Zoos
Babies Found to be Resistant to Behavior Manipulation.....
Wilmington, DE-A recently concluded 10-year, seven million dollar study of the effectiveness of common methods of influencing behavior on infants has found that children under a year of age are suprisingly resistant.
"We looked at everything," Drexel University and lead researcher Clement Scott explained. "Reverse psychology, peer pressure, modeling, positive variable ratio reinforcement, even verbal abuse and threats of physical harm. And across the board they weren't effected. These findings may finally explain why so few babies join cults or health clubs."
http://knudsensnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/babies-found-to-be-resistant-to.html
FS: Mean Green Zoos $1.50 per polyp *PICS*
Can frag however many you want, have about 100 on this rock..
$1.50 per polyp. If you take more than 20 polyps I will sell them for only $1 each.
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=53606
Facility for African elephants under way in Somerset County
Saturday, October 20, 2007
By Linda Wilson Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
FAIRHOPE, Pa. -- Ground was broken yesterday and construction will begin Tuesday on a 10,000-square-foot building that will house three African elephants that are moving in the spring to the International Conservation Center from the Philadelphia Zoo.
The 724-acre center in Somerset County is being developed, built and operated by the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.
The first building, which can house four elephants, will be the cornerstone of "elephant breeding and other conservation management programs," said Dr. Barbara Baker, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Zoo.
Future construction plans include a one-acre indoor facility that will house up to 20 elephants and a large indoor arena for exercise in winter months. The property, operated for many years as a hunting ranch, has many wooded acres as well as 20 paddocks ranging in size from five to 20 acres. The entire property is surrounded by a 10-foot-high electric fence.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07293/827037-338.stm
For artist, studying was for the birds
Best of Show winner says he never got lesson with brush, had much to learn about animals
By Paul Huggins
phuggins@decaturdaily.com · 340-2395
When Danny O'Driscoll says studying is for the birds, he means it — literally.
The winner of the Tuck Stone Best of Show Award for the Southern Wildlife Festival claims he's never had an art lesson in his life.
"It's just God-given talent," O'Driscoll said, standing in front of his acrylic painting of two yellowhammers and a pink camellia, the state bird and flower, respectively.
His booth is filled with dozens of works for which his livelihood depends, but two charcoal drawings he drew as an 8-year-old seemed to give him the most pride Friday night.
The cardinal and hummingbird were hardly the equal of his current works but they reveal the rare ability he had as a child.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/071020/bird.shtml
For some suburbs, it's a zoo out there
The call of the wild is too close to home for some; others enjoy the wild kingdom in their back yards.
By Jim Adams, Star Tribune
Last update: October 18, 2007 – 8:04 PM
Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
For more information, contact the Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management at icwdm.org
Turkeys and deer and bear. Even coyotes howling in the night.
A trip up north to the Boundary Waters?
No, just sights and sounds in many Twin Cities suburbs, where increasing numbers of wild animals are moving into green spaces, delighting some but becoming public safety hazards for others.
"Deer, geese, coyotes, fox and turkeys have adapted and take advantage of food provided by people" and their gardens, said Bryan Lueth, urban wildlife manager for the Department of Natural Resources. "I just got a call today from a guy walking his dog in Roseville who saw a coyote and wondered if he had something to fear."
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1494281.html
Piglets star at tiger zoo
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2007
Source: ITN
A quintet of piglets are stealing the limelight at a tiger zoo in Thailand.
Zoo keepers at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Bangkok have given the pigs centre stage to celebrate the Chinese year of the Pig.
The piglets are starring in a show which starts with five-month old Tong running into the auditorium to release a sign with his snout that reads 'Welcome to Sriracha Tiger Zoo'.
Fellow performers Bang, Bon, Lei and Ley are then taken through their paces by trainer Surat Tiplaksaa.
First up, they twirl around on pedestals - sometimes falling off, to the delight of the crowd. Next, the hoops are lit and Bang leaps (some would say lumbers) through the burning rings.
But his motivation extends beyond merely wowing the crowd, he gets rewarded with a biscuit when he completes the task.
And in five months of pig shows at the zoo, not a loin of pork has been charred.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/piglets+star+at+tiger+zoo/937482
Pittsburgh Zoo Breaks Gound For New Elephant Sanctuary In Somerset
POSTED: 12:34 pm EDT October 19, 2007
UPDATED: 1:03 pm EDT October 19, 2007
FAIRHOPE, Pa. -- Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium officials broke ground on Friday on construction of a new 10,000 square-foot building at the International Conservation Center in Somerset County.
The building is the first of several that will be the cornerstone of elephant breeding and other conservation management programs. The first building will provide housing for at least four elephants and will be ready in time for the arrival of the Philadelphia Zoo's three elephants: Petal, 51; Kallie, 24; and Bette, 24, in the spring.
"We are thrilled to take this first step in the development of our Conservation Center," said Dr. Barbara Baker, president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/14378072/detail.html
Great Zoo launch, community party today
The Journal Gazette
Kid-friendly events today in Fort Wayne include:
*The Great Zoo Halloween begins Friday at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, 3411 Sherman Blvd. From 6 to 8:30 p.m. weeknights and 5 to 8:30 p.m. on weekends, zoo paths will be lined with hundreds of decorated pumpkins.
Features include moved and TV characters in pumpkin displays. Admission is $6 for children and $4 for adults. Ends Oct. 31.
*On Friday, Keystone Schools is hosting a Community Fall Festival from 3 to 10:30 p.m. at the main campus, 1800 Laverne Ave.
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071019/LOCAL/71019008/1002/LOCAL
Pittsburgh Zoo Breaks Gound For New Elephant Sanctuary In Somerset
2007-10-19 - Fairhope, United States
Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium officials broke ground on Friday on construction of a new 10,000 square-foot building at the International Conservation Center in Somerset County. The building is the first of several that will be the cornerstone of elephant breeding and other conservation management programs. The first building will provide housing for at least four elephants and will be ready in time for the arrival of the Philadelphia Zoos three elephants: Petal, 51; Kallie, 24; and Bette, 24, ...
http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=2862
Our Lion Girls’ New Home!
Posted at 10:52 am October 19, 2007 by Marcia Redding
Last week, Abena and Bakari, the young females from Lion Camp at the Wild Animal Park, made the trip to their new home at the John Ball Zoo in Michigan (see Marcia’s previous blog, Bon Voyage, Lion Girls). They loaded beautifully and calmly into their crates; all our patient training really paid off. In fact, after being moved by truck to the trailer that would transport them all the way to Michigan, they were calm enough to have some lunch. Forty pounds (18 kilograms) of their carnivore diet accompanied them, some frozen - plenty to give them time to transition onto a new diet if necessary. The journey, which took several days, was uneventful and the girls arrived safely and in good spirits.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wordpress/default/our-lion-girls-new-home/
UC Riverside entices students with cockroach petting zoo
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 10/19/2007 04:45:23 PM PDT
RIVERSIDE, Calif.—Thinking about the University of California, Riverside for college? Then come pet our cockroaches!
That's the message UC Riverside is using to attract students and parents to an upcoming recruitment fair that will feature a cockroach petting zoo. The zoo will include several species of roach, including ones that emit a foul, ammonia-like scent and the famous, palm-sized Madagascar hissing cockroach.
Also in plentiful supply: rubber gloves for the squeamish.
The Nov. 3 event targets local high school students interested in careers as science teachers or engineers, said Steve Gomez, co-director of The Copernicus Project, one of two campus programs sponsoring the event.
It's the second time that UC Riverside, which has a well-respected entomology department, has used the cockroach zoo to entice potential recruits.
"Everybody gets grossed out at first," Gomez said. "But then they find out what uses they have in agriculture, like pest elimination."
Gomez said he held the giant Madagascar hissing roach in May and it nearly covered his palm. The bugs seem to enjoy being held, he said.
"I'm not a big cockroach fan," he said. "I held it for about five seconds and I gladly gave it back."
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University of Riverside, California: http://www.ucr.edu/
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_7227834?nclick_check=1
Frightfully Fun Festivities for All at Brookfield Zoo’s Boo! at the Zoo
Brookfield, IL—From crazy costumes and trick-or-treating
to haunted hayrides and pumpkin carving demonstrations, Brookfield Zoo’s annual Boo! at the Zoo festival is the perfect way to celebrate Halloween, and the Chicago Zoological Society is inviting everyone to attend! The not-so-scary event will be
held on Saturdays and Sundays, October 20-21 and 27-28, beginning at 11:00 a.m. each day.
There’s no safer or more exciting way for families to enjoy Halloween, and guests can look forward to one of Chicagoland’s largest costume parades, an impressive costume showcase, Zoo Chats and much more!
http://www.oakparkjournal.com/2007/2007-B00-at-the-zoo-0ct.html
Oregon Zoo hosts howling good time
Friday, October 19, 2007
PORTLAND - Families can trick-or-treat and learn more about wildlife during "Howloween" at the Oregon Zoo. Howloween, presented by Sterling Savings Bank, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 27 and 28, at the zoo. Howloween is free with general zoo admission. In keeping with the zoo's mission, this event is educational as well as fun. An intriguing scavenger hunt directs trick-or-treaters to easily accessible activity stations throughout the zoo in order to collect candy or prizes. The activities are themed to dispel myths about animals, such as "blind as a bat." "Kids of all ages can hunt for candy and prizes while in the company of some of the world's most exciting and exotic animals," said Tony Vecchio, zoo director. "When children and adults visit the zoo, we hope they make a connection with the animals that promotes caring about their future."
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1192821719272140.xml&coll=6
Collier could pay off zoo
By Laura Layden (Contact)oo loan six years early
Friday, October 19, 2007
The loan that saved the Naples Zoo may be paid off six years early.
Last month, Collier County government made another payment of $1,565,000, reducing the loan amount to $23,335,000.
“We will be very close to paying it off in ‘09,” said Mike Smykowski, the county’s budget director.
The money for the recent payment came from the state’s Florida Forever program. The county received $9,898,650 from the program in June.
The remainder of the state money will go toward creating a 79-acre park next to the zoo.
“I think it will take all of it,” said Amanda Townsend, operations analyst with Collier’s Parks and Recreation Department, of the project.
About two years ago, Collier County borrowed $35.9 million to purchase the land under and around the landmark zoo to keep it out of the hands of developers.
http://www.bonitanews.com/news/2007/oct/19/collier_county_close_paying_naples_zoo_loan/
Zoo officials break ground for elephant habitat
By Allison M. Heinrichs
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Ceremoniously sinking golden shovels Friday into the rain-soaked dirt of Somerset County, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia zoo officials cemented what they hope will be a happy retirement for the country's oldest female African elephant.
Petal, 53, is scheduled to come to Western Pennsylvania from the Philadelphia Zoo next spring along with the zoo's other African elephants -- Bette, 23 and Kallie, 24.
The three will be the first elephants to occupy a $1.5 million, 10,000-square-foot elephant barn being built at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium's International Conservation Center.
"I got all mushy on the way out here because this is truly an historical moment," said Barbara Baker, president of Pittsburgh Zoo, as she rode on a hay tractor to the site of the elephant barn on the 724-acre conservation center in Fairhope, a small township about two hours east of Pittsburgh.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_533676.html
Dakota Zoo Expansion
Oct 19 2007 10:53PM
KXMBTV Bismarck
Tigers, spider monkeys, and wallabies...what do they have in common? These animals will be featured in new million-dollar exhibits at the Dakota Zoo in Bismarck next summer.
A new Siberian Tiger and Snow Leopard exhibit is under construction right now.
Zoo Assistant Director Rod Fried says this million dollar project will have features similar to the Brown Bear exhibit but it will be bigger...
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=172936
Stingray Bay returns to Phoenix Zoo
Kelly Wilson, Tribune
It has been years since “Jaws” put fear into our hearts, but sharks are still just as popular as ever.
In an annual event, the Discovery Channel dedicated a week to them in early August. And the Phoenix Zoo has added sharks to Stingray Bay, an interactive exhibit with a 12,000-gallon “touch tank,” which returns to the zoo today.
The exhibit will feature seven white-spotted sharks and four nurse sharks, along with seven southern stingrays and 33 cow-nose stingrays.
Stingray Bay exhibit supervisor Erin Mayall says the zoo wanted to bring something new to the exhibit this year and thought sharks would be a good fit.
“It’s visually more exciting,” she says. “People love sharks. … We wanted to give (guests) a little bit more information about some of the different species that are out there in our oceans and what we could do to protect them.”
So what’s the difference between the two sharks?
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/99999
Collier could pay off zoo loan six years early
By Laura Layden
Friday, October 19, 2007
The loan that saved the Naples Zoo may be paid off six years early.
Last month, Collier County government made another payment of $1,565,000, reducing the loan amount to $23,335,000.
“We will be very close to paying it off in ‘09,” said Mike Smykowski, the county’s budget director.
The money for the recent payment came from the state’s Florida Forever program. The county received $9,898,650 from the program in June.
The remainder of the state money will go toward creating a 79-acre park next to the zoo.
“I think it will take all of it,” said Amanda Townsend, operations analyst with Collier’s Parks and Recreation Department, of the project.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/oct/19/collier_county_close_paying_naples_zoo_loan/?breaking_news
Temara the Perth Zoo orang-utan now free to hang out
October 20, 2007 06:00pm
SHE didn't sleep a wink on the first night.
A year ago, Perth-born Temara became the first zoo-bred Sumatran orang-utan to be released back into the wild.
Along with others who have also been returned to the forest, she is part of a last-ditch attempt to save the critically endangered Sumatran orang-utan, of which there are only 7000 left in the wild.
Indonesia's rainforests are being razed at an alarming rate and experts fear the red-haired ape and its habitat could be gone in 20 years.
It's been a year since Temara, who was born and raised at Perth Zoo, was transported to a release station near Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park _ a 144,000ha rainforest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22620453-948,00.html
TRIBUTES TO WORLD ZOO LEGEND AS MOLLY DIES
BY GEMMA PEPLOW
10:30 - 20 October 2007
Molly Badham, the inspired animal lover who co-founded Twycross Zoo and turned it into one of Britain's best-loved attractions, has died.
Tributes to Miss Badham, 93, credited her with doing as much for tourism in Leicestershire as the legendary Thomas Cook.
But it was not tourism which was her driving passion - it was animals, and in particular primates.
Together with business partner and long-time friend Nathalie Evans, they eventually turned their love of exotic animals into the largest collection of primates in the world.
It is now also known as the World Primate Centre in recognition of its collection of monkeys and apes.
A spokesman for the zoo said: "Miss Molly Badham was loved by both the animals and staff of the zoo, and its many visitors. She will be very much missed.
"Her legacy is long-lasting and profound and we all send our deepest sympathies to her long-time friend and partner Nathalie Evans."
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132384&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232710&home=yes&more_nodeId1=132393&contentPK=18728260
Crumbling exhibit cramps style of zoo’s three sea lions
Animals confined to indoor facility as experts ready report on repair needs
By Stephen T. Watson - News Staff Reporter
Updated: 10/20/07 10:27 AM
Pieces of concrete are falling off part of the Buffalo Zoo’s two-year-old Sea Lion Cove exhibit, and zoo officials have brought in a group of experts to find out what’s wrong.
The problem began just two months after the $5 million exhibit opened in August 2005, said Donna M. Fernandes, zoo president.
Repairs have not solved the problem, which, as yet, does not pose a threat to the zoo’s three sea lions, Fernandes said Friday.
“I think everybody’s trying to get to the root of the problem,” Fernandes said, describing the matter as an aesthetic issue.
Two independent experts and representatives from two Sea Lion Cove contractors examined the exhibit Thursday and Friday, and were expected to issue their findings soon.
Work on permanent repairs might not begin until the spring, Fernandes said. For now, the sea lions are confined to the indoor section of the exhibit.
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/188367.html
Zoo babies: From famous to forgotten
by Lisa Wathne
One of the zoo world's grandes dames, the Alaska Zoo's 27-year-old African elephant, Maggie, is being sent to a sanctuary in California to live out her days in peace. I could not be happier: Female elephants are highly social animals, but Maggie has been living alone since 1997, when her companion elephant Annabelle died.
News of Maggie's upcoming release got me thinking: I wonder how Knut is doing?
If you're saying, "Knut who?" you're not alone. Only recently, Knut-a polar bear cub born at the Berlin Zoo-appeared on more cover pages than Britney and Paris combined. He captured the hearts of people worldwide, but what have you heard about "the people's polar bear" lately?
This is the zoo industry's dirty secret. Zoos breed animals because babies bring in big bucks. But as the animals get bigger, crowds grow smaller. Visitors lose interest and move on, while Knut and other animals born in zoos languish behind bars-warehoused, sold or bartered like damaged goods.
http://newsblaze.com/story/20071012063807anim.nb/newsblaze/ENVIRONM/Environment.html
At Zoo, vine-cutting for new dinosaur exhibit
by Staten Island Advance
Friday October 12, 2007, 4:46 PM
Advance photo/Jan Somma-HammelYoungsters check out the Dinosaur Encounter Exhibit at the Staten Island Zoo in West Brighton.
They're big. They've got lots of teeth.
And fortunately for field-tripping second and third graders from PS 26 in Travis, they're made of silicone.
The students were the first to visit the new Dinosaur Encounter Exhibit, which was unveiled at the Staten Island Zoo today.
Some 140 million years after the last gasp of the dinosaurs and 14 years after the Zoo first showcased the creatures in the (rubber) flesh, the new exhibit brings about a dozen of the life-sized "terrible lizards" to Staten Island. That's not including a nestful of hatchlings, squinting from cracked egg shells as though blinded by the first light of the late Cretaceous era.
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2007/10/at_zoo_vinecutting_for_dinosau.html
Preventing Extinction: The Miracle of the Frozen Zoo
By Alisa Opar, Plenty Magazine.
Posted October 13, 2007.
With the California Condor already saved, genetic samples from endangered species at the Frozen Zoo will prevent extinctions all over the planet.
On a sunny spring afternoon, the San Diego Zoo is teeming with shorts-clad tourists of all ages. While most visitors gravitate toward the pandas, giraffes, and gorillas, one little boy seems particularly taken with the Javan bantengs, a species of endangered Southeast Asian wild cattle that can grow to be seven feet long and weigh nearly a ton. Asked which one is his favorite, the child sizes up each of the animals before settling on a male with a dark blue-black coat grazing closest to him. It happens to be the spitting image of another banteng that died in 1980, and the resemblance is more than superficial: The four-year-old animal at the zoo is its clone.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/64927/
John Ball Zoo hires Full Time Veterinarian
http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-38/1192257400271070.xml&coll=6
Storyland/Playland, zoo board merger off
By Marc Benjamin / The Fresno Bee
10/13/07 00:00:00
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A plan to merge oversight of Rotary Storyland & Playland and Fresno Chaffee Zoo into one agency has been discarded.
http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/163491.html
Menus differ widely for different animals at the zoo
Published 10/12/2007
When most people hear the word diet, they think of exercising and limiting food intake in hopes of losing weight.¬ When a zoo keeper hears the word diet, they think of something entirely different.¬ They think of the food that is prepared and given to an animal every day.
http://www.gctelegram.com/News/141287
Who's a silly monkey for missing Zoo vote?
BRIAN FERGUSON CITY COUNCIL REPORTER ( bferguson@edinburghnews.com)
EDINBURGH Zoo's multi-million-pound redevelopment plans may have been scuppered by a councillor's holiday, it emerged today.
City planning leader Jim Lowrie has admitted he would have backed proposals by the visitor attraction to sell off land at its Corstorphine site to help fund its long-awaited overhaul.
But he was in Majorca when the full planning committee met to discuss the city's local plan, which included earmarking greenbelt land to the west of the zoo for 100 new homes.
In his absence, the committee voted by seven to six to reject the move, throwing the zoo's £72 million masterplan into chaos.
The decision flew in the face of recommendations from city planning officials and has been attacked as a "kick in the guts" for the attraction.
Had the Lib Dem planning leader been in attendance, the plans would have been passed.
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1638912007
Strike threat to creature comfort
Some animals at Bristol Zoo Gardens have been affected by the postal strike throughout Britain.
A spokesman said creatures in the Reptile House formerly received a weekly parcel of 3,000 live crickets for their dinner.
"But last week they went without their valuable delivery and may go without again next week if the Royal Mail strike continues," he said.
"Our chameleons and lizards love to eat live crickets, so we order thousands."
He added: "Despite going without their favourite food, the animals have not been going hungry. Instead of crickets, the reptiles and amphibians have been fed fruit flies.
"Staff at the reptile house have also been breeding their own crickets to feed the animals as well as making emergency arrangements for other suppliers to courier over live crickets."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7042916.stm
Crowds flock to Baghdad zoo for Eid
Oct 13, 2007
BAGHDAD (AFP) — War-weary Baghdadis determined to forget daily violence and economic hardships on the Eid al-Fitr holiday flocked Saturday for a day of picnicking and recreation at the zoo, despite its dearth of animals.
With entrance free for Eid, long queues formed outside Al-Zawraa zoo in central Baghdad for much of the day as people waited to pass through gates strictly secured by police in a road patrolled by US and Iraqi troops.
Inside the sprawling park, a sea of relaxed-looking Iraqis strolled between the animal compound and the funfair, winding along pathways that skirted open fields, bold water fountains and flower gardens.
Children, some holding balloons, others toting toy guns, were dressed in spanking new clothes bought for Eid, while teenagers in pressed shirts and neat trousers milled about in groups outside the Al-Baghdadi Restaurant and Casino, a few noisily beating drums and tambourines as others danced and clapped.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQmTjlLcYUS8PMN8qWi4ebiL-qbw
Local animals not in the zoo
By Fazal Sher
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has so far failed to increase the number of local animals in the Marghzar Zoo.
The zoo was built in 1978 over 25 acres of land at the base of the Margallah Hills National Park. At an early stage, some indigenous and exotic species were housed in the zoo and it was decided that it would be upgraded on modern lines with the passage of time. The zoo has not been yet upgraded as was planned, a senior CDA official told Daily Times.
He said the zoo currently housed 320 animals of 69 species like a leopard, ducks, grey wolf, rhesus monkey, spider monkey, elephant, chinkara, grey goral, black buck, blue bill, yak, ostrich, barking dear, urial, hog dear, mouflon sheep, spotted dear, red fox, jackal, Indian blue peafoul, civet, steppe eagle and owl.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C14%5Cstory_14-10-2007_pg7_29
Kids Zoo gives children a place to play in Bonita
Business is aimed at giving kids place to run, jump, play and pretend
By Andrea Stetson
special to news-press.com
Originally posted on October 14, 2007
Climb like a monkey, slide like a seal, bounce like a kangaroo — that’s what children are doing in the new Kids Zoo.
It’s Bonita Springs’ first indoor play area for children and it’s already hopping with popularity just a few weeks after opening.
Kids Zoo is aimed at giving children a place to run, jump, play and pretend, while giving parents time to relax, socialize and see that their children are in a safe, fun environment.
There are padded areas to climb, tunnels, slides, a bounce house, a rock climbing wall, ball pit and maze. There’s also a musical room with instruments to play and places to sing. There’s a dress-up area, and large toys to play with. For the tiniest customers there is a separate baby and toddler area. And it’s all inside the cool air conditioning.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/LIFESTYLES/71013030/1013
Council to consider ban on smoking at zoo
By Staff Reports
PUBLISHED: October 14, 2007
The Sioux Falls City Council will be asked to vote on a resolution that would ban smoking at the Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum, according to the meeting agenda.
If approved, smoking would be banned in all public areas at the zoo, according to a draft of the resolution.
The council meeting is set for 7 p.m. Monday at Carnegie Town Hall, 235 W. 10th St.
It is open to the public.
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071014/NEWS/710140333/1001
Baby Bonobo Rebounds (Video)
POSTED: 5:01 pm PDT October 9, 2007
UPDATED: 5:34 pm PDT October 9, 2007
SAN DIEGO -- Things are looking up for a baby bonobo recently born at the San Diego Zoo.
Mali was in critical condition her first few weeks of life, according to zookeepers. They said she still has some medical problems but is growing stronger. In fact, caregivers at the zoo have even started introducing her to fellow bonobos.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/14305323/detail.html
Como Zoo celebrates National Wolf Awareness week (Video)
They're made out to be big and bad in fairy tales, but this week, wildlife activists are ready to dispel some of the most common myths about wolves.
This week marks "National Wolf Awareness week" and Como Zoo in St. Paul is getting in on the mission with activities to celebrate the wolf and its comeback here in Minnesota.
Amber Adam is a Wolf Education Specialist at Como Zoo and she joined us on 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Sunday morning to talk about "National Wolf Awareness week".
Press play to see the interview.
http://kstp.com/article/stories/S225537.shtml?cat=118
Children's Zoo Construction on Schedule
Oct 14, 2007 04:36 PM EDT
(Fort Wayne- WANE) The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo closed its doors for the season today, and construction on a new African exhibit is right on schedule.
If you made a trip to the zoo this summer, you saw a lot of construction.
Work on a new exhibit began earlier this year. It will bring a slice of Africa to Indiana, and is halfway complete.
http://www.wane.com/Global/story.asp?S=7211695&nav=0RYb
Zona Zoo trip to L.A. canceled
By: Michael Schwartz
Zona Zoo canceled its $75 road trip for the Arizona football team's game against then No. 10 USC this weekend, in part because of issues with the bus company slated to provide transportation to Southern California.
The company, which Zona Zoo director David Roost declined to identify, did not provide Zona Zoo its tax identification information, which was necessary to complete the transaction, despite repeated requests for it. Zona Zoo does not plan to work with the company in the future.
Zona Zoo had a backup plan, but that bus company's $10,000 cost for a 90-student trip did not make sense to Roost. The trip was called off Wednesday, and students were offered full refunds.
http://media.wildcat.arizona.edu/media/storage/paper997/news/2007/10/15/Sports/Zona-Zoo.Trip.To.L.a.Canceled-3032333.shtml
Zoo's Herbie the tortoise weighs almost 500 pounds
Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.15.2007
These land giants are hard to miss at the Reid Park Zoo. Competing with the Galapagos tortoise for the title of the world's largest tortoise, male Aldabra tortoises can weigh as much as 550 pounds.
The Reid Park Zoo has three Aldabra tortoises: a 486-pound male named Herbie, and two females: Dulce, who weighs 142 pounds, and Georgie, who weighs 174 pounds.
Aldabra tortoises are found on the Aldabra Atoll — an island located off the east side of Africa, north of Madagascar.
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/205961
Great Plains Zoo Could Become Smoke Free
The Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum is working to become completely smoke free. Non-smoking proposals will be reviewed and voted on by the Sioux Falls City Council Monday evening.
The Great Plains Zoo is a popular place to go for fun and family entertainment, but city leaders believe cigarette smoke is getting in the way.
That's why they're working to improve the zoo by passing a smoking ban for the facility.
"To try to make it healthier and an enjoyable environment for not only the visitors that come to the zoo, but also the employees," Don Kearney, Director of Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation, said.
Zoo workers say the smoke in the air can be dangerous for the animals. That's another reason why they're hoping the ban will get approved.
http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=0,61998
Panda cub returns home to China from US zoo
2007-10-15
FOUR-YEAR-OLD American-born panda Mei Sheng is expected to return to his hometown in southwest China's Sichuan Province at the end of this month.
Mei Sheng, which means born in America or beautiful life, was born in 2003 at the San Diego Zoo in Southern California to parents Bai Yun and Gao Gao.
The couple was lent to the zoo by China Conservation Wildlife Association under a giant panda conservation and research program, said a spokesman for the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center, based in Wolong, Sichuan Province.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200710/20071015/article_334469.htm
Here's your chance to name a panda cub
October 15 2007 at 02:57AM
Vienna - Will it be "Beautiful Music", "Bamboo Boy" or rather "Lucky Dragon"?
Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo has launched an Internet vote to name the panda cub born to pandas Yang Yang and Long Hui in late August.
As the latest addition to Vienna's zoo is technically a Chinese citizen - its parents are in Austria on loan from China for another six years -its name is to be Chinese as well.
China's authorities offered a shortlist of four names for the first panda cub in Europe to be born without the aid of artificial insemination, the zoo said on its website.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=29&art_id=nw20071014202255526C699813&set_id=1
Zoo shuts for season; Halloween bash next
By Abby Slutsky
The Journal Gazette
It’s been a good year for the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo.
The Sky Safari opened in June and has given 65,000 rides, construction has been progressing on the new African Journey, a baby giraffe was born in August and about 465,000 people have visited the zoo since it opened for the season in April, said Jim McGowin, the zoo’s operations supervisor.
McGowin said he expects the zoo to have had 500,000 visitors by the end of the coming Halloween celebration.
The Laub family, from Spencerville, had planned to visit the zoo this summer but “just never made it” until Sunday, Cathy Laub said.
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071015/LOCAL/710150306/-1/LOCAL07
A dream come true for Taylor Radtke
By Amy Mack Daily Herald Staff
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Taylor at Sea World
Donning her special khaki "official" zookeeper outfit, Taylor Radtke made a beeline Sunday for the San Diego Zoo.
Worries of brain tumors and a dreaded visit to yet another doctor could keep. After all, she had monkeys and other furry friends to see.
"It was out of this world," Taylor's mom, Laurie, said after a full day at the San Diego Zoo, part of Taylor's special wish granted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
"Oh, my goodness, it was a fun day."
The best part? "The monkeys," Taylor said softly, in between bites of mashed potatoes, part of her first-ever room service meal.
Why are monkeys the best part? "I don't know," she giggled.
Second best part? The polar bears. Why? She giggled another "I don't know."
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=57494&src=4
Zoo trying to protect amphibians from fungi
Curators to address worldwide losses
By JENNI LAIDMAN
BLADE SCIENCE WRITER
The Toledo Zoo may soon help save salamanders falling prey to the same worldwide fungal infection killing frogs.
R. Andrew Odum, Toledo Zoo herpetology curator, says the zoo will expand its efforts toward amphibian rescue in an attempt to address the threatened worldwide disappearance of frogs and salamanders when it completes construction of four biosecure amphibian enclosures in the zoo's museum building in the spring.
"The more we know, the more dismal some of the information is," Mr. Odum said.
"We're seeing that salamanders are now being impacted to some degree.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071015/NEWS38/710150348/-1/NEWS
Nigeria: Kano Zoo - Garden Or Jungle?
14 October 2007
Posted to the web 15 October 2007
Yushau Adamu Ibrahim, Kano
Kaduna
It was Alhaji Audu Bako, former military governor of Kano State, who established the Kano Zoological Garden as part of his efforts to modernise the ancient city. During the commissioning of the zoo in 1972, Bako said, "At this time, both my friends and detractors have questioned my wisdom of having such a garden in Kano. But my main objectives in establishing such a recreational facility is to bring to our people different specimens of wildlife with particular emphasis on animals which are not now available in this country, but which have been exterminated by hunters as from 99 AD. In this year 1972, we are trying to regenerate these animals that have long lost for our present and future generations."
http://allafrica.com/stories/200710151018.html
Zoo is the fair with flair
Forget Frieze, a frenzied bazaar for the art world's elite - Zoo is the place to find innovative, and affordable, art.
Much has been said over the past week - and was said this time last year - about the success of the Frieze Art Fair which, a mere four years since its audacious launch by Matthew Slotover and Amanda Sharp, has become a fixture on the international art calendar to rival the Venice Biennale, Basel and Miami fairs. And it seems likely to have raked in more than last year's takings once again.
But who actually runs their lives by the "international art calendar"? I have never understood how Frieze can be enjoyed by anyone outside the teeny, rarefied world of jet-setting, art collecting squillionaires , their adoring dealers and gallerists, neurotic star artists and the handful of critics, commentators and celebrities who are permitted to join in. Frieze and its ilk purport to be celebratory, art-for-all bazaars where the interested woman-or-man-on-the-street can experience the buzz that crackles through the upper echelons of the art world, but it always feels to me that the art world is simply putting up with the hoi polloi in order to reassure themselves they are dealing in proper culture and nothing so vulgar as mere profit and loss.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2007/10/zoo_is_the_fair_with_flair.html
Mill Mountain Zoo director steps down
Stephanie Klein-Davis The Roanoke Times
Mill Mountain Zoo Executive Director Sean Greene
Mill Mountain Zoo Executive Director Sean Greene announced this morning that he is leaving the zoo in November to take a job in Dallas.
Greene, who has managed the zoo for 20 months, led the renovation of the zoo and an accreditation process that resulted in the zoo's September accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
The zoo's general curator, David Orndorff, will serve as interim director while the board of directors works on finding a permanent replacement for Greene.
Greene is heading to Texas to work as director of community relations for the Dallas Zoological Society. Before coming to Roanoke, Greene worked for 10 years at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas.
More information about Greene's departure may be provided at a 2 p.m. press conference at the Mill Mountain Zoo today.
- Lindsey Nair
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/135915
Louisville Zoo's three hand-raised baby siamangs make public debut
Siamang Zoli explores a tree in his new exhibit as he clings to Louisville Zoo keeper Tracy Parke.
2007-10-15 19:17:49 -
Louisville Zoo's three baby siamangs (all age 1 and under)Zain, Zoli and Sungaiwere greeted with snapping cameras and smiling faces as they made their public debut Oct. 11 in the Islands outdoor exhibit.
This is definitely a special day,- said Jane Anne Franklin, Louisville Zoo Animal Training Supervisor. 'This is a big step for these three youngsters. We are expanding their environment four fold.-
http://www.pr-inside.com/louisville-zoo-s-three-hand-raised-baby-r247472.htm
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