| 07/09/08 | Wild About Wildlife (Red Orbit ) |  |
Published 07/09/08 04:00:08
When she was a schoolgirl in South Yorkshire Susie Parkin now smiles at the memory she had "millions of cats" and bred up to 10 guinea pigs at once. Sometimes she saw foxes slinking around the Sheffield suburb of Norton Lees where she lived. |
| 06/09/08 | Gorilla family shown on webcam (The Telegraph) | |
Published 06/09/08 08:27:23
Zoo keepers have set up a webcam in an enclosure so people can watch live footage of a family of gorillas on the internet. |
| 05/09/08 | Oldest gorilla in captivity dies at 55 (CNN) | |
Published 05/09/08 23:13:40
The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo, her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday. |
| 05/09/08 | Ce n'est pas Réchauffement Global (This Is Not Global Warming)--With Apologies To Magritte (Treehugger) | |
Published 05/09/08 22:33:17
Treehuggers no doubt remember Knut. He?s the polar bear cub who would likely have died after being rejected by his mother, save that he became a media sensation when his Berlin zookeepers decided not to let Nature take its course. While some animal activists objected, the public at large seems to have responded in unison: ?How could anyone let anything this cute die?? You?ve no doubt also seen equally captivating pictures of many of Knut?s? wild cousins?images that distill all of the scientific complexities of global warming and melting sea ice into a single powerful concept: this magnificent animal is going to drown in front of your eyes?this is global warming, and it?s y... |
| 05/09/08 | Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 (Arizona Republic) | |
Published 05/09/08 21:41:42
DALLAS (AP) -- The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo - her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday.... |
| 05/09/08 | Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 (kansascity.com) | |
Published 05/09/08 21:31:00
The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo - her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday. |
| 05/09/08 | Oldest gorilla in captivity dies in Dallas at 55 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) | |
Published 05/09/08 21:26:00
DALLAS -- The oldest gorilla in captivity, a 55-year-old female named Jenny, has died at the Dallas Zoo - her home for more than half a century, a spokesman said Friday. |
| 05/09/08 | orientation time (Travelblog) | |
Published 05/09/08 11:13:48
Hello all The past three days have beenhellip.hothellip..although Irsquom glad to report that I didnrsquot need to turn on my air con 2 nights ago a good sign. Wersquove had orientation for 3 days now and there is soooo much paperwork the Japanese are very thorough. The most exciting thing about orientation is looking at which clubs I want to join Irsquom thinking the sign language |
| 05/09/08 | Elephants and tiger swimming (Travelblog) | |
Published 05/09/08 06:13:10
Back at the hostel after Fraser and we were wiped out another walk to the supermarket and then on to see Edel and Simon one last time before we left town.We woke up bright and early Thursday morning and it was off to Steve Irwinrsquos Australia Zoo. We had a jolly bus driver called John the humour is definitely an acquired taste had us all chuckling along though and with a Steve video playing |
| 05/09/08 | Got a name for the baby elephant at the Portland zoo? (Jack Bog's Blog) | |
Published 05/09/08 03:13:28
If so, you may have to keep it to yourself. An alert reader sends along this update: If you have got a clever or appropriate name for the Oregon Zoo's new baby elephant, too bad. Shortly after the calf was born, Portland media suggested that the public would be invited to submit names for him. Keepers, we were told, would then narrow the list down (adding whatever other names they had come up with) and the five final names would go on an online ballot for the public to vote. Having submitted names for all baby elephants since Packy was born, we wanted to continue the tradition and forwarded our suggestion (Rosario - for Rose-Tu and father Tusko). We got the following response from the Zoo: "Thanks for your suggestion, however our keepers will be suggesting names to be placed on an online ballot. We encourage you to participate by casting your vote." When I wrote, asking why the process had changed and why local news had described the process differently, I got the following response: "The media doesn't always get thing right, but they try. The keepers will suggest names for the ballot which reflect the elephant's range in Asia. Most names will be Vietnamese, Thai, Hindi, etc. We do have animals in our Amazon Flooded Forest exhibit which have Spanish or Portuguese names."There goes my chances. I thought the little fella should be called "Interstate Avenue."... |
| 05/09/08 | Offspring Pines For Mom, After T.O. Zoo Elephant Dies Unexpectedly (CityNews: Top Stories) | |
Published 05/09/08 00:35:34
A baby elephant goes looking for a mother who can never come back in a sad moment at the zoo. |
| 04/09/08 | About Death, Just Like Us or Pretty Much Unaware? (3quarksdaily) | |
Published 04/09/08 11:17:54
Natalie Angier in The New York Times As anybody who has grieved inconsolably over the death of a loved one can attest, extended mourning is, in part, a perverse kind of optimism. Surely this bottomless, unwavering sorrow will amount to... |
| 03/09/08 | Elephant Dies Suddenly At Toronto Zoo (CityNews: Top Stories) | |
Published 03/09/08 20:37:12
Zoo staff were shocked and saddened to find the animal dead in her enclosure Wednesday. |
| 03/09/08 | NOSE DIVE ELEPHANT TREK AS A MAHOUT (Travelblog) | |
Published 03/09/08 11:14:14
What an amazing experience to ride on the back of an elephanteh almost sitting on his head and just trek through the jungle. We couldn't pass up the opportunity to experience the life of a mahout elephant keeper and trainer and join them in their daily activities. I've always been fascinated by these enourmous animals and love the way they just sway from side to side as they walk along. This |
| 02/09/08 | King cobra draws crowds (Hindu) | |
Published 02/09/08 23:51:50
Kozhikode: A 4.5-metre-long king cobra weighing 35 kg has turned into a major attraction at the eco-tourism centre in Peruvannamuzhy. Keepers of the reptile said the king cobra was being kept under observation and would be released into the ... |
| 02/09/08 | New card game about poo (Metro.co.uk) | |
Published 02/09/08 21:22:17
A new card game is about to make people potty over poo. |
| 02/09/08 | Do animals grieve over death like we do? (International Herald Tribune) | |
Published 02/09/08 14:52:17
Everywhere in nature, biologists say, are examples of animals behaving as though they were at least vaguely aware of death's brutal supremacy and yet unpersuaded that it had anything to do with them. |
| 02/09/08 | Danger In Gameland (Fortress Of Fortitude) | |
Published 02/09/08 09:20:09
Funny-animal super-heroes may seem silly to modern, ?sophisticated? readers but the lil? critters have a long and honorable history in comic books. Mighty Mouse, Supermouse (which was originally Mighty Mouse?s name, but that?s a long, complicated story), Super Rabbit, Atom The Cat, Atomic Mouse and Atomic Bunny kept the four-colored skies safe for toddlers too young [...] |
| 01/09/08 | Basics: About Death, Just Like Us or Pretty Much Unaware? (New York Times) | |
Published 01/09/08 23:16:21
Do animals grieve like we do? |
| 01/09/08 | Belfast 'escaped lion' was large stray dog (ireland.com) | |
Published 01/09/08 14:29:45
Police in Belfast have called off their search for an escaped "lion" after it turned out to be a large stray dog. |
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