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MARCH 4, 2010

We're talking about Knut the polar bear. He was the cute little polar bear whose birth at the Berlin Zoo was so controversial because his mother rejected him. He was raised by a trainer. Tags: zoos knut Germany polar bear PETA. She's here temporarily for companionship, but the group is concerned.

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PETA Polar Bears Germany Zoos 100

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JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. The Telia Lake.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 240

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MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump. There are so many!

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 249

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JULY 20, 2018

In 1987, only 27 were left in the wild and drastic action was taken to save the species: all remaining birds were captured, the California Condor was declared extinct in the wild, and a captive breeding program was begun, initially carried out by the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Los Angeles Zoo. With enough room for another, of course.

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California Condor Oregon California Zoos 103

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. Thankfully not extinct: Western Crowned-Pigeon ( Goura cristata ) at the National Zoo © David J. The bird’s skeleton bears similarities to New Guinea’s much smaller (!) The Ones Who Didn’t Make It.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 273