For more than a century, zoo keepers around the world have believed that growing animals in captivity implies nothing more than feeding them well and preventing them from exercising, so as not to injure themselves. Now, a growing number of animal experts and zoological garden owners feel that “animal enrichment... |
23 March 2009
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The Furuvik Zoo in Sweden is the home of several primates and a few chimps. One of them has recently offered a surprise in terms of behavior, when caretakers have observed the animal actively planning ways to harm visitors that approached its cage. It has been seen chipping away at the concrete walls surrounding its ... |
10 March 2009
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One of the most iconic chimpanzee figures in the world, Gregoire lived some 40 years of his life caged in solitary confinement at the Brazzaville zoo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He was rescued from the poorly-run zoo some 11 years ago and lived the remainder of his life at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee R... |
28 December 2008
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A recent scientific study has shown that adult female elephants living in captivity die at a much younger age than their “peers” living in the wild, in natural reservations or on their own. The find was announced by a team of international scientists, who studied well over half of the world's captive... |
12 December 2008
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Zookeepers at Kushiro Municipal Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, had the surprise of their life, when they noticed that the bear they took care of for more than 4 years was actually a female, instead of a male, as the medical certificate said. The cream-colored animal lived with his designated pair – another female –... |
26 November 2008
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The event is fresh: just two weeks ago, a 300-pound (136-kilogram) tigress escaped from its enclosure in San Francisco Zoo, killing one man and mauling other two. "The tiger's enclosure is surrounded by a 15-foot-wide (4.5-meter-wide) moat and 20-foot-high (6-meter-high) walls, and the big cat did not leave thr... |
11 January 2008
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Unlike the stuffed animals in the museums or the documentaries on wild life, a zoo gives you the opportunity to see wild animals alive with your own eyes, at close range. Today, as our knowledge about species' biology and behavior has increased, zoos come with conditions more similar to those required by the ani... |
9 January 2008
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Allegations about lousy conditions on the state-run Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung, the second largest city of Taiwan, where a crocodile bit off the forearm of a veterinarian last month seem to explain the attack. The gruesome incident, which took place on April 11, was captured in photos wide spread by international med... |
19 May 2007
05:55 GMT |
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Play as zany Zoosters and embark on a crazy adventure from New York City to the wild island of Madagascar in the only game based on the highly anticipated animated film from DreamWorks. Enter the world of personality-packed Central Park Zoo animals, including a lion, zebra, giraffe, hippo, and their penguin sidekicks... |
26 March 2007
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