Years later, I see this post. This book by a former Detroit Zoo curator of education is a gold mine of info. The First Fifty Years
I'd like to see the AZA Animal Exchange listing for deer, to see how long most zoos actually keep a deer around. The real reason for raising...
There are several reasons for breeding whitetails, and not for petting. Exotic animal owners sometimes breed deer as a meat source for their...
I agree with everything - except this statement. In fact, the U.S. House has taken no such action. For the 5th year in a row, the Great Ape...
Every so often, kids hear about famous people buying chimpanzees, and decide they want one, too. The Kardashians were photographed with a pet...
Chains remain Nature Alert reports that the orangutans have NOT been rescued and remain in horrible conditions. It is absolutely amazing that it...
Chester orangutans I'd really like to travel to the UK to see this exhibit. Is Feb or March a good time, or should I wait and visit in the summer?
Aha! Thanks for that.
There are three females at National Zoo. One is Baraka's mother, the other two are Mandara and her daughter, Kigali. Neither of these 2 are...
Mandara, a 26 year old gorilla at Smithsonian National Zoo, gave birth at 1:45 pm on Saturday, Jan 10. Her baby was born while she was on exhibit,...
Good news I received word today that BOS and Orangutan Foundation International both told the Indonesian government they had space and were...
Great news! Happy New Year! I have a feeling that 2009 WILL be a better year than 2008. It started off great this morning... Danyelle Lantz, the...
Thanks for posting the reply you received from BOS. I am very conflicted about this. I WANT to admire BOS -- Their founder, Willie Smits, is a...
Zooplantman, I first learned of this from someone who works at an AZA zoo. That person informed me that AZA top officials got involved to put...
Many thanks, okapikpr, for learning more about this zoo. If it is $4 million in debt, it is all the more reason to transfer mother AND daughter to...
A zoo employee at another zoo told me that Indah was being sold to a private individual, and another person said that Indah was going to...
:mad:Orangutan Outreach just alerted us to an awful situation unfolding at The ZOO of Northwest Florida. A whistleblower went to PETA to expose...
I don't usually do this, but there is a bad situation in Indonesia that you can help with. I am copying, below, an email message from Nature...
You're not asking too much. It's just that I know too little. :)
Oh my goodness, that's way above my pay grade!:eek: We need an expert to help us out here.
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