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San Francisco Zoo Struggles After Tiger Attack

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Things have been tough at the San Francisco Zoo after Tatiana the Siberian tiger attacked those three people in 2007. Here's an article that explains the hard times the Zoo has faced since then. The attacks led to intense scrutiny from the city and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which threatened to yank the zoo's accreditation.

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Birding Wolongshan, Sichuan, China

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Many of the pandas are kept in a kind of zoo in Wolongshan – ironically, the government apparently first asked local farmers to plant bamboo (to be fed to the pandas in the zoo) but later prohibited them from cutting down the bamboo (as it might be used as food by wild pandas). Proof that design matters.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 3)

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The species was bred at the zoo of Memphis, Tennesee ( source ). The link [link] leads you to a company named Black Kite which offers “Automated, continuous cyber risk monitoring”, something I have so far done without, probably explaining the limited success in my career. But you will certainly like the Wompoo Fruit Dove.

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27,000 Animals Rescued in Texas

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An Arlington, Texas, municipal judge ruled that the animals suffered from neglect and cruel conditions, and an appeal by the company's owners to a higher court was denied last weekend. Tags: zoos exotic animals detroit animal rescue PETA. The raid followed an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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Raimat Saira Albariño (2017)

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Raimat notes with pride that the sight of these storks and their nests is a common one in the Catalan wine country northwest of Barcelona where the winery is found, a circumstance it attributes in part to the sustainable land practices of the company.

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4 Lions are dead: Sad and all, but does it actually matter?

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Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and killed some of those same lions. I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. Losing a few non-breeding lions in zoos a great deal less.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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Pink Pigeons were featured on episode four of the second season of The Zoo , the excellent television series about The Bronx Zoo,* and their story was disturbing. Meanwhile, on The Zoo, the keepers have been creating an environment for Thelma and Louise so they can nurture the hoped-for egg from The Stud and Serendipity.

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