50 Articles match "Tagged","Zoos"

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• Baghdad Zoo Wants Animals
  
  It's bad enough to send animals to zoos, but to a zoo in Baghdad?? Tags: zoos iraq No way. It makes me sick thinking about the animals already there (numbering 1,500 including lions and tigers.).
  Critter News - Thursday, February 12, 2009
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• Jaguar Dies in Florida Zoo
  
  A jaguar died during a routine procedure at the Brevard Zoo. Tags: zoos jaguar florida
  Critter News - Friday, December 25, 2009
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• Zoo Chimp Shows Ability to Plan Ahead
  
  He was storing hundreds of stones to throw at visitors at the Furuvik Zoo. Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles. Tags: zoos chimpanzees The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology.
  Critter News - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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• Calgary Zoo Set for External Review
  
  But, of course, this is really all because of some extremists who want to close down all zoos. think it’s an extreme animal rights organization that wants to close all zoos,” Steve Feldman {AZA spokesman} said. The latter comment is in reference to Zoocheck Canada , a zoo watchdog demanding the independent investigation.
  Critter News - Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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• Boston Zoo May Close and Kill Animals
  
  I'm not a fan of zoos on principle. But I know there are good zoos and bad zoos. Unfortunately I think there are way more bad zoos than good ones. But even for a bad zoo, this is awful. lot of the comments are just about keeping zoos open for families and children. That they care for the species and animals?
  Critter News - Friday, July 10, 2009
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• Tiger Abuse at Chinese Zoos
  
  On Tuesday, state media reported that dozens of tigers and other endangered animals had died of malnutrition over the past two years at the Northern Forest Zoo in the Chinese city of Harbin. Tags: zoos tigers china It is an irony not lost on the Chinese public that the Year of the Tiger has not been good for the big cats.
  Critter News - Sunday, April 11, 2010
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• Calgary Zoo in Big Trouble
  
  We've written about the Calgary Zoo here before. To many people, the number of animal fatalities at the Calgary Zoo in newer years seemed very high. hippo passed away following a long, horrible transfer from another zoo. Woodyer wanted Lanthier to quit and for the zoo’s accreditation to be taken away. From eCanadaNow.com.
  Critter News - Sunday, June 20, 2010
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• Actress Lilly Tomlin Calls on Seattle Woodland Park Zoo to Release Elephants to Sanctuary
  
  Lilly Tomlin is in Seattle and spoke out about the conditions of elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo on behalf of the Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN). Addressing supporters and the media at the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, Tomlin said elephants in zoos across the country are suffering in confinement.
  Critter News - Monday, April 27, 2009
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• Tiger Slaughtered in Indonesian Zoo
  
  Sumatran female at the Taman Rimbo Zoo was drugged by poachers, slaughtered and harvested for her parts. Tags: zoos wildlife crime poaching tigers indonesia Tigers are not safe anywhere. Just awful.
  Critter News - Thursday, August 27, 2009
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• San Antonio Zoo Accused of Elephant Mistreatment
  
  In Defense of Animals has taken up the cause of Lucky the elephant, the only elephant at the San Antonio Zoo, alleging poor conditions and emotional distress. She has been at the San Antonio Zoo for 47 years. Tags: zoos animal cruelty Texas elephants What amazes me is Lucky's age.49 years old. Is this right?
  Critter News - Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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