Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
Incidents include a hippo who died in transport from Denver and a Turkmenian markhor, a species of wild goat, hung itself at the zoo after becoming trapped by a rope. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. These birds are tagged and migrate to the Sululta Plains on the Ethiopian highlands were they spend their winter.
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