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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

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An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Northern California-based In Defense of Animals called for the Department of Agriculture, which does inspections of zoos, to investigate Umoya's death.

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Birding Ruili, Yunnan

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A paper on the Little Cormorant is titled “Activities of the Little Cormorant , Phalacrocorax niger (Vieillot) in relation to sunlight in captivity” Not only was this study done in a zoo, which should seriously affect the relevance of the result. min/h) in rainy day.

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Lucy the Elephant's Case to be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court?

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The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather U.S. Excerpted from CTV News. wildlife sanctuary.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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One of the first examples I ever encountered was in the books of Gerald Durrell, the famous conservationist who was an early pioneer of the roles of zoos in conservation. He often defended that role in his books from animal rights activists who opposed “imprisoning” animals in zoos even if it saved them from extinction.

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

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In terms of breeding behavior, starlings are a diversified group – some use helpers, others do not. Work ethics among Yellow-billed Kites seem to vary a lot between individuals. No doubt the woodpecker has similar considerations. Greater Blue-eared Starlings prefer not to rely on hired hands. Poor creatures.