There is precious little tropospheric water vapor to power these storms.

Weather aids firefighters, but some flanks of fire have lethal potential (click here)
Higher humidity and a bit lower temperatures help crews battling the Station fire in the Angeles National Forest. But the northern and southeastern fronts could re-erupt, officials said.
By Louis Sahagun, Corina Knoll and Joe Mozingo
September 2, 2009
Higher humidity and slightly lower temperatures helped firefighters inch closer to subduing the monstrous fire that has lashed about the San Gabriel Mountains for a week, but they were scrambling late Tuesday in gusty winds to keep it from overrunning Mt. Wilson.The reprieve from extremely dry weather had fire crews feverishly setting back fires and cutting fire lines throughout the day, raising the blaze's containment to 22% in the evening, up from 5% the night before. Southwest winds largely pushed the fire deeper into the forest....

There is a huge absence of water vapor directly west of Jimena. The storm will effect some changes to California climate. The desending cold air mass coming into the center of North America might keep Jimena traking straight north. Southern California might see some rain yet.

September 2, 2009

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UNISYS Water Vapor GOES West Satellite (click title for 12 hour loop)

Mexico Evacuates Thousands as Hurricane Jimena Nears (Update1) (click here)

By Brian K. Sullivan and Alex Morales
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico prepared for Hurricane Jimena to make landfall on the Baja California peninsula today, after evacuating thousands of residents and putting Pacific Ocean resort areas on red alert.
Jimena’s maximum sustained winds weakened to 169 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, from as high as 250 kph early yesterday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on its Web site at about 6 a.m. Los Cabos time. The hurricane was centered 50 kilometers south of Cabo San Lazaro and moving north-northwest at 20 kph.
“The core of Jimena will be near or just offshore the west coast of the southern Baja California peninsula today and near or over the central Baja California peninsula on Thursday,” the center said. “A dangerous storm surge along with large and dangerous battering waves will produce significant coastal flooding along the Baja California peninsula.”
Forecasters also are monitoring an Atlantic system, Tropical Storm Erika, which was about 255 kilometers east- southeast of the northern Leeward Islands. The storm was moving west-northwest at 11 kph and maximum winds decreased to 75 kph from 85 kph earlier today, the center said in an advisory at about 8 a.m. Miami time....

She doesn't believe she has done anything wrong. Her family was compliments of a pedophile that committed adultery.

She has been manipulated by her spouse to believe he was giving her a family. And she allowed the belief system to exist. She is as guilty as he is.

It is all demented. That doesn't mean she is crazy, just demented. She enabled the pedophilia to please her husband. I don't know what her dependency was? Drugs? Alcohol? Financial dependency? Sexual perversion herself?

Lawyer: Calif. kidnapper's wife misses children (click title to entry - thank you)

She needs MAJOR 'deprogramming' and some 'profound reality orientation.' When she wakes up from this funk she'll know how screwed up she really is ! They aren't even her children. None of them are.

NO VISITING RIGHTS WITH THE CHILDREN. EVER !


Nancy Garrido is seen with her court appointed attorney, Gilbert Maines, during her arraignment on 29 felony counts stemming from the 1991 abduction of Jaycee Dugard,11, of South Lake Tahoe, in the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. Garrido, and her husband Phillip Garrido, pleaded not guilty on charges including forcible abduction, rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (Rich Pedroncelli - AP)

Zoos

Big Cat Rescue (click title to entry - thank you)

They have a campaign to stop the proliferation of White Tigers (click here)



Debate rages over the fate of Lucy the elephant at Edmonton's zoo
By Sandra Farias (CP) – 2 days ago
EDMONTON — In a hilly field filled with shrubs and trees in an undeveloped part of the zoo, a massive creature plays hide-and-seek with her keepers.
Slowly walking around a pathway the animal remembers well, she soaks up the sun and breeze while cavorting with its human friends.
"She loves grazing on the grass up here," says head zookeeper Wade Krasnow, who has been caring for the animal for almost two decades.
"She" is Lucy, a beloved Asian elephant who has been a fixture at Edmonton's Valley Zoo for the last 32 years.
Lucy is at the centre of a long-standing and escalating debate between the city-owned zoo and a growing group of high-profile animal rights advocates over how the animal should spend her remaining years.
Advocates say the Valley Zoo is too small for Lucy and that she would be happier and healthier in a larger refuge with other elephants....

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jfeoaAMQ-CMIdTvLNnV2zjDGOjGw


'Tango in the Jungle' set to raise funds for Miller Park Zoo (click here)
By Scott Richardson
srichardson@pantagraph.com
Posted: Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:00 am
BLOOMINGTON -- Zoos do more than offer personal encounters with animals most people don't see anywhere else. The upcoming Zoo-Do fundraiser at Miller Park Zoo will help expand a local program that's part of a worldwide effort to save critically endangered species.
Money collected during the Sept. 12 evening of food, music, and auctions will go toward establishing the Bloomington zoo as a breeding site for Sumatran tigers. At present, fewer than 400 of the animals live on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, which gives the subspecies its name. Despite game preserves and strict regulations, illegal poaching reduces their number by about 10 percent each year.
Currently, Miller Park Zoo has two male Sumatran tigers, long-time resident Besar and Rojo, a new arrival from Akron, Ohio....


Girl gorillas go ape for French pinup hunk (click here)
August 29th, 2009
By Nick Hunt – CNN
LONDON, England (CNN) — You don’t want to monkey around on a blind date, especially if your friends are also taking an interest in the same dark, handsome stranger.
So when three female gorillas at London Zoo heard that they would soon be visited by a brooding French hunk — well, they went a bit bananas.
The latest development in Anglo-French relations sees Yeboah, a 20-stone 12-year-old, leave his current home at La Boissiere Du Dore Zoo, Pays de la Loire, northwest France and head for the British capital by the end of the year....


Scientists Work To Repopulate Colombia's Skies With Condors (click here)
Andean condors were once hunted to near extinction. Now teams feed and track the giant carrion-eaters, brought from U.S. zoos, and have increased their numbers tenfold. Tourism also benefits.Reporting from Sogamoso, Colombia - In ancient times, they were revered as messengers of the gods. Later, they proudly soared on the Colombian coat of arms. But at this moment, two young condors just wanted their dinner.
And so it was that peasant "condor keepers" this month placed a cow fetus on a desolate rain-swept cliff here in the Colombian Andes, the weekly ration for Iraka and Ogonta, two females released this year in a repopulation program sponsored by the San Diego Zoo.
Donated by a local slaughterhouse, the carcasses are the ideal diet for the monumental birds -- "good-quality rotting food," as the zoo's Alan Lieberman described it.
The Andean condors are the latest of 70 birds released in Colombia since 1989 after being hatched and raised in 20 U.S. zoos, most often at the San Diego Zoo.
The reintroduction program has helped push Colombia's condor population to about 150 birds, said Orlando Feliciano, a Bogota-based veterinarian who has worked with the San Diego Zoo on the project since its inception.
In the mid-1980s, condors in Colombia numbered no more than 15, he said.For centuries condors were killed by people who either thought, mistakenly, that the carrion birds attacked their livestock or that their feathers or bones had magical or medicinal power.
"They were virtually extinct, as they are today in Venezuela," Feliciano said.


Animals and animalrights in the media worldwide: (click here)
In Amerikaanse dierentuinen opgegroeide condors naar Andes in Colombia voor toename populatie reuzen roofvogels
август 29th, 2009
The alleged star of the costly program, which parallels a program in the direction of the California condor, bespeaks the economic and personnel commitment of the U.S. The raising, transportation and outfitting of each condor with an implanted phone costs “thousands of dollars” per bird, said Michael Mace, San Diego Zoo’s curator of birds. The two condors released in February brought to 11 the total number selection untie in Boyaca glory since 2004.
“We do it because we can, as stewards of the planet, and mindful of our durability to assess as keep an eye open for down of the ecosystem and the wildlife within it,” said Lieberman, who directs the San Diego Zoo’s area programs and who has desire conducted area investigation in Colombia. (Two be preserved died, verse killed to hand a huntsman, another electrocuted on a extraordinary power on the infinitesimal catalogue for.)The glory surroundings apportion, Corpoboyaca, and a village nongovernmental organizing known as Fundetropico inculcate village schoolchildren and peasants that, adverse to stereotypical poise, condors do not effect livestock or postulate a portent to humans, but break bread exclusive carrion. The tutoring programs sell the condors’ impersonation in cleaning up the surroundings and their cultural idea....


Three Newly Acquired African Lions Will Soon Be Exhibited at Oregon Zoo (click here)
Sat, 8/29/2009 - 2:29 PM
By Bill Lamarche
Portland, OR - Three newly acquired African lions - Zawadi Mungu, Kya and Neka - got a clean bill of health this morning in preparation for their move into the Oregon Zoo's much anticipated Predators of the Serengeti exhibit, opening Sept. 12. However, acquiring these enormous felines was no small feat.
Zawadi Mungu, meaning "gift of God," is the male of the zoo's new lion pride. He is 1 year and 2 months old, and will join Kya and Neka, two females of the same age, in the zoo's new exhibit.
The lions were acquired from different zoos as part of the Oregon Zoo's new breeding program designed to help ensure the longevity of the African lion. Zawadi Mungu was acquired from the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the females came from Wisconsin's Racine Zoo and the Virginia Zoo....


A GREAT thing to do in Chicago…..and you can bring your kids! PART I (click here)
The Lincoln Park Zoo is located near the lake in Lincoln Park and is FREE every day of the year, one of the only free zoos in the country. Its small and makes a wonderful landscape for a casual stroll. It is equally conducive to a romantic stroll or the kids running around to let off steam.
The Brookfield Zoo is a more traditional zoo, sprawling and with all the exotic animals you could hope for. To be honest, my memories of zoos when I was a child ere mixed–I loved the animals and being there but I always remember being exhausted and having to walk FOREVER. Lincoln Park solves that problem because the whole zoo is small enough to walk comfortably–even if you are a kid. Brookfield is pretty well laid out and you can rent some pretty nifty conveyances if you don’t want to lug your own–strollers, wagons with shades, you name it, you can rent it....


Zoo docents fading from landscape (click here)
Mary Schmich
August 30, 2009
Jack Gelfond laid a hand across the two little metal elephants on the pocket of his safari shirt.
"It hurts me," he said. We were standing outside the Lincoln Park Zoo. He looked like he might cry. "This really hurts me."
Almost every Tuesday for 14 years, since he retired as a nationally celebrated salesman, Gelfond, a robust 78, has put on his safari shirt and headed to his docent's job.
Tuesday after Tuesday, with a vaudevillian verve, he has told visitors the length of a giraffe's tongue (18 inches) and the size of a polar bear's baby (the palm of his hand). Nothing makes him happier than persuading a scared kid to pet a snake.
Then one August day, he and the 200 or so other docents learned news that felt to many like a shot in the heart: The 38-year-old docent program would vanish on Oct. 31....


Oklahoma City Zoo approves updates to new children’s exhibit (click here)
August 29th, 2009
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL – News OK
The Oklahoma City Zoo Trust on Wednesday approved $105,000 in changes to the zoo’s new children’s exhibit.
The additional cost is a compilation of necessary changes to the Children’s Zoo, said Tommy Bryant, zoo director of building and grounds.
The changes include rock repairs, wall expansion, cage upgrades and additional soil, pavement, drains and gates.
The changes also will improve handicap accessibility....



Monday, Aug. 31, 2009
Columbia's Riverbanks Zoo runs with the big dogs (click here)
By Joey Holleman - McClatchy Newspapers
COLUMBIA -- Riverbanks Zoo and Garden drew more visitors last year than the major zoos in Atlanta, Jacksonville, Fla., and New Orleans.
How has a zoo in the middle of a relatively poor state, in a small metropolitan area, managed to compete with the big cities? Tourism officials say it's a combination of geography, smart marketing and visionary management. It also helps that local residents have an affection for the 35-year-old facility on the banks of the Saluda River.
"Riverbanks has established themselves as a destination zoo in a place that isn't always seen as a destination city," said Dave Zunker, former vice president of the Midlands visitors bureau and now president of the Saratoga (N.Y.) Convention and Tourism Bureau. "When you go to Columbia, you go to the zoo. Most cities that size have sort of lame zoos."...


Zoo setting for Many Cultures (click here)
International Institute celebrates world theme full of entertainment
By Betty O'Neill-Roderick Special to the Beacon Journal
Published on Monday, Aug 31, 2009
The Akron Zoo's penguins wore their best tuxedos as they greeted guests at One World, Many Cultures Friday evening. Flags of many nations decorated the Zoo's Komodo Kingdom, where the fundraiser for the International Institute took place.
Executive Director Debbie May-Johnson said the institute welcomes foreign-born residents from around the world and helps them assimilate. Howard Tuber and Donna Early, who volunteer with the refugee resettlement program at the institute, said they are currently helping refugees from Nepal....


Ban for Australian zoo that sold antelope to hunter (click here)
(AFP) – 2 days ago
SYDNEY — An Australian zoo that sold endangered antelope to a hunting enthusiast has been barred from trading in animals until an investigation into the incident is completed, a media report said Monday.
The Sydney Morning Herald said authorities in New South Wales state imposed the ban after the Western Plains Zoo sold 16 blackbuck antelope to Bob McComb, who owns a property he wants to turn into a game reserve.
Blackbuck antelope, which are listed as threatened in India and Nepal, are prized by hunters for their large spiral horns.
The Herald said McComb, a member of pro-hunting political group called The Shooters Party, was part of a push to allow trophy hunting on specially designated game reserves, including his own property, the Dongadale Deer Park and Stud....

Team releases eagle at sanitation plant (click here)
BY KAYLEE HUGHES
Commercial-News
DANVILLE — On Tuesday at dawn, a 1-year-old bald eagle, Sewey, was released at the Danville Sanitary District where it had been found.
Sewey was discovered in a pond near the sanitary district. Steve Brewer called in the report to the conservation officers at Forest Glen Preserve.
"We get calls about birds all the time,” said Amy Steeples, programming secretary for the Forest Glen. “So we were a little skeptical that it was an eagle. But we knew the people out here have seen quite a few birds and knew what they were talking about.”
"It was huge! I remember thinking we should have brought a bigger net," said Susan Biggs Warner, who also works at Forest Glen.
Gary Wilford, Warner and Steeples arrived at the sanitary district to find Sewey close to the shore of the pond, but covered with sludge....

Zollman Zoo celebrates 40 years (click here)
8/30/2009 4:15:02 PM
By John Weiss
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
BYRON -- For most of the Zollman Zoo's 40-year existence, the cute little prairie dogs and big lumbering black bear have reigned as the top attractions.
Then, along came the otters. Sleek, playful, with their funny whiskers, they also made it to the most-watched list. A recent expansion of their enclosure, including a glass-sided tank so people can observe them swimming underwater, helped boost their popularity.
Today, the zoo's newest additions, two wolf pups, are a strong draw for visitors, said Kevin Crilly, director of the zoo, which is in Oxbow Park.
On Saturday, the Zollman celebrated its 40th anniversary with a Friends of Oxbow party that attracted several hundred people....

Three Azur Tiger Cubs Born at Utah's Hogle Zoo (click here)

Utah's Hogle Zoo recently announced that three critically endangered male Amur tiger cubs have been born. The Amur tigers, formerly known as Siberian tigers, are part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) Tiger Species Survival Plan (SSP). The Hogle Zoo reports that the mother Basha is doing an excellent job taking care of the three male cubs.
For the past couple of months these tiger brothers have become increasingly active and Basha is kept busy nursing and caring for her three active and playful cubs. Although this is first litter for her, she is proving to be an excellent mother. "With first-time moms we prepare ourselves to deal with the unknown. But Basha took on the three cubs like she was a natural; she was an extremely caring, protective, great mom from day one," says Hogle Zoo feline keeper Jill VanMilligen. She adds, "Basha was one of three cubs born at Hogle Zoo in 2003 and now watching her become a mom herself is incredible." This is the first time that Kazek, who arrived at Hogle Zoo in 2006 from the Buffalo Zoo, has sired a litter.

The cubs are absolutely adorable and they are going to get much bigger. Hogle Zoo says Amur tigers are the largest of all the cat species. Adult males can grow to be 11 feet long and weigh 400 to 650 pounds.

Burrowing Owl Chicks Hatch at Smithsonian's National Zoo for the First Time in 30 Years (click here)

Fri, 8/28/2009 - 2:26 PM

By Enica R. Thompson
Washington, DC - The Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed two burrowing owl chicks Aug. 2—the first hatching of this species at the Zoo in 30 years. The chicks’ parents, a 5-year-old male and 4-year-old female, have been at the Zoo since June 2006.
The last time burrowing owls successfully bred at the National Zoo was in the late 1970s. A recent population-management plan recommended breeding the Zoo’s current adult pair. The chicks are with their parents in the Zoo’s Bird House. Currently, there is semi-transparent filter paper covering their exhibit, providing the chicks with privacy. As they become more comfortable with their new surroundings, the paper will slowly be removed.
Burrowing owls are named for their habit of living in underground burrows. The Zuni Indians called these owls the “priest of the prairie dogs” because they often nest and roost in empty prairie dog burrows. At the Zoo, the owls are provided with tunnels and underground nest boxes....

Zoo theft kingpin flees as cops doze on train (click here)

TNN

31 August 2009, 10:40pm

KOLKATA
SAMBALPUR: Raj Saikia, the kingpin of the theft of Brazilian marmosets from Alipore zoo on August 9, gave dozing policemen the slip on

Monday while being brought from Chhattisgarh to Kolkata in an AC 2-tier coach of Ahmedabad Express....

Brookfield Zoo dolphins head north, to return in spring (click here)
August 31, 2009 10:42 AM
Brookfield Zoo has moved its three resident dolphins to the Minnesota Zoo until next spring in order to reline the facility's pools and update the 20-year-old building.
The three dolphins, Tapeko, 27, Noelani, 5 and Allison, 3, flew out to Minneosota Sunday. They arrived safely and were placed in a pool separate from that zoo's four resident dolphins, three females and a male. Once they are acclimated to their new surroundings, the Brookfield dolphins will join with the Minnesota dolphins, zoo officials said....

State Taking Applications for New N.C. Zoo License Plates (click here)
Staff Writer
August 31, 2009

ASHEBORO, N.C. - The state Division of Motor Vehicles is accepting applications for the new "Support the N.C. Zoo" license plate. It costs $30 extra, with $20 going back to the N.C. Zoo Society.The DMV will begin making the plates once 300 people sign up and pay.Zoo officials say supporters can buy the plates by calling the society or visiting its Web site. Plate applications will also be available at the zoo's gift shop.

Pair of bears finally freed from grizzly zoo conditions (click here)

By Patrick Galey Daily Star staff

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

BEIRUT: At the end of a summer in which more than a million tourists flocked to Leba­non, Emirates flight EK 954 to Istanbul on Sunday night saw two rather unusual passengers leave the country – a pair of female brown bears. The animals were flown to Turkey before being transported to the Karakabey bear sanctuary, the last stop on a journey that started nine months ago, inside a rusty iron cage.
The pair, named Kira and Big Mama, had been locked inside a neglected zoo for 15 years before a Lebanese animal sanctuary came across the enclosure, in the Dbayye area, and removed 40 animals, including monkeys, turtles, a vulture, a porcupine and a jackal....

Zoo animal deaths scrutinized (click here)

By James Carlson
Created September 1, 2009 at 8:00pm
Updated September 2, 2009 at 12:52am
Animals in the wild operate with stealth.
To some extent, the same can be said about the operation of the Topeka Zoo.
Revelations in an Aug. 12 federal inspection report highlight how the zoo selectively disclosed information to the public and to the government's regulatory agency about animals that have died at the zoo in the past three years.
Since news surfaced last week about a U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report that cited the zoo for serious noncompliance items involving the deaths of animals, zoo director Mike Coker conceded openness at the zoo can be improved....

Oregon Zoo back in an uproar, thanks to new lions (click here)

By Bill Roberson
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Zoo’s new African lions have moved into their new enclosure at the Predators of Serengeti exhibit and are making themselves at home, said zoo staff. “Our three lions are adjusting well to their new home,” said Mike Keele, the zoo’s acting director. “The roar is officially back at the Oregon Zoo.”Zawadi Mungu, the male lion, came from the San Diego Wild Animal Park. The female lions, Neka and Kya, came from the Virginia Zoo and the Racine Zoo in Wisconsin....

Brevard County Zoo seeks businesses to host treat stations at 'Boo at the Zoo' (click here)
By staff report

Originally published 04:25 p.m., September 1, 2009Updated 04:25 p.m., September 1, 2009

BREVARD COUNTY — Brevard Zoo’s annual spooky spectacular Boo at the Zoo still has space available for businesses to host a treat station.
The 13th annual Halloween event is Oct. 16 through18; 23 through 25; and Oct. 30 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The zoo expects 10,000 to 12,000 people in attendance over seven nights. For treat station sponsorship information, call (321) 254-9453, ext. 235 or send an e-mail to bgray@brevardzoo.org.
Tickets are available for purchase after Sept. 22. The first weekend, admission will be $8 per person. The second weekend and Oct. 30, admission will be $10 per person.

Labor Day events at the San Francisco Zoo for babies, toddlers and preschoolers (click here)
September 1, 10:34 AM

The San Francisco Zoo is featuring "Baby Bonanza - bring your baby to meet our babies" now through Labor Day, in celebration of the Zoo's summer births. Baby Bonanza is featuring a gorilla, giraffe calves, a howler monkey, kangaroos and even more babies. Participants will receive a free activity book to take home filled with games and animal facts. The Little Puffer Miniature Steam Train will be running daily 10:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. through Labor Day. Train fee is $4. Children may also enjoy the Carousel and Talking Storybooks and Zoo Keys.
Toddlers and Preschoolers will also be kept busy at the Zoo, as an array of classes are scheduled for toddlers and preschoolers throughout the month of September....

Ore. sea lions making their mark in the art world (click here)
August 31st, 2009

LORI TOBIASThe Associated Press
(AP) — NEWPORT, Ore. – When marine mammalogist Jen DeGroot decided to teach Lea, a sea lion, to make flipper art, she was merely looking for ways to keep the Oregon Coast Aquarium resident from getting bored.
She never imagined Lea would develop her own following. But that’s exactly what happened when fellow workers at the aquarium learned of the work and began requesting their own custom prints. Before long, DeGroot and her colleagues were having trouble keeping up with the demand.
“We thought, ‘This is a popular thing. We can make money for the animals,’” says DeGroot....

Zoo euthanizes tiger Holly (click here)
19-year-old animal suffered seizures
By Karen Smith Welch

karen.welch@amarillo.com
A Bengal tiger acquired to signify bold changes for the Amarillo Zoo died last weekend after suffering steadily worsening seizures.
Consulting veterinarian Dr. Merton Pearson euthanized the 225-pound tiger, Holly, on Saturday after it was determined her condition would continue to decline, Zoo Curator Rhonda Votino said.
"It was a very difficult decision, but her quality of life had deteriorated to a point where we felt it was the most humane alternative," Votino said....

Little River Zoo’s animals take a turn at politickingProgram to help tackle funding issue (click here)
BY JENNIFER GRISWOLD
Published: September 1, 2009Modified: August 31, 2009 at 4:45 pm
NORMAN — The race for a local mayor’s position has turned into a real zoo.

Ten candidates are vying for the top position at Little River Zoo. Campaign officials admit the candidates are acting like a bunch of animals, but that’s because they are animals.
Little River Zoo launched a new fundraising program in August to help support the animals at the zoo.
They are asking people to get involved with the zoo by voting for the Official Little River Zoo Mayor each month.
People can go to www.littleriverzoo.com and cast their votes by clicking on Little River Zoo for Life Fund link. Zoo officials are asking for a minimum $1 donation per vote....

Zoo Enrichment Techniques
How Zoos Keep Animals Happy, Healthy, and Busy (click here)

Environmental enrichment, also known as behavioral enrichment, is defined by the Honolulu Zoo website as techniques that "improve or enhance zoo environments for animals, stimulating them to investigate and interact with their surroundings." Basically, zoos know that wild animals are healthier when kept in an environment that simulates their natural habitat, and happier when they can use their skills and abilities....

Zoo’s roar is back as lions return to exhibit (click here)
Pamplin Media Group, Sep 2, 2009

The Oregon Zoo has some new tenants. Three African lions moved recently into their new enclosure that is part of the Predators of the Serengeti exhibit.
The 2.5-acre exhibit that opens Sept. 12 offers a simulated “natural” environment for a variety of African predators, including cheetahs, African wild dogs and red-billed hornbills.
The exhibit also marks the return of lions to the Oregon Zoo. In 1998, lions left the zoo to make room for a new exhibit. After people began asking about the lions and their possible return, the zoo embarked on its “Bring Back the Roar” campaign to build the new exhibit and return the animals to the zoo....

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