Zoos
Winners of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo photo contest
Posted by Donna J. Miller
September 19, 2007 13:40PM
Categories: Photos
Amateur photographers were invited to submit photos taken between Memorial Day and Labor Day at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The winners were picked last week by a panel of judges made up of zoo employees and the event's sponsors.
George Fraatz of Lakewood took "Best of Show" with his close-up of a vulture perched in a tree at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. He won a behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo and other prizes.
All winners receive family zoo memberships, tickets to the zoo and Discount Drug Mart gift cards.
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/09/photo_safari_winners_picked_at.html
More Photos from ZOObilee!
http://www.clemetzoo.com/zblog/default.asp?Display=51
Deputies Investigate Stabbings, Thefts Of Pigs At Petting Zoo
By JOSH POLTILOVE The Tampa Tribune
Published: Sep 17, 2007
SUN CITY - Big Pig is such a docile animal that he waddles over to his owner to eat yogurt and drink canned soda out of her hand.
But the 400-pound family pet was treated like a wild boar late Saturday night or early Sunday morning when someone - maybe several people - broke into his petting zoo pen and stabbed him at least 10 times, said his owner, Cornelia Winn.
The attacker also took as many as five other pigs from Sun City Stables' pigpen, Winn said.
Her family originally thought as many as 15 had been stolen, but several returned to the pen from a wooded area nearby.
A pregnant pig that is expected to give birth in the next month also was stabbed. She sustained a gash about 10 inches long and 3 inches deep, running from her back to her belly, Winn said.
http://www.envirolink.org/external.html?itemid=200709170009160.386299
Second arrest in petting zoo pig stabbing investigation
Last Update: 9/18 1:28 pm
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Detectives say Richard Charles Pinegar III was arrested a short time ago and faces cruelty to animals charges.
William Andrew Lilley was arrested earlier in connection with the slashing and theft of pigs at Sun City Stables on September 16, 2007.
Additional arrests are expected.
An investigation determined that the suspects spent the day of September 16 consuming alcohol and decided to do some hunting.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=e296f954-eaf2-4d57-917a-530ac3721462
Pittsburgh Zoo welcomes polar bears
New exhibit, Water's Edge, features artic predators
Pillbox Julia Kennedy
The Pittsburgh Zoo’s newest exhibit, Water’s Edge, features a fictional pier town complete with boats, fish markets, and houses. It’s also the new home of a pair of polar bears.
The exhibit’s goals are to educate its visitors as well as provide the bears with a suitable habitat. Water’s Edge contains three primary exhibits, featuring pairs of polar bears, sea lions, and sea otters.
The exhibit contains facts such as how polar bears can travel at rates up to 25 miles an hour, and that a male polar bear can reach a weight of more than 1500 pounds. A sign listing Pier Town’s population statistics shows an increase in the human population directly correlating to a decrease in the polar bear population. Likewise, the exhibit provides facts about the living situation of polar bears in the wild.
http://www.thetartan.org/2007/9/17/pillbox/polar_bears
Greenville church service feels like a petting zoo
Congregation invites people, pets to special event
By Kate McGinty
Post-Crescent staff writer
GREENVILLE — Two goats sat in on a Lutheran service Sunday.
Daisy and Duke, a family's pet pygmy goats, joined congregants Sunday morning at Christus Lutheran Church for a special service that looked more like a petting zoo than worship.
For the first time, the church invited anyone to bring four-legged creatures to its contemporary service, an event timed partly by the upcoming celebration of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
"Now more than ever people are thinking of their pet as a part of their family," said Patti Ruhle, ministries coordinator. "This is really meant to be an outreach to the community and to those who don't have a church … because you never know what might bring someone to a church."
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070917/APC0101/709170471/1003/APC01
Baboon adopts a chicken at Lithuanian zoo
VILNIUS (Reuters) - A lonely baboon in a private Lithuanian zoo has adopted a chicken he saved from certain death last month and the two have formed a fast friendship, the zoo's director said on Friday.
The chicken was intended as food for other animals in the zoo, but escaped and was sheltered by Mitis, a six-year-old Hamadryas Baboon, Edvardas Legeckas, who runs the zoo near the port city Klaipeda in western Lithuania, told Reuters.
Mitis has been fed chicken meat before, but this time he fell in love with his food, Legeckas said.
"He plays with the chicken, cleans its feathers, sleeps with it, and takes care as if it was his own baby child," the zoo director said.
"But I am not sure how long this affair would last, because baboon may finally realise this is food."
Baboons, with their distinctive long dog-like muzzles and heavy powerful jaws, are omnivorous, but usually prefer fruit. In the wild, they live in close-knit social groups.
"Obviously this baboon needed someone to communicate with," the director said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070914/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_lithuania_chicken;_ylt=Aqh7QvXHBy80TXLAT84rQ5qdk3QF
Baboon adopts a chicken at Lithuanian zoo
A lonely baboon in a private Lithuanian zoo has adopted a chicken he saved from certain death last month and the two have formed a fast friendship, the zoo's director said on Friday.
The chicken was intended as food for other animals in the zoo, but escaped and was sheltered by Mitis, a six-year-old Hamadryas Baboon, Edvardas Legeckas, who runs the zoo near the port city Klaipeda in western Lithuania, told Reuters.
http://www.thothweb.com/article5710.html
Family of girl injured by runaway gorilla sues Boston zoo
September 17, 2007
BOSTON
--It's been nearly four years since the gorilla named Little Joe escaped from the Franklin Park Zoo and injured a 2-year-old girl.
Now, a lawsuit brought by the family of Nia Simone Scott is going to trial. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the case, with the family accusing the zoo of failing to protect the public from the 350-pound gorilla.
Nia, now 6, sustained a gash on her head and other injuries when Little Joe knocked her from the arms of her teenage baby sitter. The family says medical bills totaled nearly $8,000.
It was the second time in six weeks the adolescent gorilla had escaped from the zoo's Tropical Forest exhibit, which has since undergone a $2.3 million renovation.
Little Joe was kept out of public view for about three years after the incident.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/09/17/family_of_girl_injured_by_runaway_gorilla_sues_boston_zoo/
300-pound gorilla attacked toddler at zoo, witness testifies
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/09/300pound_gorill.html?p1=MEWell_Pos4
Feast with the Beast to benefit The Zoo
The first Feast with the Beast benefitting The Zoo Northwest Florida is planned as an evening of exotic culinary fare.
The event will be 7 p.m. to midnight Sept. 28 and will include some of the Pensacola Bay Area's hottest restaurants: Skopelos, The Angus, Peg Legs, Side Lines, Zaxby's, Seville Quarter, Billy Bob's Beach Barbecue, The Fish House, Jimmy's Seafood, Moe's South West Grill � Gulf Breeze, CC's Wines, East River Smoke House, The Melting Pot, Chick-fil-a, Bagelheads-Downtown, Big Sexy Food, Inc, Appetite for Life, Madison's, Ed Smith Catering, Mesquite Charlie's and Buffalo's on the Bay.
The Zoo's naturally wild pathways will be lined with local restaurateurs as guests stroll through the zoo sampling cuisines from around the world. Take a ride on the Safari Line Ltd. Train through the 30 acres of wildlife preserve. Dance under the stars, with live entertainment from the Reunion Band, and party like an animal with your friends. Pose for a picture with an exotic "Beast.''
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070917/LIFE/709170325/1004
Jack Hanna, Flamingo Stuck in Turnstile
3 days ago
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Animal expert Jack Hanna and an 11-month-old flamingo became trapped while trying to squeeze through an airport security turnstile. It took firefighters to finally get the flamingo out.
Hanna, the director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and a frequent guest on nationally televised talk shows, was returning from a zoo fundraiser with a mongoose, a small leopard and the flamingo. Three other people were with them.
The entourage arrived at the Ohio State University Airport just after midnight Sunday to find the terminal closed. The only way to leave the tarmac was through a 10-foot-tall metal turnstile with several horizontal bars — not the easiest exit to squeeze through when you're traveling with boxed-up animals, Hanna said.
"I never thought about the crate being square and the turnstile being round," he said.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j5fVLe4ocTfMQJ_28LfA9FUBb-Xg
Lehigh Valley Zoo Saddened by Deaths of Animals
Four animals at the Lehigh Valley Zoo and Trexler Nature Preserve have died in separate and unrelated incidents over the last two months, zoo officials said. The animals were two horses, an ostrich, and a zebra. "Animal deaths at the zoo are always painful for us because it is difficult to lose a friend," said executive director Stacey Johnson. "Even when we can discover the cause, and know that we did everything possible for the animal, it affects us deeply."
http://wfmz.com/view/?id=151234
Animal deaths puzzle Lehigh Valley Zoo officials
Loss of zebra last week was 4th in a month. Incidents are unrelated, says director.
By Daniel Patrick Sheehan Of The Morning Call
September 18, 2007
Lehigh Valley Zoo officials say they are baffled by the sudden death last week of a seemingly healthy 6-month-old zebra filly, which had sustained a serious bone fracture but had no outward signs of trauma.
The zebra is one of four animals that have died at the Schnecksville zoo in the past month. A 24-year-old female horse died of abdominal tumors Aug. 21 and a 13-year-old female horse died Aug. 31 of complications from anesthesia. An 8-year-old ostrich died Sept. 9 from a still-unidentified infection.
http://www.mcall.com/all-b1_5zoo-q.6048062sep18,0,2969470.story
Baboon adopts chicken at zoo
Posted Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:06am AEST
A lonely baboon in a private Lithuanian zoo has adopted a chicken he saved from certain death last month and the two have formed a fast friendship, the zoo's director said.
The chicken was intended as food for other animals in the zoo, but escaped and was sheltered by Mitis, a six-year-old Hamadryas Baboon, Edvardas Legeckas, who runs the zoo near the port city Klaipeda in western Lithuania, told Reuters.
Mitis has been fed chicken meat before, but this time he fell in love with his food, Mr Legeckas said.
"He plays with the chicken, cleans its feathers, sleeps with it, and takes care as if it was his own baby child," the zoo director said.
"But I am not sure how long this affair would last, because baboon may finally realise this is food."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/18/2035862.htm
Polar Bears’ Stash
Posted at 11:13 am September 17, 2007 by Kelly Murphy
When Polar Bear Plunge was built in 1996, a method for delivering live fish to the main pool on a variable schedule was included: a 10-inch diameter PVC pipe that runs underground from the fish tank behind the exhibit all the way to the front, right by the “point,” as we call it. Well, this system was good in theory but ended up having too many problems; it is now inoperable and no longer used. But the pipe is still there. Mind you, it runs directly into the pool, and therefore we are unable to access it except when we do our pool maintenance, which is about every 18 months. This pipe makes a great place for the polar bears to store things they don’t want us to have!
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/polar-bears-stash/
Big Beasts To Roam in New City Zoo
By Irina Titova
Staff Writer
At least five elephants, a herd of zebras and thousands more animals from St. Petersburg’s zoo will find a new spacious home near the Yuntolovsky reserve by 2011.
A decision on the construction of the new zoo in the Primorsky district was announced by Governor Valentina Matviyenko last week at a meeting of City Hall.
“It should be done in such a way that the animals will be living not in ‘communal apartments’ [cramped multi-family residences common in downtown St. Petersburg] but in luxurious separate accommodation,” Matvienko said. That way, she said “we can watch them with pleasure.”
“The city needs a zoo that is part of nature and not the one trapped in the center of the city,” she said.
http://www.sptimes.ru/story/23019
U.S. zoo works with Mongolia to save endangered vulture
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
A U.S. zoo, working in cooperation with Mongolia, has reported success in hatching and raising an endangered cinereous vulture.
The vulture chick was born May 14 at the Denver Zoo. Zoo staff members had to assist the chick in breaking out of its shell. Weighing only one-half pound, the bird had to be hand-fed for its first seven weeks.
To assure the bird would adapt to a wildlife habitat, zoo staff fed the bird using a hand puppet vulture to prevent the chick from associating its being fed with human contact. Today, the chick weighs 16 pounds.
The cinereous vulture population in the world has been decimated through illegal hunting, poisoning and the general encroachment by human communities. It is estimated that only 7,000 to 10,000 cinereous vulture couples exist today.
The Denver Zoo has worked with Mongolian officials to tag and track the vultures within the country. The information has allowed officials to develop a conservation program for the birds.
The Denver Zoo has also begun a program of artificial insemination to increase the number of vultures in the wild.
http://www.mongolia-web.com/content/view/1368/2/
New York physician examines healthy party scene and zoo life in new Memphis home
By Michael Donahue
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Two-weeks into living in Memphis, New York transplant Dr. Dan Otten was in a party whirlwind.
Saturday afternoon, he listened to bands and strolled by the booths at the Cooper-Young Festival. That night, he traveled a few blocks north to Zoo Rendezvous at the Memphis Zoo.
Dan, who moved to Memphis to work at the Stern Cardiovascular Center, agreed with a fellow New York transplant who described Cooper-Young as a blend of the Chelsea and Greenwich Village areas of New York City.
As for Zoo Rendezvous, where guests dress in animal-print attire and party while the animals are asleep, Dan said, "As you bring closure to the summer, having such a festive event is original and invigorating."
Zoos, he said, are "oftentimes under-valued treasures of a city. And to have this kind of a celebration in that kind of a venue is great."
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2007/sep/18/transplanted/
High hopes for rare tiger birth in Jerusalem Biblical zoo
By Jonathan Lis
There is great anticipation at the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem where keepers believe that a pair of Sumatran tigers have successfully mated after a long period of time.
Hannah, the female tiger, was seen mating with Avigdor, her male partner, following an eight-month effort that is part of a major project to preserve the endangered sub-species. At the zoo, the hope is that Hannah will soon prove to be carrying a cub.
"We are almost certain that during their first mating, six weeks ago, Hannah was not impregnated," Shmulik Yafuv, chief zoologist at the zoo, said this week.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/904535.html
Lehigh Valley Zoo investigates death of 6-month-old Zebra
The Associated Press
SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. - Lehigh Valley Zoo officials are looking into the death of a six-month-old zebra colt.
Tests are being done on the remains of the zebra, which had suffered a serious bone fracture but otherwise appeared healthy with no outward sign of trauma.
In addition to the zebra, two horses and an ostrich have died at the zoo in the Trexler Nature Preserve in less than a month.
Executive Director Stacey Johnson says the deaths are unrelated, but have upset the zoo staff.
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Information from: The Morning Call, http://www.mcall.com
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-09182007-1409324.html
New zoo for Accra
2007-09-17 16:08:12
Accra - The Management of the Accra Zoo is determined to keep a zoo in Accra irrespective of the relocation of the previous one at Kumasi to pave way for the building of the Presidential Palace.
The new zoo, started two weeks ago in the heart of the Achimota Forest, already has some monkey species feared to be nearly extinct such as the White Napped Mangabey and Diana. There are also parrots, peacocks, a donkey and some ducks.
The collection being the core of the new zoo would be beefed up within the next couple of weeks with other animal species through the collaboration of the West Africa Primate Conservation Action (WAPCA), an NGO.
Dr Richard Suu-Ire, Manager, Accra Zoo, in an interview with the sub-region.
http://www.kessbenfm.com/news_read.php?nid=1045
New Accra To Zoo Boost Ghana’s Tourism Industry
In October 2006, Professor Dominic Fobih, the then Minister for Lands Forestry announced in a ministerial briefing that the Accra Zoo was going to be relocated to the Kumasi Zoo to make room for a new presidential complex.
According to the Minister, the zoo was going to be built by the Ghanaian Government in collaboration with the London Zoological Society.
Many tourism enthusiasts were quite disturbed about the idea of destroying the Accra Zoo which served as a good Tourism Destination for Ghana.
http://www.ghanabloggers.com/2007/09/18/new-accra-to-zoo-boost-ghanas-tourism-industry/
Zoo gets $1 million grant for new elephant exhibit
September 18, 2007
SAN DIEGO: The San Diego Zoo has received a nearly $1 million state grant to help build a new elephant exhibit. The zoo is weeks away from breaking ground on the $45 million project.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070918-9999-1m18b2briefs.html
Binder Park Zoo to host 'Cheetahs in Conflict'
Submitted by Binder Park Zoo
Binder Park Zoo is proud to welcome Mary Wykstra, Kenya Representative for the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), for an evening reception and lecture presentation on September 24th beginning at 5:30. Mary is on a tour throughout the U.S. to raise awareness on the issues facing cheetah survival in Kenya and the CCF's long-term conservation projects to help save this endangered animal.
The reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. with Hors d'oeuvres and beverages. Guests will have a chance to talk one-on-one with Mary about her work with cheetahs in Africa and then will get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at cheetah conservation in action at Binder Park Zoo.
http://battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/LIFESTYLE08/709180302
Chester Zoo dedicates lion cub to Rhys Jones
Sep 18 2007 by Ben Rossington, Liverpool Echo
LIONHEART Rhys Jones is having a cub dedicated to his memory at Chester Zoo.
The 11-year-old’s best pal James Rigby emailed bosses after seeing the newly-born Tejas on television and thinking of his friend.
He urged them to offer the cub in memory of Rhys, because he had the “heart of a lion.”
Now parents Melanie and Stephen will officially adopt the animal after being offered the opportunity by zoo bosses.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/09/18/chester-zoo-dedicates-lion-cub-to-rhys-jones-100252-19807411/
Zoo receives accreditation
© 2007, Springfield News-Leader
Dickerson Park Zoo has received accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the association announced today.
The Springfield zoo�s accreditation was granted by AZA�s independent accreditation commission.
To be accredited, the zoo underwent an investigation in areas including animal care, veterinary programs, conservation, education and safety.
AZA members must undergo an accreditation process every five years.
�Only the very best zoos and aquariums can meet tough Association of Zoos and Aquariums accreditation standards,� AZA President and CEO Jim Maddy said in a prepared statement.
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070918/BREAKING01/70918032
Zoo breeds extinct toads
Forty toadlets give species chance for survival
By Catherine Kavanaugh
Daily Tribune Staff Writer
ROYAL OAK -- The dark-colored Wyoming toads have a dark future, but a captive breeding program at the Detroit Zoo and one clutch of eggs found in the wild gives curators hope.
Forty gray and black toadlets born to a toad brought in from New York and his local mate grow bigger every day in a quarantined room inside the National Amphibian Conservation Center at the zoo.
Curator Donna Shock and her assistant, Becky Johnson, watch over the toads -- now the size of a fingernail -- like doting parents, keeping the water temperature just right and providing a steady diet of five to 10 fruit flies a day each.
http://www.dailytribune.com/stories/091307/loc_frogs001.shtml
Indian zoo tries to save baby elephant orphaned and hurt when mother killed by train
2007-09-21 - BHUBANESWAR, India
Veterinarians at a zoo in eastern India struggled Friday to save an orphaned baby elephant who was injured when a train killed its mother, officials said.
The 4-month-old elephant was brought to the Nandankanan Zoo in the city of Bhubaneswar with slight injuries, but its chances of surviving without its mother were estimated at 50 percent, said zoo director Ajit Patnaik. The Nandankanan zoo earlier had the opportunity to take care of more than 20 orphaned wild baby elephants and nearly 50...
http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=2761
Spicy Event: Zoo B Que brings its smoky flavor (and music and fun, too) to fall
by Lee B. Roberts
Journal Times
Tuesday, September 18, 2007 10:35 AM CDT
The sweet, smoky aroma of barbecue will fill the air this weekend when the second annual Zoo B Que takes place at the Racine Zoo.
This two-day benefit event, which is built around a national barbecue competition, sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society, is a feast for all the senses.
The tasty portion of the Zoo B Que kicks off Friday night with a CEO Grill Off and party, and continues Saturday with the national barbecue competition, featuring 30 contestants from six states. Friday night’s contest pits local executives (each with a professional teammate) against one another in creating grilled specialties, and includes a People’s Choice contest as well. On Saturday, visitors can watch contestants — ranging from novice to veteran grill masters — prepare several different kinds of meat, in hopes of winning over the judges with their culinary skills.
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2007/09/18/life/doc46eff0932af5f251456789.txt
Gather Up Your Little Ghosts and Goblins for Boo at the Zoo
Halloween is right around the corner and that means it's time for everyone's favorite Halloween event – Boo at the Zoo at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. The safe, fun-for-all-ages event runs October 18 to 21 and 25 to 28 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
New this year is Boo Bayou. Step into the mystical bayou and experience creatures of the swamp. Learn about the importance of wetlands and the creatures that live there. Boo Bayou is located across from the popular Monster Mash Dance Party near Waterfowl Lake.
See what the animals are like at night and roam the Zoo to see entertainers and costumed characters. This spooky, but not-too-scary event includes magic shows, puppet shows and the Creepy Crawly Critter Animal Show. Venture through the Not-So-Haunted Greenhouse and catch a ride on the Jack-O-Lantern Express. Listen to your favorite tunes as Radio Disney rocks the Zoo Amphitheater.
http://www.clemetzoo.com/pressroom/index.asp?action=details&pressrelease_id=1265
Indiana Girl Left Behind At Zoo On Church Trip
11-Year-Old Wandered City Alone For 6 Hours Before Finding Help
(CBS) MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. A young girl from Indiana found herself alone in Chicago after she was left behind following a church outing.
Her mother says the 11-year-old was with her church group at the Lincoln Park Zoo, but she says her daughter was left to wander around Chicago by herself.
CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli spoke to the mother and daughter Tuesday in an exclusive interview.
Fairhaven Baptist Church in Chesterton, Ind., routinely takes its young members on field trips. Trouble is, Taylor Neal found herself left behind after one of those trips. The church would not comment Tuesday about the incident.
“I wasn’t scared at all,” Taylor said.
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_261184536.html
Motorist Runs Down Ducklings Outside Zoo
POSTED: 6:06 pm EDT September 18, 2007
UPDATED: 7:16 pm EDT September 18, 2007
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. -- Carol Kirshenbaum can't get the images out of her mind.
"I have never seen anything like that done deliberately," she said.
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Kirshenbaum said she watched in horror Saturday afternoon as a driver intentionally ran over two Muscovy ducklings from Bridgeton's Cohanzick Zoo just outside the zoo's entrance.
"One minute, two little cute babies are crossing the street, and the next minute they're on their sides, kicking and bloody," Kirshenbaum said.
http://www.nbc10.com/news/14144850/detail.html
MarylandZoo.TV - Brew at the Zoo (Video)
http://blip.tv/file/385778
Topeka Zoo steadily attempting to roar back
Cub's birth, reaccreditation seen as significant steps
By Barbara Hollingsworth
The Capital-Journal
Published Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Adia is putting on a show.
Her mom, Asante, saunters near the outskirts of the Lion's Pride exhibit where human moms point at her for small children in strollers. Three-month-old Adia sneaks up behind Asante.
http://www.cjonline.com/stories/091907/loc_200827244.shtml
Gardening Field Trip Flora at the NC Zoo
By Dolly R. Sickles
Posted: Sep. 19, 2007
All right all you wild animals and tracked-out kids, today the optimistic gardeners are making a road trip to the North Carolina Zoo in the lovely little town of Asheboro.
Just a quick 45-minute or hour trip from the capital city, the Zoo will be a hopping place today. No oppressive temperatures, no glaring direct sun, no summertime overcrowding. Just cool fresh air and rustling trees.
http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/house_and_home/blogpost/1834282/
Buffalo Zoo Receives AZA Accreditation
Sep 18, 2007 06:44 PM EDT
(Buffalo, NY, September 18, 2007) - - The Buffalo Zoo was granted full professional accreditation for the next four years by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) at the organization's national conference being held this week in Philadelphia. James W. Smyton, chair of the Zoo's board of directors and Dr. Donna M. Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, attended the hearing of the accreditation commission held on Sunday, September 16th.
http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7094927
Queen of Spain visits the giant pandas in Madrid Zoo
By m.p. - Sep 19, 2007 - 6:17 PM
Queen Sofía was at Madrid Zoo on Wednesday, for the official presentation of the pair of giant pandas which have been loaned to Spain by China following a visit by the King and Queen to Beijing this June.
Seven year old Bing Xing (Ice Star) and four year old Hua Zui Ba (Coloured Mouth) arrived at the zoo on 8th September, and are amongst only five giant pandas in Europe, and the only two in Spain. It is hoped that they will breed in the 10 years they are due to remain here.
The male, Bing Xing, was the only one of the pair who was seen during the ceremony which took place outside the panda house, and which included a rendition of ‘The Song of the Panda’ by children from the Beata Filipina primary school in Madrid.
It was composed in memory of Chulín, who was born in Madrid Zoo in 1982 and died there in 1996.
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_12558.shtml
Zoo's baby elephant turns 6 months old
650-lb. toddler shows off tricks to celebrate
By Sheldon S. Shafer
sshafer@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Scotty, the Louisville Zoo's pride and joy, can raise each of his legs on command and, at least sometimes, can hold on to the tail of his mother, Mikki, with his still-developing trunk.
In addition to learning a trick or two, the baby African elephant is learning to be calm around people and to show some patience, said Dave Campbell, the zoo's elephant-area supervisor.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/709190818/1008/NEWS01
Discount online for Zoo
Florida residents can get 50 percent off admission through November with a discount ticket available for purchase online at www.napleszoo.org.
The public can see the new Leopard Rock exhibit, a baby Colobus monkey and new animals in the Zoo's featured wildlife areas.
Regular price for Zoo admission is $18.50 for adults and $9.95 for children ages 3 to 12. Full-day resident tickets are $9.25 for adults and $4.95 for children.
As an added value, visitors who become zoo members will get full ticket price credit toward the purchase of an individual, family or grandparent Zoo membership.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18827956&BRD=2605&PAG=461&dept_id=523946&rfi=6
Yahoo, Yahoo, Yahoo, I went to the Zoo
Yeeeeeeahhhhhhh!!!!
I went to the zoo yesterday, the tropical zoo in Palm Cove to be exact, and I loved it!!!!!! It was definitely one of the highlights of my stay...
And guess what! I cuddled a Koala, lots of Kangaroos and Wallabies and a Wombat... well, I didn't exactly cuddle the wombat, but I could pet it... cranky little buggers...
But the Koalas were amazing and they had a maternal station with baby koalas.... they're called joeys...
and I saw a breeding cassowary and dingoes and cockatoos and budgies and parrots and snakes and lizards and emus and frogs and kookabooras and cute zookeepers and northern hairy nosed wombats and southern hairy nosed wombats and common wombats and crocs (lots of diffrent sized crocs, freshwater, salties etc) and....
So it was soooo exciting....
http://www.travelblog.org/Australasia/Australia/Queensland/Cairns/blog-203580.html
Denver Zoo: New hours, lower fees start Oct. 1
By Rocky Mountain News
September 21, 2007
New hours and lower fees are on the horizon at the Denver Zoo as summer fades into the sunset.
Starting Oct. 1 through the end of March, the zoo will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission tickets will be on sale until 4 p.m. each day.
Admission fees during that period will be $9 for ages 12-64; $5 for children 3-11; and $7 for visitors age 65 and up.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5704037,00.html
Bellin Health Donates Ultrasound to NEW Zoo
Sep 19, 2007 05:27 PM EDT
The NEW Zoo staff in Suamico can cross a much-needed piece of medical equipment off its wish list. Bellin Health donated an ultrasound machine to the zoo.
Bellin recently purchased new machines and didn't know what to do with its older model, until a Bellin official took a trip to the zoo and realized its animal hospital needed an ultrasound machine.
Zoo director Neil Anderson says this donation will significantly upgrade the level of care for the animals.
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=7100670
Knoxville Zoo uses animals as teaching tools for Knox County students
By: LaSaundra Brown, Reporter
Date created: 9/19/2007 3:42:24 PM
Last updated: 9/21/2007 9:39:58 AM
The zoo is just one of six different museums around town the kids will visit, to learn about social studies and science. The zoo has found the program to be a great way to engage kids. Chad Fifer is the zoo's education specialist. He says animals can relate to just about every school subject.
http://www.wbir.com/life/programming/local/liveatfive/story.aspx?storyid=49245&provider=gnews
Local moms plead: 'Oprah, save our zoo!
Two local women are taking the plight of The Zoo to a higher authority: The Oprah Winfrey Show.
"We're just stay at home moms, and we love The Zoo," said Keena Landrum.
She and Linda Kellner are faithful watchers of the Oprah show, and one day Landrum visited the show's website where there was a question about "Why is your community so great?"
http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2007/0920/Community/008.html
Zoo move on hold again as safari park plan axed
By Ashfaq Ahmed, Staff Reporter
Published: September 19, 2007, 23:21
Dubai: Animals cramped in Dubai's small zoo will continue to suffer as construction of a new bigger zoo has once again been delayed, Gulf News has learnt.
Although a Dubai Municipality official said in July construction of the new Dubai Zoo would start in August, the ambitious plan to have the biggest zoo in the region, which included a safari and night zoo, never took off as the project has been thrown out of Dubailand - the last planned venue for the zoo.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/09/20/10154773.html
Students, socialites rally 'round The Zoo
FROM STAFF REPORTS Gulf Breeze News
news@gulfbreezenews.com
Traci L. Pitre/Special to Gulf Breeze News Joe Snider enjoys the train ride at the Zoo during the recent Rotary Family Day celebration while his father Paul watches ahead for the wildebeest.
Santa Rosa County students are pitching in to "change" the future of The Zoo of Northwest Florida - by donating loose change to help raise funds!
"Our community is so excited about this effort that there was already a bucket of change waiting at the front office this morning when I arrived to set out the collection bottles," says school coordinator, Kim Aldridge, Gulf Breeze Elementary School teacher. "Thousands of students visit The Zoo each year and we need to show our support. It makes 'cents' that together we can make a difference to save our wonderful zoo. We can help them one coin at a time!"
http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2007/0920/Front_Page/003.html
Change is Good
Posted at 12:38 pm September 19, 2007 by Suzanne Hall
Fall is coming, and change is in the air at the San Diego Zoo’s Giant Panda Research Station. Last week the weather changed again, and we have had delightfully cool mornings followed by moderate daytime temperatures for several days. The new bus route past the panda facility has proved to be pretty uneventful for the bears (see blog, A New Day in Panda Canyon), as a few days out Mei Sheng and Su Lin don’t even blink when the buses pass by. Mei Sheng is being prepped for his departure to China, scheduled to occur sometime next month. But the biggest changes are visible right there on the Panda Cam.
Our not-so-giant panda is growing by leaps and bounds! I watched her closely on Sunday and Monday night (my data collection nights until late next month) and was amazed. She is so big now that it is hard for Bai Yun to lie down and hold the baby up off the ground. Invariably, when she is picked up, parts of her slop over momma’s paws and flop onto the ground. Only when sitting in an upright posture can Bai Yun seem to contain the cub on her body!
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/change-is-good/
The Sounds of Shoebills
Posted at 8:23 am September 19, 2007
by Matt Anderson
Studying animal bioacoustics and unraveling the meaning of calls doesn’t come as first nature to us. We are primarily visual animals and as such perceive our world, first and foremost, in terms of what we see around us. Many other species utilize other senses much more readily. If we are to truly understand the sensory ecology of another species we really need to imagine ourselves in their world.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/the-sounds-of-shoebills/
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