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. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds.

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Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

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JULY 4, 2023

Their common names reflect their size, appearance, residence, and sometimes their sound, ranging from the simple to the eponymous: Little Owl, Powerful Owl, Pharaoh Eagle-Owl, Cloud-Forest Pygmy-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Morepork, Christmas Island Boobook, Blakiston’s Fish-Owl. They are also hunted.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

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JULY 10, 2012

The stunning head plumes of the Gray Crowned-Crane make it attractive to bird collectors and zoos; illegal collecting of wild birds is one of the reasons why this species is now considered Endangered. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 188

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JUNE 2, 2018

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jodrey State Fish Pier. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6. 13 Jan 2018. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Western Australia.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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AUGUST 4, 2018

fishing beach. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

fishing beach. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

fishing beach. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e Veliko blato lake NR / Mika Alas fish farm–IBA Uš?e

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113