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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

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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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

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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JUNE 20, 2010

We've written about the Calgary Zoo here before. To many people, the number of animal fatalities at the Calgary Zoo in newer years seemed very high. A hippo passed away following a long, horrible transfer from another zoo. Woodyer wanted Lanthier to quit and for the zoo’s accreditation to be taken away.

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JULY 18, 2011

An article in today's Seattle Times about Woodland Park Zoo's attempts over the last 20 years to breed elephants. The zoo claims it's to preserve the species. Very controversial with organizations such as In Defense of Animals, PETA and the Northwest Animal Rights Network. They say it's cruel.

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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 May 2008, 41 of the 43 rays at the Calgary Zoo’s 37,000-litre touch-tank died.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

But, of course, this is really all because of some extremists who want to close down all zoos. think it’s an extreme animal rights organization that wants to close all zoos,” Steve Feldman {AZA spokesman} said. The latter comment is in reference to Zoocheck Canada , a zoo watchdog demanding the independent investigation.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

It's bad enough to send animals to zoos, but to a zoo in Baghdad?? Tags: zoos iraq. It makes me sick thinking about the animals already there (numbering 1,500 including lions and tigers.).

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Unexpected article on the aging zoo in Buenos Aires. Sounds like it needs some dire help.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

A Sumatran female at the Taman Rimbo Zoo was drugged by poachers, slaughtered and harvested for her parts. Tags: zoos wildlife crime poaching tigers indonesia. Tigers are not safe anywhere. Just awful.

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JULY 2, 2009

Things have been tough at the San Francisco Zoo after Tatiana the Siberian tiger attacked those three people in 2007. Here's an article that explains the hard times the Zoo has faced since then. The attacks led to intense scrutiny from the city and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which threatened to yank the zoo's accreditation.

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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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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

In Defense of Animals has taken up the cause of Lucky the elephant, the only elephant at the San Antonio Zoo, alleging poor conditions and emotional distress. She has been at the San Antonio Zoo for 47 years. Tags: zoos animal cruelty Texas elephants. What amazes me is Lucky's age.49 49 years old. Is this right?

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APRIL 4, 2011

The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) has proposed that the Ministry exempt JAZA's members from the current requirement to register as animal handlers with local authorities. The Ministry of the Environment is in the process of amending the Japanese animal protection law.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Dr. Clement Lanthier, Calgary Zoo president and CEO (is this a corporation??) It's off the table until somebody comes to the zoo and says, I want this and I'm willing to pay," said Lanthier. Lanthier doesn't hide his contempt for animal rights groups who lash out, without considering the role zoos play in conservation.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2012

Consequently, the news that three Bali Mynah chicks recently hatched at Lincoln Park Zoo is cause for celebration. The lovely Bali Mynah , categorized as Critically Endangered by BirdLife International, is considered one of the world’s rarest birds. Not all mynahs are bad , right? hat tip to Meredith ) a.

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MAY 2, 2023

The zoo also allows patrons to pay to interact with certain animals, allowing kids to flop around with them in enclosures. I am attaching a news article below, but SeaQuest has locations across the country and documented issues at all of them. They were cowering together under a bright light for all the passersby to balk at.

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MAY 12, 2009

I live in Seattle where Woodland Park Zoo is located. On the other hand, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants says they are not well-treated and should be in a sanctuary. Elephants need to roam and I don't particularly like having any animal gawked at in a zoo.but I don't really know if Woodland Park is worse than any other zoo.

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DECEMBER 25, 2009

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

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MARCH 10, 2009

He was storing hundreds of stones to throw at visitors at the Furuvik Zoo. Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles. Tags: zoos chimpanzees. The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology. The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology.

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

Elephants born in European zoos die at much younger ages than those bred in protected spaces, says a new study that's adding fuel to an already fractious debate over the welfare of the animals in captivity. Tags: zoos captivity elephants. The results of this study are pretty clear.and pretty controversial.

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MARCH 17, 2009

PETA is trying to prevent more animals going to the Manila Zoo. Tags: animal welfar zoo PETA phillipines. They are working with local animal welfare groups on this issue. Joining PETA as the petition’s signatories are the Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc. That's not true. There are activists in every country of the world.

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JUNE 1, 2009

A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. State police raided Everle's property, 30 miles north of New York City, in July, and witnesses testified that they found several animals dead, many malnourished and dozens living in unsanitary conditions.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

There’s lots of disheartening stuff going on in the bird world this week, so let’s start with some love in the air, in honor of Valentine’s Day: An avian version of “The Dating Game” at a Chicago-area zoo aims to reveal how best to manage mating in captivity. Bad news: The massive Common Murre die-off along the U.S.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Excerpted from CTV News. The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. Every day that Lucy spends at the Valley Zoo, her condition continues to deteriorate," Jeffrey Kerr, a lawyer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Wednesday.

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APRIL 27, 2009

Lilly Tomlin is in Seattle and spoke out about the conditions of elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo on behalf of the Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN). Addressing supporters and the media at the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, Tomlin said elephants in zoos across the country are suffering in confinement.

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JULY 11, 2013

The trust uses education, fieldwork, and a zoo in the Channel Islands to further its goal of saving threatened species from distinction. To get this message out to the world, they recently partnered with the folks behind the Wallace and Gromit animations to produce a new video, The Lonely Dodo. . Conservation dodo News video'

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Excerpted from CBC News. Legendary game show host Bob Barker says it will cost $200,000 to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary, and he doesn't mind paying for it himself. I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement.

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MARCH 6, 2010

It's from a Malaysian news site. Tags: zoos captivity entertainment Orcas. Nice argument for animals to be kept in the wild, not in captivity.

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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. News cold weather' Glad you asked. It’s cold enough to freeze vodka. It’s colder than both the South and North Poles. Is this “polar plunge” that’s gripping much of the U.S.

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JANUARY 26, 2009

Along with about 200 Los Angeles Zoo employees, children and community members gathered today at City Hall, rock guitarist Slash pledged his support for completing the zoo’s Pachyderm Forest. The donation is for helping Billy the elephant. But the opposition had its own celebrity endorsement, this one with a $1.5

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AUGUST 2, 2012

Sarah, an 11-year-old cheetah at the Cincinnati Zoo, broke her own world record by running 100m in 5.95 At the Cincinnati Zoo it is our goal to inspire every visitor with wildlife every day, and nothing inspires awe like seeing a cheetah running full blast in our Cheetah Encounter. Sarah the cheetah broke her own world record!

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MAY 6, 2010

She is the lone elephant at the Edmonton Zoo in Alberta, Canada. Tags: zoos animal sanctuary elephants. Here's an update on the battle to release the Lucy the Elephant to a sanctuary.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

She is the sole elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Tags: zoos PETA elephants. They are trying to get Lucy the Elephant moved to a sanctuary. There's a video available here too.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The zoo keepers at the Toronto are desperately trying to get the City Council to reconsider its decision to move three aging elephants to a sanctuary. They presented the Council with a petition with 1,100 signatures.

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MARCH 31, 2011

To the Editor: Re “ Lost Cobra May Hide for Weeks, Zoo Says ” (news article, March 29): The sideshow atmosphere surrounding the lost cobra at the Bronx Zoo has yielded online hilarity and supplied material for late-night talk show hosts, but the zoo is never fun for the animals.

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MARCH 4, 2010

He was the cute little polar bear whose birth at the Berlin Zoo was so controversial because his mother rejected him. Tags: zoos knut Germany polar bear PETA. He was raised by a trainer. PETA Germany's position is that he should be castrated so he doesn't mate with his cousin Giovanna. Check out a couple of the pictures in this story.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

A private zoo operator in Taiwan cross-bred lions and tigers, resulting in three "liger" cubs. Tags: zoos taiwan tigers lion endangered species. One died and the other two were seized for sheltering at a research institution. Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. From Focus Taiwan.

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