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The Amusing Case of the Gulf Breeze Zoo Canada Geese

10,000 Birds

Next door to my hometown, the Gulf Breeze Zoo occupies 50 acres near the Santa Rosa Sound. On large islands shaded with multiple trees, a family of orangutans and another of gorillas lounged in the green grass. A few weeks later, I returned to the zoo, and sure enough, the nest was empty. Had they merely hatched?

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Gorilla At Detroit Zoo

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Why do people not understand

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How smart certain animals are like gorilla Orang-Utan chimpanzee octopus crows pigs dolphins orcas etc these are all sentient animals according to recent science they should not be in zoos or anything of the sort submitted by /u/BlazingDave72x [link] [comments]

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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

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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. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. In May 2008, 41 of the 43 rays at the Calgary Zoo’s 37,000-litre touch-tank died.

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Teenage gorilla is ‘not addicted’ to smartphones, insists Chicago zoo

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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own.

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From Today's Los Angeles Times

Animal Ethics

The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo. Finally, what of the audience?