We arrived at the resort at lunchtime, and yes the food is not cheap, approaching Australian prices. Most of the remainder of the day was spent...
There was a boat in port that does the Port Vila - Luganville run in about 9 hours. I could have taken Virgin to Port Vila, then a local flight to...
Last year @Chlidonias went on a rather frustrating birding trip to Vanuatu, which, despite his best efforts, was confined to the Luganville area...
In Australia, historically the term sanctuary has applied to collections with only native animals (although feral species are also sometimes...
Basically, any animal collection open to the public anywhere in the world. Come to think of it, some that are not open to the public get discussed...
Congratulations. I imagine there is not much room for a venomous stake in the Netherlands, are there issues with human/adder conflict?
After more than a decade of living in a shed or a rundown farmhouse, we have finally purchased our "forever home". It is about 5 minutes drive...
Not from me. The only thing that upset me was your misrepresentation of what makes up zoo-based conservation work.
Zoos who have a collection of threatened species in enclosures that they breed occasionally and claim they are contributing to conservation are...
Wow. I think it reflects badly on people who try to greenwash the situation in zoos by representing breeding programs as conservation programs....
Actually there are several zoos that do substantial rehab work, off the top of my head Australia Zoo, Bonorong Sanctuary, Seaworld. Most will to...
Can we please get away from this idea that just holding or breeding a threatened species is conservation work? True conservation work is that...
Zoos Victoria can do these things because they are massively subsidized by the taxpayer. Last year, according to their annual report, they...
Don't feel you have to apologize. It is the zoos fault that it failed to interoperate the exhibit that way. Your initial assumption was quite...
Graeme wrote the above article from memory and recently came across his notes from the meeting. He has rewritten it based on these notes. Given...
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