Reddit Animals
AUGUST 7, 2023
Prepare to be amazed as we delve into a story that highlights just how cunning and clever these primates can be. A Lesson from the Zoo A young zoo keeper embarks on her first days at the zoo, ready to embrace her new role. Her initiation into the world of animal care begins with a surprising choice – chimpanzees.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Rahall (D-WV) announced that, at his request, the House of Representatives will consider on Monday, February 23, the Captive Primate Safety Act (H.R. Keeping primates as pets threatens public health and safety, as well as the welfare of the animals. The Captive Primate Safety Act is bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
Another animal dies at the Calgary Zoo and more questions are being raised about their practices. I don't track zoos, but this seems like an unusually high number of casualties. The fatality is one in a string of animal deaths in recent years. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare.
Critter News
MARCH 6, 2009
The Baghdad Zoo rakes in some more animals. Unlike rhesus monkeys, patas are not considered desirable for research, and there has been little demand for either from zoos — until now. I am no fan of zoos, especially in an unstable country like Iraq. Tags: zoos baghdad primates.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world.
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. They were one, two or three to a cage, and I am 80 percent sure the accommodations were exemplary as far as such institutions (or for that matter traditional zoos) go. Tags: animal experimentation animal research.
Animal Ethics
JUNE 7, 2016
The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo.
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