The zoo doesn't *have* to go along with the City Council's recommendations, does it?
The timing is also interesting, I think, in that the LA Zoo has its AZA accreditation review hearing in March 2023.
Wow! Thank you all for your posts and/or poll responses. I stumbled on a YouTube vid today featuring some of the conflict between the PAWS...
And, if the City Council successfully gets Billy removed from the zoo, it will lose its AZA accreditation, just like what happened at the Toronto...
Cincinnati is accredited through 2025. They’re also a fairly large and publicly well regarded facility. There are only four examples of a major...
Really the important thing is that the zoo gets autonomy over how/when and most importantly WHERE the transport happens. I doubt the AZA cares if...
Toronto Zoo Best -> In my totally honest opinion, I find the Olive Baboon and African Penguins have the best enclosures in the whole place. Worst...
A more recent escapee from Canadian Domain Red Fox Toronto Zoo asks for help finding red fox that escaped Also though I do not think anyone has...
A lot of the last decade’s losses have been due to tightening AZA rules. I know Greenville in SC lost theirs that way. Only a few phase outs have...
This will probably be my last update for the year, unfortunately, although I'm happy I at least half-completed the challenge:D Kansas City Zoo -...
The Cincinnati Zoo from 1967 to 1985 had a female African Elephant named "Gretchen" and a Nile Hippopotamus named "Maudie" share an exhibit at the...
Having followed Dubbo's herd from day one I believe if they had of imported a larger number at least another bull things may of evolved...
This isn't exactly what this thread is supposed to be used for...
@snowleopard As someone who lives in the part of Canada that has colder and longer winter than where you live, I admit that the harsh temperature...
That's brilliant! I'm going to the zoo next month, particularly to see him.
How about a Zambezi exhibit with elephants, buffalo, hippos, Nile crocodiles, and bull sharks? Not mixed of course.
As of 1986, the extent of the zoo’s efforts was to monitor the interactions between the fence line and allow the bull in with the cows if interest...
I have been going to the Detroit zoo since the 1950s, and have been a docent there since 2005. I started volunteering at the zoo just after Ron...
Its surprising really that no calf was ever produced with the African elephants in Dubbo since they were young when they arrived from Longleat....
Biodome doesn't have large animals, so will not be impacted by the Act that much. For other major zoos, they support the Act to earn a reputation,...
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