Reddit Animals

MARCH 21, 2023

The now infamous female gator named Godzilla found a new, temporary home at the Bronx Zoo as it not only recovers from the cold as a result of its abandonment, but from a bathtub stopper it swallowed — it is unclear whether this happened before or after it arrived at the park.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2011

I am reminded of the ducks’ perilous and arduous existence on each family outing to Heidelberg Zoo. The Duck Pond of Heidelberg Zoo with camp Crystal Lake in the background Little did Woody realize he was being watched – from below. And I am forced to face my fears once more. All is peaceful, all is quiet.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 7, 2024

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Critter News

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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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections.

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Critter News

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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Critter News

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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Critter News

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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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Smithsonian recently produced a behind-the-scenes YouTube video with Mike Maslanka, head nutritionist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, as he talks about what it takes to feed 2,000 animals from 400 different species 365 days a year. In all, 13 people make up the Zoo’s nutrition team.

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

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Critter News

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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Critter News

APRIL 11, 2010

On Tuesday, state media reported that dozens of tigers and other endangered animals had died of malnutrition over the past two years at the Northern Forest Zoo in the Chinese city of Harbin. Tags: zoos tigers china.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 24, 2024

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Critter News

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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Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Not only is Toronto closing its elephant exhibit, but the City Council voted to send the remaining elderly elephants to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary instead of another zoo.

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Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2012

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

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2022

.): Hot Bird Summer (“Every spring, for as long as records have been kept, a crowd of hundreds of black-crowned night herons descend on the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, mating, eating and generally causing a ruckus. Many of the keepers at the zoo enjoy them, but they can be a tough bird to love.”). Sidedoor ( Smithsonian , 2020, 25 min.):

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Critter News

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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Critter News

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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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. A lot of the comments are just about keeping zoos open for families and children. Who would they euthanize? It doesn't say.

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Animal Person

MARCH 20, 2010

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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Critter News

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

War has erupted between Toronto Zoo elephant keepers and the animal rights group helping to co-ordinate a move of three aging elephants to a California sanctuary. Excepted from the Toronto News.

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Critter News

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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Critter News

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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Animal Person

MARCH 24, 2010

Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner's association, and though I wasn't on the agenda there's always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring "BBQ" ( here 's part one of this story). And there's not much from the health angle for pony rides.

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Reddit Animals

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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Critter News

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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Reddit Animals

JANUARY 20, 2024

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Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

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

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Critter News

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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Critter News

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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Reddit Animals

JUNE 12, 2023

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Critter News

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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Critter News

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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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. At the time of the raid, Rockland County prosecutor Anthony Dellicarri described the property as "kind of like a petting zoo gone out of control" and "the zoo from hell.".

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Reddit Animals

MARCH 8, 2024

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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Reddit Animals

JULY 13, 2023

zoos have pandas (Washington DC zoo and Zoo Atlanta). Pandas are my favorite animal. Obviously they normally don’t let visitors close up to animals but it’s my dream to pet a panda just once. How do I convince them to let me pet my favorite animal? I wanna feel their fur.

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