That sounds like complete bullsh*t. I don't even think anyone has euthanized healthy surplus gorilla males.
Apparently the bird shipment from Walsrode was even larger, Scaled pigeons (Patagioenas speciosa) are now on display in the small S-American...
The expansion/renovation of the carnivore house was completed and opened yesterday. This means that with giant otters and ring-tailed vontsira 2...
The snow leopard from Krefeld has indeed arrived, it left Krefeld on March 11.
At least I didn't see any on show, but the ZTL entry looks legit. Would be good to see some new stuff again... Not many updates really, but a few...
Warthog, red river hog, visayan warty pig & babirusa are the eep managed/priority species.
Zoos have been exempt from all the bans, the regulation only calls for more work on education,conservation and research. So they can continue to...
It is nothing more than a publicity stunt at the moment, so nothing threatening so far. From what I have gathered this is an exageration,...
The last bearded pig of Europe was euthanized because of an illnes recently, he was 15 years old.
Unfortunately the gibbon cage in the Wilhelma will cease to be an exhibit with live animals within days and this unique building will be...
No, especially with birds and ectotherms such rotations are quite common and many zoos have ample space behind the scenes. As @TeaLovingDave wrote...
Cetacean tanks generally don't count when it comes to biggest aquariums. Even if it would count there are bigger fish tanks in China.
This is certainly not the way to go! It is a bit of a grey area when a holding is moved into former solely based on repeat visits. In general it...
I am not denying this and I am aware of it. But when this was challenged the initial reaction was, "well everybody knows". If you tell that to...
All Baringo and reticulated giraffes are now listed under generic and all relevant information was transferred too, but even that is temporary...
I am not an admin, but I have a status where I can remove listings and add/remove species and pictures. I have added the data to the existing...
I just fixed all the Barino giraffe holdings and wanted to continue with retics, but that are 78 entries (and I assume Canada is in the same boat...
A Visayan warty pig was killed by the male Indian rhino. The rhino will remain indoors until his enclosure is made more secure for the pigs, they...
Yep that is where ants and the native rodents are housed.
Given that the entry is without a source, it will most likely be somebody who got too enthusiastic, so I have removed it.
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