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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Endangered Rhinos Need Your Help
The International Rhino Foundation has made an impassioned plea for more support as we reach the end of 2011. It has been a bad year for these magnificent animals as sub species of the Black Rhino and the Javan Rhino … Continue reading
Special Zoo Ticket Offer at NAZF
The sad news is that Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm is open for just two more Saturdays in 2011. The good news is that this popular Bristol Zoo will be offering a holiday season incentive to visitors to come and say … Continue reading
Baby Gorilla Born At Chicago Zoo
A zoo in America has welcomed a new baby gorilla, the first born at their Great Ape House for years. Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago has a reputation for bringing through young gorillas and they managed to kindle the romance … Continue reading
Posted in zoos
Tagged Baby Gorilla, Chicago Zoo, gorilla birth, Great Ape, Lincoln Park Zoo
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Zoo Provides Happy Home to Elephants
An American zoo will be welcoming more elephants as part of an exhibition of African wildlife. Birmingham Zoo in Alabama will now get a fourth elephant as part of its Trails of Africa exhibit, which is scheduled to run from … Continue reading
A Black Week For Rhinos
It has been a bad week for the Black rhino. Last week a sub species of the Black Rhino was declared extinct in Western Africa. While rhinos are particularly vulnerable because their horns are so prized on the black market, … Continue reading
Posted in conservation
Tagged black rhinos, conservation, Denver Zoo, rhino horn, rhinos, White rhinos
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Pandas – Eats Shoots and Leaves
Edinburgh Zoo has added Pandas to its collection in an effort to boost flagging visitor numbers but these Chinese animals also come at a huge cost. The bamboo eaters (hence the title of the award winning grammar book Eats Shoots … Continue reading
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Tagged bamboo, big zoo animals, Bristol Conservation, Edinburgh Zoo, giant pandas, Pandas
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Zoo Rhinos Targeted By Poachers
Poachers have taken their tragic excesses even further this week as it was reported that a French zoo has had to install extra security for its animals. The Thoiry Zoo and wildlife park, which sits on the outskirts of Paris, … Continue reading
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Tagged big zoo animals, rhino poachers, White rhinos, zoo keeper for a day
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‘We Bought a Zoo’ – Cameron Crowe Love Story Coming Soon to Cinemas
The filmmaker who wowed audiences with his romantic comedy, Jerry Maguire, has now turned his hand to a love story about a man who buys who buys a zoo. Cameron Crowe was attracted to the script based on a BBC … Continue reading
Posted in Noah's Ark Zoo Farm, zoos
Tagged Ben’s Zoo, Matt Damon, Rosemoor Wildlife Park, Scarlett Johansson, We Bought a Zoo, zoo keeper
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Polecats make comeback in Wales
Although there are often extinction horror stories, sometimes we hear good news about the success of a threatened species. That is certainly the case with the polecat, a UK predator which was near to extinction, with numbers dipping worryingly low. … Continue reading
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Tagged extinction, noahs ark, polecat, welsh conservation, zoo farm
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