thursday at the northeast Bakersfield zoo.
"We want the public to come out and welcome their new bear," said Lana Fain, the museum's zoo manager and curator. "This is a community zoo. It's not our bear, it's their bear."
http://www.bakersfield.com/102/story/218469.html
Sox visit the zoo
August 21, 2007 - 22:37:15 (4 days ago)
If you don't have plans Thursday and you want to take the little ones on one last trip before school starts, Thursday is White Sox Day at Brookfield Zoo.Jermaine Dye and A.J. Pierzynski will visit with fans and sign autographs at the Nature Stage from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Southpaw, the White Sox mascot, also will be on hand to entertain fans.For directions to the zoo or for more zoo information, visit Brookfield's Web site here.
http://www.nwherald.com/blogs/goodsports/blog.php?id=884
Giant Pandas Lun Lun & Mei Lan at Atlanta Zoo
http://www.flixya.com/video/173717/Giant_Pandas_Lun_Lun__and__Mei_Lan_at_Atlanta_Zoo
Zoo keeps anxious eye on legislative session
Councilman says Hogle upgrade won't be on ballot while financial questions about schools are left unanswered
By Jeremiah Stettler
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 08/22/2007 02:26:35 AM MDT
Utah lawmakers probably won't mention Hogle Zoo during today's special legislative session. The east-side animal park isn't even on the agenda. But Hogle's hopes for a $65 million makeover have everything to do with the Legislature, which may decide whether to equalize funding for school buildings countywide. So what do lions, tigers and bears have to do with constructing new schools? Higher taxes, according to some Salt Lake County Council Republicans who refuse to put the zoo's bond request on the fall ballot while financial questions persist about splitting the Granite and Jordan school districts.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_6685721
Australia Zoo adopts leading edge 3D access control technology
2007-08-22 10:04:54 - The world renowned Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland has installed a 3D facial recognition system to control access to its administration building.
…The system will help ensure a high level of security and provide peace of mind for Australia Zoo office staff. Zoo management is examining the possibility of linking staff access data into its timesheet and payroll system to streamline administration systems…
http://www.pr-inside.com/australia-zoo-adopts-leading-edge-3d-r204546.htm
One Less Panda At Chiba Prefecture Zoo
The intense summer heat has killed a lesser panda at a zoo in Chiba Prefecture, according to Kyodo News:
A 17-year-old male lesser panda has died of heatstroke at a zoo in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, zoo officials said Wednesday. The lesser panda, Jiro, was found collapsed last Thursday after he went out from his air-conditioned chamber. He later returned to the chamber by himself, but died the next day, according to the officials.
http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=2579
Zoo staff make a fuss over fossa (video)
A Cornish zoo is celebrating after an endangered male fossa cub was born there for the first time.
The tiny cub, Geoff, was born at Newquay Zoo six weeks ago and has just been microchipped and sexed.
There are only about 100 fossas in zoos worldwide and only six zoos in the UK have them.
They look like cats but are actually part of the mongoose family. He was named after a retired member of staff who recently died, Geoff Gerry.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/6955014.stm
Zoo celebrates birth of colobus monkey
By Amelia Nielson-Stowell
Deseret Morning News
Published: Aug. 22, 2007 12:08 a.m. MDT
It's just 5 days old, but Hogle Zoo's newest bundle of joy is already anxious to explore its Salt Lake home.
The newborn colobus monkey tries to wiggle away from mom Toledo, swipes mom's arm and watches big sister Macari play.
Saturday, inside her primate forest, Toledo gave birth to her fifth baby — a child she conceived with dad Henry. Zookeepers came into work that morning to find the little white fur ball clinging to mom.
Trying to make the process as natural and true to the wild as possible, zookeepers will not provide veterinary care or training for the little monkey until it is 6 months to 1 year old. They have not even gotten close enough to determine the sex.
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695203189,00.html
New Giraffe Joins Taronga Zoo Tower
SYDNEY—Taronga Zoo today welcomed Jimiyu, an 18-month-old giraffe brought from Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo to join Sydney's tower of females.
A small crowd gathered to watch as the 700kg calf was unloaded from its custom-built truck container.
"It's a little bit heartbreaking," his handler Pascale Benoit said.
"There is a bond between Jimi and I.
"He put a lot of trust in me today, and I trusted him too. You do form a bond, but not a bond as such that you can't let go."
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-8-22/58940.html
Taronga Zoo denies mistreatment of rhino
August 23, 2007 - 6:29AM
Sydney's Taronga Zoo says the RSPCA has cleared it of mistreating a rhinoceros in the lead-up to its death.
Kua, a four-year-old single-horned female rhino, died on June 4 after arriving at the zoo from San Diego last October.
A Fairfax newspaper reported the rhino was "pregnant, emaciated and ulcerated" when she died with 70 litres of sand in her intestine.
Zoo spokesman Mark Williams said the article implied the zoo had "mistreated" the animal.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Taronga-Rhino-was-pregnant-when-she-died/2007/08/23/1187462384782.html
Big wins for parks, regional trails, zoo
By Keith Ervin
Seattle Times staff reporter
JIM BATES / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Connecting the Sammamish River Trail, above, to the East Lake Sammamish Trail is among the highest-priority projects covered by Proposition 2, the expansion levy for King County parks and trails.
Two King County parks levies, one to maintain existing county parks, the other to enlarge and develop parks and support Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, were winning handily at the polls Tuesday.
Each of the levies will raise an estimated $108.5 million over six years, for a total of $217 million.
"We're lucky we're in a community that really values parks and trails and values its Woodland Park Zoo investment," said County Executive Ron Sims, who convened a task force that proposed the levies.
The parks levies were among the top issues facing voters in a low-key election that also included primary battles for Seattle City Council and King County Prosecutor.
The election may have been most notable for when it was held.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003847962_parkselex22m0.html
Zoo: Cardiac Problems Killed Dolphin
Associated Press 08.22.07, 4:45 PM ET
INDIANAPOLIS -
City zoo officials have determined that its 24-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin died from cardiac problems.
Phoenix, a female dolphin, died June 24 of a problem similar to a heart attack, said zoo senior veterinarian Dr. Jeff Proudfoot.
Possible risk factors for the problem are similar to those of humans: genetics, infections, viruses or circulatory problems.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/22/ap4045440.html
Zoo still needs help
BY PAM BRANNON
Gulf Breeze News news@gulfbreezenews.com
The Zoo needs help. That's why Lauretta Aiken of Navarre said she decided to organize a brain storming session at the Holley-Navarre Fire station last week. She brought together some representatives of local and county organizations to hear what The Zoo needs and why it is in financial crisis.
Doug Kemper, Director of The Zoo, told the group of community leaders and media that The Zoo was on its way to a bright future, with more financial growth than ever before back in 2004 - before Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis hit.
http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2007/0823/Front_Page/003.html
Inaction kills zoo’s chance for ballot bond
By Leigh Dethman
Deseret Morning News
Published: Aug. 23, 2007 12:17 a.m. MDT
Legislative action Wednesday — or the lack thereof — on education killed Hogle Zoo's chances of a $65 million bond on the November ballot.
Since lawmakers didn't solve a school construction "equalization" problem during a special session Wednesday, Republicans on the Salt Lake County Council refused to put a property tax hike for the zoo on the ballot.
"I hate to start turning my head to figure out where I'm going to spend some more money, as wonderful and great as the zoo is," until the construction funding problem is solved, Councilman Jeff Allen said. "I think that we need to do something for them eventually, I just don't think now is the time."
http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695203557,00.html
Giant panda Yang Yang has surprise for Austrian zookeepers: baby cub
VIENNA, Austria: Yang Yang — a giant panda on loan from China whose name means "Sunshine" — had a surprise for zookeepers at Schoenbrunn Zoo on Thursday: a baby cub.
Yang Yang gave birth to a cub that zookeepers estimated to weigh just 100 grams (3.5 ounces) and measuring about 10 centimeters (3.9 inches).
A photograph released by the zoo showed Yang Yang, a first-time mother, holding the tiny cub in her mouth and looking up toward the camera.
"'Yang Yang' means sunshine, and that's what she is," a broadly smiling zoo director Dagmar Schratter told reporters outside the panda enclosure.
The last time a panda was born in Europe was in Madrid, Spain, in 1982, the zoo said.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/23/europe/EU-GEN-Austria-Panda-Birth.php
Joburg zoomakes learning fun
Its Discovery Centre is the first of its kind at a Gauteng zoo; here the Johannesburg Zoo will nurture children's natural desire to learn and to play.
August 23, 2007
By Lesego Madumo
A ROWDY owl championed by singings birds and the clamour of visiting schoolchildren greeted the opening of Johannesburg Zoo's Discovery Centre, focused on wildlife conservation, on Wednesday, 22 August.
Established in the old restaurant building next to the zoo's public entrance, it is the first centre of its kind at a Gauteng zoo.
http://www.joburg.org.za/2007/aug/aug23_zoodiscovery.stm
Lowry Park Zoo Visits Ruskin Senior Center
By Mitch Traphagen
mitch@observernews.net
Aug 23, 2007 - 11:38:29 AM
Animals from the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa paid a visit to the Ruskin Senior Center on May 20. The animals included a gopher tortoise, a hedgehog, a snake, a skink, a barn owl, a scarlet macaw and a very shy porcupine. The seniors were able to take a close up view of the unusual animals and learn about their lives. Above, the shy porcupine seems to warm up to one gentleman. The event was part of a grant from the Lowry Park Zoo, which provides 33 outreach sessions throughout Hillsborough County providing an experience elderly people may not otherwise be able to have. “The animals are a universal bridge for clients at all functions levels, said senior center manager Lynn Voss. “They just adore the animals.”
http://www.observernews.net/artman2/publish/News_amp_Community_30/Lowry_Park_Zoo_Visits_Ruskin_Senior_Center.shtml
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