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Jaguar Dies in Florida Zoo

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A jaguar died during a routine procedure at the Brevard Zoo. Tags: zoos jaguar florida.

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Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants

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San Antonio Zoo (Texas) Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada), Buttonwood Park Zoo (Mass.), Central Florida Zoo (Fla.), Niabi Zoo (Ill.), Topeka Zoo (Kan.), Honolulu Zoo (Hawaii), Wildlife Safari (Ore.), York's Wild Kingdom Zoo (Maine) tied with Southwick's Zoo (Mass.), Here they are.

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Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo

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Like a "BBQ, pony rides and a petting zoo!" When I started thinking about trying to get the association to cancel the pony rides and petting zoo (which are often part of one business as a quick Google search of " traveling petting zoo " will demonstrate), my several-year vegan husband said, "What's the use? What would you do?

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Video captures Florida cop shoot tiger as it attacks screaming Naples Zoo worker in the USA

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submitted by /u/Motor-Ad-8858 [link] [comments].

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Why Tucson, for the birds of course!

10,000 Birds

If you think about the city of Tucson alone, there are over 120 city parks, 5 public golf courses, the Tucson Botanical Gardens, Saguaro National Park, the Reid Park and Zoo, and the incredible Sabino Canyon. Five-striped Sparrows in Box Canyon, Red-faced Warblers, Grace’s Warblers, and Olive Warblers are up on Mt Lemmon.

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Carolina Parakeet: Mystery of the Incas

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Not more than four years following the final breath of the last living Passenger Pigeon , and at the same facility – the Cincinnati Zoo, whose place in ornithological history is morbidly established – the last Carolina Parakeet died. And this from New England to Florida, west as far as the Great Plains. It was called Incas.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Diet: From Worms To Chicken Thighs

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I’ve heard of parks in Florida that have red-shoulders who have figured out how to grab chicken pieces off of grills as an easy food source. They embody “opportunity” whether it’s using a new food source or eating bugs. When I worked at a wild bird store, one of my customers had her own Red-shouldered Hawk Feeder.

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