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Elephants to be banished from all zoos:India

Why we need Zoos, for entertainment or protection? I think it was entertainment that led to the growth of Zoos in urban area. One another example of such animal exploitation is Circuses. Thanks God there is aggod...

created by Amitjha | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago
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Puerto Rico Exporting 2000 Monkeys to Baghdad

What do you do with unwanted monkeys that are destroying your agriculture? Well if you're in Puerto Rico they have a one way ticket to Baghdad. Over thirty years ago a dozen patas and rhesus...

created by TFleming | 44 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago
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Mad Max Landscapes are Probability: Caused by Global Warming

The type of barren landscapes shown in Australia's famous Mad Max movies could become a common reality because of global warming.Professor McGregor Reid, also CEO of Chester Zoo in Northern England, went on to say,"“These films are kind of prescient, they give us some kind...

created by Ann Smarty | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Obese dolphins put on diet

Japan likes aquatic mammals from eating whales and dophins to watching them, as do many people from around the world, performing tricks in zoos and aquariums. Dolphins at Kinosaki Marine World have had to put...

created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Castellaro

Animals Sick from Melamine Tainted Milk

Two baby orangutans and a lion cub have fallen ill after consuming Chinese Sanlu milk contaminated with melamine. After hearing about the mik scandal which has killed 4 Chinese babies and sickened over...

created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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An aging elephant starts debate about zoos

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An aging elephant starts debate about zoos

There's an elephant in the Dallas Zoo who is getting old, too old to stay in the zoo, and a current debate is raging about what to do with her. She has suffered from depression and an elephant form of PTSD, and is...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Zoos in battle over Knut the polar bear's riches

The world's most famous polar bear, who provoked fierce debates on animal rights, and also appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, is now involved in another battle, this time over who will get all his money! I'm...

created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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smellr

they are almost a year old!!!!

On May 31st of 2007 the philadelphia zoo had its second batch of tiger cubs. On may 31st 2008 they are having a party for the cubs. I assume it will be a day filled with venders selling goods to support the zoo....

created by smellr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Wisco

The Stuff I Didn't Get To -- 2/13/07

"-Birth control, UK style-A new survey by the Family Planning Association finds brits surprisingly uninformed about reproduction. "Nearly one in three Britons think that if a woman jumps up and down, washes or...

created by Wisco | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Zoos cash in on Valentine's Day with animal sex tours

created by lucas1079 | 2 years ago
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Kindred Spirits: The First of Its Kind

I am proud to say that my mother Dr. Carol Gigliotti will be speaking at Kindred Spirits on Saturday. The University of Indiana is hosting the event this weekend. The key note is none other than Donna Haraway. This is the first event of its kind, and the...

created by clorenz1 | 3 years ago
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Talk About A Niche: Online Dating Site For Orangutans

"Yes, we all realize that the internet and all that "long tail" stuff means that perhaps there really is a space for narrowly focused niche sites... but did anyone really expect an online dating site for orangutans? Turns out some zookeepers are setting up such a site with...

created by southasian_birdy | 3 years ago
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Zoo animals feeling the heat

"The heat meant it was a slow day at area zoos. Literally. While humans may "run around and keep busy," said Lincoln Park Zoo spokeswoman Kelly McGrath, the animals are "not like us.'' "They're smarter than us:...

created by lmurch | 3 years ago
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Beauty Sleep

"Unmindful of visitors strolling past, this rhinoceros was merrily snoring away enjoying his beauty sleep. Unlike other zoos, the Nehru Zoological Park at Hyderabad we visited last weekend had several positives; Expansive, unartificial containing healthy animals that were...

created by southasian_birdy | 3 years ago
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Virtual Pandemic: 90 Days to Infect Entire U.S.

Animated computer map shows the speed of the H5N1 avian flu virus spreading in the human population. 90 days to reach every corner of the United States.