How to tell a jaguar to stick out its tongue and say "ahh"
By Jessa Franck, Keeper
Imagine you’re a Zookeeper working with the giraffes. You are putting a flake of alfalfa in the hay feeder when you notice the youngest female has a cut by her eye. She’s moving around so much that it’s hard to get a good look at the injury. What do you do? Anesthetizing any animal is risky and giraffes are among the worst due to their height and sensitive nature. Fortunately, you have been training the giraffes to accept brief examinations. You call her over to the training platform and reward her with small pieces of apple, grapes, and acacia leaves as she calmly touches her nose to a pole after hearing the command “target.” She starts to back up and you say “move up” then “eye” and “ear” as you manipulate the corresponding parts. The vet is standing next to you and he also has a chance to look over the injury. The cut is smaller than you first imagined and no treatment will be necessary other than daily monitoring for infection.

http://sacramentozoo.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-tell-jaguar-to-stick-out-its.html



BRONX ZOO: Yanks could hire new manager this week
Home News Tribune Online 10/24/07
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TAMPA: The New York Yankees could hire a new manager by the end of this week.""It's possible,'' Hank Steinbrenner said Wednesday, adding that the process could extend longer. ""We want to get it done as soon as possible.''
Hank, son of owner George Steinbrenner, spoke on his way into Legends Field before first-base coach Tony Pena became the third candidate to interview for the job that opened when Joe Torre quit last week. Yankees broadcaster Joe Girardi interviewed Monday and bench coach Don Mattingly on Tuesday.

http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/NEWS/71024014/1001/rss



Zoo Welcomes New Tiger Cubs
- 1 day ago - publicbroadcasting.net
The Buffalo Zoo announced Tuesday the births of two endangered Amur tiger cubs Amur tigers, formally called Siberian tigers, are the largest of the tiger species and are native to eastern Russia, northeastern China and northern regions of North Korea.

http://www.care2.com/news/member/100041282/519879



There is plenty of fun to be had at the Little Rock Zoo.
Boo at the Zoo is Arkansas’ largest Halloween festival that features trick-or-treating in a safe environment along with spooky lights, fun rides, great concessions, and other fun offerings.
This year’s Boo at the Zoo will feature VIP appearances from Sponge Bob Square Pants, Tigger, Scooby Doo, and Elmo each night of the event.
Boo at the Zoo offers extras such as the Haunted Train, Fun House, Haunted House, Beauty Shop of Horrors, and our nightly Creatures of the Night animal demonstration on the Civitan Amphitheatre stage.
Boo at the Zoo starts Oct. 24 through Oct. 31.

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=55169



Zoo Mourns the Loss of a Lioness
The Santa Barbara Zoo is mourning the loss of a very special member of its community, African Lioness "Kali". She was euthanized on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old lion was put to sleep because the Zoo wasn't able to treat her age-related illnesses.
Many will remember Kali for her calm disposition and powerful yet graceful presence.
She moved to the Zoo in 1985 when she was ten weeks old and has helped raise two lion cubs. She was the oldest lion in an accredited zoo.
The CEO of the zoo says she was one of the most photographed and popular animals at the zoo and she will be missed.
Her unfortunate death proceeds a special annual event at the Zoo this weekend called Boo at the Zoo.
Story Created: Oct 24, 2007 at 6:13 PM PDT
Story Updated: Oct 25, 2007 at 10:31 AM PDT

http://www.keyt.com/news/local/10779736.html



Zoo Mourns the Loss of a Lioness

http://www.keyt.com/news/local/10779736.html?video=YHI&t=a&randpre=9520462



Zoo to start breeding program with new African elephant
By MATT CAMPBELL
The Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Zoo announced Wednesday that it has acquired a new female African elephant and will attempt to start a breeding program.
All it needs now is a male.
Zoe, a 22-year-old, arrived at the zoo Tuesday after a 14-hour truck ride from the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas.
“Zoe has an attitude,” said zoo director Randy Wisthoff.
While she is in quarantine, she can be viewed from an overlook outside the elephant barn, weather permitting. She will be introduced to the zoo’s six other female elephants.
The others are all over 25 years old and thought to be too old to produce calves, said Liz Harmon, general curator.
Wisthoff said the Association of Zoos and Aquariums has approved the zoo becoming an elephant-breeding facility, as has the Elephant Species Survival Plan, a cooperative agreement among zoos.
He said the zoo has begun its search for a bull elephant.
If one cannot be obtained, the zoo will explore an artificial insemination program, he said.
The zoo has one of the largest elephant facilities in North America. The zoo previously had two bull elephants, including the venerable Casey, but both died.
To reach Matt Campbell, call 816-234-4905 or send e-mail to mcampbell@kcstar.com .
To reach Matt Campbell, call 816-234-4905 or send e-mail to mcampbell@kcstar.com.

http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/331863.html



Boo At The Zoo Scares Up Fun For Everyone!

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Zoo director resigns amid financial woes
By DUSTY RICKETTS, Florida Freedom Newspapers'
2007-10-25 08:30:00
GULF BREEZE — The Zoo Northwest Florida is preparing for a transition following the resignation of its long-time executive director and the hiring of his replacement.
Doug Kemper submitted his resignation last week, said Chuck Emling, president of The Gulf Coast Zoological Society, which oversees The Zoo. Kemper’s resignation was approved Tuesday at the society’s meeting.
Kemper, who is out of the country and could not be reached for comment, has been at The Zoo for about six years.

http://community.emeraldcoast.com/articles/zoo_19502___article.html/kemper_financial.html



Old age catches up with Santa Barbara Zoo's popular lion Kali
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 10/25/2007 05:29:19 AM PDT
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—Old age finally caught up with the Santa Barbara Zoo's popular lion Kali.
The 22-year-old African lion was euthanized by zoo officials this week because of Kali's many age-related problems.
Kali, short for Kalahari, first arrived at the zoo as a 10-week-old cub.
But veterinary care could no longer ease the animal's age-related discomfort.
For many years, Kali faced kidney problems and the decision to euthanize the lion came after assessing her quality of life. Medications weren't working and she refused to eat.
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Information from: Santa Barbara News-Press, http://www.newspress.com

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_7276984?nclick_check=1


Zoo seeking volunteers
If you like animals and children and have some free time, the Pueblo Zoo wants to meet you.
The zoo has openings for volunteers for its Animal ABCs program for kindergarten students. Marti Osborn, associate director and education curator, said the new program has become quite popular, enough so that the zoo needs more bodies to fill the requests.
"We really need volunteers for this program, particularly," said Osborn.
Training includes learning about various animals. Some of the studying can be done at home with a DVD, if necessary.

http://www.chieftain.com/life/1193292404/2



Things go bump in the night — and day — at zoo
WEST AKRON — The Akron Zoo’s 19th annual Boo at the Zoo celebration got under way Oct. 18 for several days and nights of nonscary fun for families.
On Oct. 19, Ward Doornbos, 5, of Copley, ventured out in his Captain Hook costume, as shown above right.
Pictured below left is Evan Pomeraning, 6, of North Hill, wearing a Special Forces costume, who takes a break from the revelry with a dragon.

http://www.akron.com/20071025/csl5.asp



'Little Zoo' seeks zoning for new site
Gulf Shores Planning Commission unanimously favors rezoning donated plot
Thursday, October 25, 2007
By RYAN DEZEMBER
Staff Reporter
GULF SHORES -- The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo took another step toward relocating to high and dry land north of the Intracoastal Waterway on Tuesday, winning the Planning Commission's unanimous support to rezone a tract off Baldwin County 6 to accommodate the menagerie.
The land -- 25 acres just east of Alabama 59 -- was given to the zoo in July 2006 by the family of local entrepreneur Clyde Weir and his daughter Andrea Weir Franklin, who own the Souvenir City shops in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.
Weir said at the time that his family decided to donate the tract after seeing the zoo's hurricane-related struggles in 2004 and 2005 depicted in the prime time Animal Planet series "The Little Zoo That Could."

http://www.al.com/news/press-register/baldwin.ssf?/base/news/119330390317810.xml&coll=3



Jungle Palms Restaurant and Zoo
by Steve
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Last July, an OCThen reader named Cindy asked if anyone remembers a little zoo in Fullerton, featuring a gorilla with a head wound...
Does anyone else remember the little zoo in Fullerton on Raymond and Orangethorpe? I remember going there last around 1970. It was next to the old Laura Scudders plant and the Akua Lodge Motel. They had a chimp that sometimes the zookeeper would let me hold and a big, sad old gorilla. The last time I saw the gorilla he had a head wound that was bleeding. I guess it is just as well it's no longer there as I don't think they took such great care of the animals.
By Cindy
We received the following response from "Eve"...

http://www.octhen.com/2007/10/jungle-palms-restaurant-and-zoo.htm



San Diego zoo ordered closed, Wild Animal park in immediate danger
Firefighters attempt to save homes in Rancho Bernardo, California, USA on 22 October 2007. More than a dozen wildfires have engulfed Southern California, killing at least one person, injuring dozens more and threatening scores of structures County officals have reported.. EPA/SEAN MASTERSON

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/usa/news/article_1367662.php/San_Diego_zoo_ordered_closed_Wild_Animal_park_in_immediate_danger



North Carolina State Zoo Announces "Big Sweep" a Success
The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, NC, announced that local efforts as part of the annual state wide litter collection effort held in September was a success and also set a new record for the total amount of litter collected. There was also a record turn out of volunteers who turned out to participate in the North Carolina annual event.
Originally founded as Beach Sweep in the late 1980's as a hastily planned effort to clean up debris and trash along coastal waters, the event attracted over 1,000 volunteers who gathered up more than 14 tons of trash and water clogging debris. In 1989 the annual event grew to become known as the Big Sweep which was the United States first state wide waterway cleanup event. Boasting more than 230,000 volunteers and over eight million tons of debris collected from waterways, the Big Sweep organization is also involved in such stewardship projects as the Marina Monofilament Line Recycling Project, the Pier Litter Educational Campaign, as well as the 12-month Adopt-A-Beach program.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/425237/north_carolina_state_zoo_announces.html



Mill Mountain Zoo unveils statue of Ruby the Tiger (10/25)
Ruby the Tiger may be gone but the Mill Mountain Zoo has found a way for her to be remembered.
This morning the zoo unveiled a statue of the tiger. Ruby was part of the zoo family for 18 years until she died in December.
This sculpture is eight feet long and weighs about 250 pounds.
Ruby was loved in life and even in death. Despite the rain, a group of onlookers came out to see the latest attraction.
Mill Mountain Zoo Director Sean Greene said, "When you say Ruby, it just was she was larger than life. She was the face of the zoo up here. She was so important to the growth of the zoo and we have been thinking about a way that we could fittingly tribute her."
It took six weeks to make the sculpture and another week to paint it.

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=7265360



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Two coastguards required to serve in Kaohsiung zoo
Friday, October 26, 2007
The China Post news staff
KAOSHIUNG, Taiwan -- A Kaohsiung district prosecutor has ordered two coastguards to serve in the zoo in the southern Taiwan port city for 160 hours each.
Sergeant Chen Yi-teh was found to have ridden a sea turtle on Taiping Island of the Spratley Archipelago. Another sergeant, Liao Wen-tai, picked up a baby sea turtle and made a gesture of eating it up. Both of them had their pictures of cruelty to the sea turtles taken. Neither of them were prosecuted for cruelty to animals on Tuesday, however. Instead, they were required to report to the Kaohsiung city zoo for 160 hours of volunteer work.
"It is hoped," the prosecutor said, "that the two sergeants will learn how to take good care of animals in the zoo."

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2007/10/26/128181/Two-coastguards.htm



Zoo introduces new elephant, Zoe
By MATT CAMPBELL
The Kansas City Star
Zoe the elephant got a good deal.
The Kansas City Zoo’s newest addition to its pachyderm pack comes from a small zoo in Waco, Texas, where she had one companion. Here she will inhabit one of the largest elephant yards in the country with six other females.
“It’s like coming to an elephant penthouse,” said Scott McCall, manager of the elephant staff.
This afternoon Zoe explored a pen outside the large elephant barn within sight of some of the other residents, who were well aware of a newcomer in their midst.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking_news/story/332717.html



Zoo gets three giraffes after 14 years
LAHORE: The Lahore Zoo has bought three giraffes, which will arrive from South Africa on November 2. The Lahore Zoo did not have any giraffe since the last one died after swallowing a plastic bag 14 years ago. The announcement of the purchase was made by the Wildlife Department, which permitted the purchase of a pair of southern giraffes (found in South Africa) for Rs 4.788 million. The giraffes had not reached yet because their international permit and exit were being arranged.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C26%5Cstory_26-10-2007_pg13_6



Famous Animals Quiz
Posted by Officer Crabtree at 09:49 on 27 Oct 2007
Another self completing quiz - groan.
Usual principle - think of a famous animal - zoos, pets, in films for each letter of the alphabet - give provenence if your choice is unusual.
NB We will not be including Fifi your pet poodle as she is only famous in your house.
Example: T = Trigger - (Roy Rogers' horse)

http://my.telegraph.co.uk/officer_crabtree/october_2007/famous_animals_quiz.htm



Favoritest Photo of the Week: Boo Bear
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Normally, we're not big fans of zoos, but we're staying objective for the selection of our Favoritest Photo of the Week. Nothing this week has simultaneously put The Slug in the Halloween spirit and made us say "awwwwww!" more than this grizzly bear stuffing her face in a jack-o-lantern. Carve out the original caption:

http://asapblogs.typepad.com/theslug/2007/10/favoritest-ph-2.html



Decision on fate of Potter Park arctic foxes to come tonight
Evening update
Kathleen Lavey
Lansing State Journal
UPDATED 5:50 P.M. - Dr. Dean Sienko said he wants a decision tonight as to whether Potter Park Zoo’s arctic foxes will have to be euthanized.
One of the foxes nipped the finger of a 10-year-old boy who climbed over the barrier to their enclosure last Saturday, zoo officials said.
Sienko said he was informed of the incident today.
If the boy’s family agrees to a series of rabies shots, the foxes will live. If not, the foxes will have to be killed for an autopsy, the only way to determine whether rabies is present.
The foxes have been vaccinated for rabies and are healthy, said zoo Director Gerry Brady.
The problem, Sienko said: The rabies vaccine was developed for dogs and is not licensed for use in foxes.
Brady said the boy’s mother doesn’t want him to have to undergo a series of rabies shots, so the foxes may have to be killed. Autopsy is the only way to determine whether an animal carries the rabies virus.
Brady said it’s impossible to tell which of the foxes nipped the boy, but that all of the animals have been vaccinated.
“They’re very healthy,” Brady said.
Check back at www.lsj.com for updates on this story.

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007310260005



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Happy Tree Friends - Part II

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