Must be totally off track. If that is what the media has produced then stand corrected.:(
The Germans will be having units on the Gold Coast as well their own private jet. Between Taronga and Melbourne they will have been better clients...
No point questioning the logic as there is none. You know there hasn't even been that much heat from AR either.
Well the 'Fat lady has sung'. From June 2013 until the TCSA decides that elephants need to be managed properly again, the current herd at both...
I have seen photographs of young elephants up to and over a year being trained in FC. I cannot say this is current practice but it has been so...
I visited Oakland and Disney and sure Disney has some money but their management isn't anything that blows me away. I know they have used FC for...
I think that the zoo world has to be honest and admit that a lot of bad elephant management has happened (e.g., the 100+ AI attempts on the...
Hix, really glad that you enjoyed your visit to TWPZ. Just so surprised that you can't sex a bongo. Maybe you were just too excited to see the...
Yassa, about the 'great whipsnade'. You were a spectator and therefore can only judge on what you saw that time on that day. To generalise is...
I value human life,very much and to date touch wood I have had no injuries or deaths in 5 institutions on 3 continents with 40+ elephants. This...
If anything zoo keepers which practice PC are more knowledgeable of modern animal handling techniques, which in my opinion makes them a more...
I found it disrespectful due to the timing of comments and the speculation when it was unknown as to the outcome for the injured. Not that hard to...
Thankfully Steve you have shown those who feel compelled to comment,how to respond appropriately. You have worked elephants and truly understand...
I reinterate my insensitive comment."Lazy trainers'. You too labelling someone when you weren't there and you don't have all the facts. This is my...
It is very insensitive to speculate. Imagine if it were your family member involved in such an incident. You have no idea what it takes to care...
The IUCN/CITES lists 9 subspecies but there are another 2 that could also be added potentially. Anatolian leopard from Turkey and the Balochistan...
I use it due to my age, when I first got around these kind of animals,they were referred to as Black panthers.I guess to distinguish them from...
You are not wrong by saying they are a colour morph when talking of leopard 's in general but as I stated they would belong to a subspecies and...
Taronga zoo had a spider monkey born in 1945 at Hogle zoo that died in 1993 at 48 years old. Cheers
There are 9 subspecies of Leopard. Cheers
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