If this business is open to the public for more than seven days a year, even by appointment it should be zoo licensed and therefore not require a DWA.
Is this any way to treat Liz Bonnin? Is there any point to bias, documentary TV? Does she have a pointless stressful life forced to travel around...
Bear in mind there are no animal welfare laws in Vietnam. Beating dogs to death with an iron bar and killing live cats in boiling water is common...
This person is just a private breeder that has purchased and imported some wild caught Pangolins, adding to their misery. Supporting wildlife...
I have IZN back to 1953. It,s fascinating to see the evolution of zoos over the decades. I too was sad to hear of Nicks passing
Birds never seem to feature very highly in these lists. In living memory I can think of a few gems. Princess Stephanies Astrapia, Sickle billed...
If they are members of a zoo association and persistently ignore recommendations they could have their membership suspended or revoked.
I can,t agree with some of Jurek7s comments. Expansive generalisations like "most zoos breed their birds off show". All of the considerable list...
Yes some zoo professionals indeed, having read that drivel from Singapore. I have watched at Copenhagen while they fed a whole culled eland to...
Breeding and culling is common practice. game parks across Africa cull many species annually as part of responsible management and tourists flock...
Newquay has been breeding from their group for several years now, having previously held a bachelor group. Yes they probably are saying they are...
A number of European zoos seem to be making an effort to breed weavers now that imports are restricted. Rhiene, Rotterdam, Cotswold and Paradise...
A landmark in small carnivore conservation was broadcast by the BBC when two Owston's civets bred in the UK at Newquay Zoo returned to Vietnam....
Newquay Zoo has Owstons civets and Prevosts squirrel together. Also crowned lemurs living with narrow-striped mongooses. All these species have...
I agree that Kowari,s in zoo,s have petered out through lack of interest. They require quite intensive management, they are not rare or a...
I think two changes have affected small carnivores in recent years. Those in managed progammes require more zoo "spaces" as those populations...
At Cuc Phuong the primate centre has all three species of douc langur and Delacours langur amongst others. The turtle centre down the road has...
Saigon Zoo also had marbled cat when I visied a couple of years ago, really beautiful. I watched them being fed live rabbits,much to the delight...
This is a really interesting thread. I must have a thousand or so guides, annual reports, zoo maps etc in the loft, plus IZN back as far as the...
The most widely kept small carnivore globally is the Asian short-clawed otter, I suspect mostly because meerkats have not yet invaded all the zoos...
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