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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Farm Zoo Animals Go Mad for Pumpkins
While candy is the precious commodity that children are seeking when they dress up for Halloween, animals can also get into the spooky spirit. In zoos across the world, zoo keepers have taken the chance to mark the occasion by … Continue reading
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Tagged days out in bristol, farm zoo, feeding animals, halloween, pumpkins, san diego zoo, school trip ideas, zoo animals
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Birds of Different Feathers Flock Together
The saying ‘birds of a feather flock together’ was disproved this week by an unusual friendship at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm. The farm zoo located in Wraxall, Bristol, is home to both exotic big zoo animals and the smaller UK … Continue reading
Toronto Zoo Up For Sale
The potential takeover of a zoo by an amusement park has led to public uneasiness. The Toronto Zoo in Canada has got to this stage because it has been running at a £20 million loss, which means that the local … Continue reading
Tiger Cubs Born at Taronga Zoo
On a day when the guardian newspaper reported that the Javan rhino has been driven to extinction in Vietnam there was at least some good news. It came in the form of three newly born Sumatran tigers at the Taronga … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, endangered species, javan rhino, sumatran tiger, taronga zoo, tiger cub
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Big Zoo Animals Massacred in America
America’s shockingly lack lustre laws on the importing of exotic animals were exposed this week when police in Ohio were forced to kill dozens of escaped big zoo animals. The massacre took place in Muskingum County after the owner of a … Continue reading
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Tagged big zoo animals, Jack Hanna, Muskingum County, wild animals, zoo keeper
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Europe’s Largest Elephant Enclosure
Imagine a five-star spa hotel for elephants with health food, a 9 foot deep swimming pool and 20 acres of roaming space. Welcome to Elephant Eden. Elephants are probably the trickiest of the big zoo animals to accommodate in captivity. … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, zoos
Tagged big zoo animals, elephant eden, largest elephant enclosure, Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, zoo farm
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Munich Zoo Makes Use of Elephant ‘Poo Power’
Big zoo animals like elephants are a real crowd puller, but there is another way in which these giant mammals can empower zoos. The Munich Zoo in Germany is now harnessing the vast amount of dung that elephants create to … Continue reading
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Tagged big zoo animals, elephant dung, elephant eden, munich zoo
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‘World’s Best Halloween Party’ At Louisville Zoo
An American zoo has decided to throw a massive Halloween party so that children can enjoy spooky stories at the same time as marvelling at the big zoo animals. This will truly be a massive event for what is one … Continue reading
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Tagged big zoo animals, halloween party, Loiusville zoo, zoo conservation
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Being Zoo Keeper for a Lifetime
Newly retired zoo keeper Graham Chilton describes his exciting life… Many of us have dreamt of being a zoo keeper for a day and getting to interact with the animals, but for one 60-something that was his whole life. Graham … Continue reading
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Tagged big zoo animals, noahs ark, zoo farm, zoo keeper, zoo keeper for a day
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