Some people, particularly those who never saw it in its heyday, obviously would see this as a negative statement, but it is repeated on here by so...
Was surprised these mainly rural locations were allowed to stay open- given you aren't supposed to leave your local/postal area. An open...
I fisrt visited in the 1950's. It was a great place in those days. My last visit was on a depressing wet winter's day a couple of years ago. There...
I read an article today stating that '24 UK zoos may be forced to close permanently after 'selling off their animals' (it doesn't happen like that...
I have often wondered that too. I can't think of many countries that have such a 'thin' collection among their own major zoos nowadays. But I...
They are getting better all the time at treating/beating this virus. What you watched probably reflected all they could do at the time. With a...
I found the 2011 photo from Etosha interesting- I saw an identical zebra- a well known individual at that time - when I visited there in the early...
Unrelated but you mention Sao Paulo- does the city zoo still keep Spix Macaw, or have they been relocated to the reintroduction scheme now?
Appears to be the same this time around. Spectacled Bear moved from Belfast to Duisburg in Germany a few days ago. Marwell received a male Banteng...
There is currently(or was very recently) an albino Great Northern Diver (Loon in the USA) in the Salcombe Estuary in Devon UK. Not been able to...
It seems many museums around the world are gradually following this trend, removing many of their mounted taxidermy displays(see Australian thread...
There is video of the new lion cubs. They are crawling round in the den with not only the mother but the three grown up cubs of the last litter...
Its a nice idea but several of the species would be invisible a lot of the time...eurasian otter, badger and beaver in particular are notorious...
I saw Twycross's new Tiger enclosure and Elephant house 'conversion' well before the pandemic, so the expenditure came before the 'in danger'...
Hopefully Rossita and Raisa at least will stay in Europe, though there is a suggestion Paira Daiza's enclosure could not accomodate two more...
The problem at PD, as GL mentioned, is that they have so many elephants, and not all are together or necessarily visible all the time, as some...
I do too. Two years ago in February I came across flocks of hundreds of them feeding under beech trees in Savernake Forest in Wiltshire. Watched...
I watched a video of the Formby Reds. But cannot find further evidence of origin as yet.
Don't wish to sound pessimistic but I remember when Cologne kept them there were problems with babies being aborted due to stress. But if the...
Any details on the pair currently in captivity?- e.g. their approximate ages, background history, how long in captivity, has there been any...
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