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Critically endangered black rhino baby born at Cincinnati Zoo
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has a new baby black rhino, Kendi. Mom Seyia gave birth to the calf on Monday. The staff voted to name the calf Kendi, which means “the loved one” in Swahili. It's the first baby black rhino at the Cincinnati Zoo since 1999. Before then, 16 black rhino calves have been born there. Dad Faru came to Cincinnati two years ago from Atlanta, where he sired one calf, as a potential mate for Seyia.
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How a Philly Ob-Gyn Ended Up Delivering a Baby Gorilla
“For the most part, I was in the moment, doing what I do every day.”
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Attitude!
A one-week-old lesser flamingo stands next to a parent at the zoo in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany.
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April the giraffe welcomes much-anticipated calf
April the giraffe welcomed a not-so-little bundle of joy Saturday morning after animal lovers devoted weeks to watching and waiting. April is one of the most popular residents at the Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York. Fans have kept up with her for weeks as she anticipated the birth of her fourth calf. April is 15 years old.
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Dade City zoo ordered to stop letting tourists swim with tigers
The United States Department of Agriculture has ordered Dade City's Wild Things to end its tiger cub swimming encounters and pay a $21,000 fine for exposing the animals to "rough or excessive public handling." The order, issued Feb. 15 and effective March 22, found the zoo's swim program broke the law when it allowed tigers to be harmed during handling and exposed people to dangerous conditions four times between September 2011 and October 2012.
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Poachers kill rhino for his horn at French zoo
A rhino has been shot dead by poachers at a zoo in France in what is believed to be the first such incident in Europe. Keepers found Vince, a four-year-old white rhino, in his enclosure at Thoiry Zoo on Tuesday morning. One of his horns had been hacked off with a chainsaw, police said. The African rhino's horn commands high prices on the black market, with about 100 killed every month in the wild. However, this is thought to be the first time poachers have targeted a rhino living in a European zoo.
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Hippo dies after brutal attack in El Salvador
Police in El Salvador are investigating a "cowardly and inhumane" attack at the National Zoological Park that killed a hippopotamus named Gustavito. The 15-year-old hippo suffered "multiple blows on different parts of the body" from "blunt and sharp objects" in Wednesday's attack, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement.
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Long battle for baboon throne ends in female taking top spot at Toronto zoo
A brutal battle for the throne of a baboon troop at the Toronto Zoo that erupted when the matriarch died became so vicious that staff intervened with hormone treatments to take "a little bit of an edge off" the fighting females.
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Why Did Sunny the Red Panda Escape a Virginia Zoo? Maybe to Avoid Mating
The female red panda was last seen in her habitat at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk on Monday evening and searches have produced no credible sightings.
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Zoo Chimp Has Legal Rights, Says Judge in Argentina
The country's controversial Mendoza Zoo is told it must transfer a chimpanzee named Cecilia to a primate sanctuary.
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Terry Thompson and the Zanesville Ohio Zoo Massacre
The miracle of the great Zanesville zoo escape—which began last fall when a depressed, desperate man named Terry Thompson set free his vast collection of exotic animals—was that not a single innocent person was hurt. The incident made global news. It also thrust into daylight, if only for a brief moment, a secret world of privately owned exotic animals living off the grid, and often right next door. We sent Chris Heath to Zanesville, Ohio, to find out where the wild things are—and what the hell they're doing there
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Keepers subdue escaped gorilla at London Zoo
London Zoo was put on lock-down for several hours after a gorilla escaped from its enclosure on Thursday afternoon. Armed police were called to the attraction and visitors were evacuated as keepers searched for the animal. Others were locked inside buildings at the zoo, which is one of London's top tourist spots. The gorilla was eventually recaptured after being subdued by keepers using a tranquiliser dart.
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'Harambe McHarambeface' wins Chinese zoo's gorilla naming contest
A naming contest held for a baby gorilla at Jinhua Zoo, located in China’s central Zhejiang province, has announced the winning entry – which captured over 93% of all votes cast online – as “Harambe McHarambeface”. According to a report filed by Chinese-language media, up until last week the most-popular option for the newly-born male gorilla was 黑金 (Heijin), which had received several hundred votes. However, after a link to the zoo’s website was shared on social media in the US, thousands of users added new name suggestions...
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Man in gorilla costume drags children around football pitch in tribute to Harambe
A Cincinnati school has made a gorilla the new mascot for its football team in an apparent tribute to killed primate Harambe. Cincinnati Zoo’s male silverback gorilla was shot dead in May after a three-year-old child fell into his enclosure, prompting widespread grief and anger. And video and pictures from a local school football game have emerged, showing a person dressed in a gorilla outift chasing after somebody in a banana costume who is carrying a sign that reads: “RIP Harambe”.
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Venezuela food shortages leave zoo animals hungry
Some 50 animals have starved to death in the last six months at one of Venezuela's main zoos, according to a union leader, due to chronic food shortages that have plagued the crisis-stricken South American nation.
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Rare bog butterfly flutters back from brink
A small bog in Lancashire is once again home to a rare species of butterfly, for the first time in 100 years. By Jonathan Webb.
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Hundreds of animals freed as 140-year-old Argentina zoo closes its doors
Animals by the hundreds are being set free as Buenos Aires closes its 140-year-old Palermo zoo. Among the first to leave will be birds of prey like owls and chimangos, destined for a reserve along the shores of the Rio de la Plata south of the capital. They will be placed there in larger confines that will give them room to stretch and strengthen their winds before they're ready for the wild. Others among the 1,500 animals at the zoo are destined for reserves in Argentina and abroad as their old home is transformed into a park.
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The 'saddest polar bear in the world' has died in captivity
Arturo the polar bear has died at the age of 30 after a life spent in captivity and displaying signs of stress, according to campaigners. Known as the "world’s saddest polar bear" and the last captive bear in Argentina, Arturo died at Mendoza Zoo, four years after his longtime companion Pelusa died of cancer. Visitors reported the bear pacing up and down inside his concrete enclosure, rocking from side to side, displaying his teeth and other signs of discomfort as temperatures would rise above 40C.
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As a Major Zoo Closes, 10 Reasons to Rethink the Concept
Are zoos really effective at education and conservation? Anthropologist Barbara J. King offers her top reasons why it's time to rethink the role of zoos.
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Elephant whose living conditions inspired protests dies at 69
Hanoko, which means “flower child,” lived almost her entire life at Tokyo’s Inokashira Park Zoo. By Christopher Brennan. (May 26)
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