10,000 Birds
MARCH 1, 2017
If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains birds to take out drones that stray into restricted airspace. Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species.
Critter News
JULY 10, 2009
I'm not a fan of zoos on principle. But I know there are good zoos and bad zoos. Unfortunately I think there are way more bad zoos than good ones. But even for a bad zoo, this is awful. They would lay off most of their 165 employees and attempt to find new homes for more than 1,000 animals, the officials said.
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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. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2014
It’s cold enough in Chicago—where our high temperature for the day was –2 degrees Farenheit—that the polar bear at the zoo spent the day inside. Scientists speculate that these conditions may threaten the larvae of the Emerald Ash Borer , an invasive beetle killing ash trees around the Great Lakes region and beyond. Glad you asked.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2015
In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 2, 2008
To the Editor: Re “ Tiger on the Loose: Can It Happen Here? ” (news article, Dec. 27): It’s little wonder that Tatiana, the tiger that escaped from the San Francisco Zoo, longed for her freedom. These acts of independence are often their last, as, like Tatiana, most animals who attempt to follow their natural instincts are killed.
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
How smart does a chimpanzee have to be before killing him constitutes murder? They were one, two or three to a cage, and I am 80 percent sure the accommodations were exemplary as far as such institutions (or for that matter traditional zoos) go. I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director.
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