Critter News
JULY 18, 2011
An article in today's Seattle Times about Woodland Park Zoo's attempts over the last 20 years to breed elephants. The zoo claims it's to preserve the species. Very controversial with organizations such as In Defense of Animals, PETA and the Northwest Animal Rights Network. They say it's cruel.
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. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare.
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Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
Dr. Clement Lanthier, Calgary Zoo president and CEO (is this a corporation??) It's off the table until somebody comes to the zoo and says, I want this and I'm willing to pay," said Lanthier. Lanthier doesn't hide his contempt for animal rights groups who lash out, without considering the role zoos play in conservation.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
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. The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own.
Animal Person
MARCH 27, 2009
The only way most of us will ever see an elephant (or a tiger or a hippo) is on the National Geographic Channel, at a circus or in a zoo. But most zoos and circuses today, including ours, are delicately sensitive to animal well-being. The elitist “animal-rights” zealots hate to admit this.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2011
While it’s no longer possible to see this regal macaw soar gracefully through the Brazilian skies, to be able to worship them—even from afar at one of the conservatories or zoos—would be a dream, at last, come true. Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight!
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