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What Does Being A Zoo Keeper Involve?
If you are a zoo keeper you can get up close to big zoo animals like lions and tigers as a big cat keeper, or meet and feed herbivores such as White Rhinos, Giraffes and Lowland Tapirs. To do the … Continue reading
Baby Stork Born at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm
As the bringer of babies a stork normally symbolises birth, and at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm two storks have had a child of their own. The newly born white stork has been named affectionately as Wally, and his arrival is … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Bristol Zoo, cranes, keeper experience, M5, ostriches, quails, reptile experience, rheas, white stork, wraxall, zoo keeper
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RIP Tanvir the Tiger
It has been a sad week at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm after Tanvir the Tiger lost a long battle with digestive illness. Tanvir was quite literally one of the biggest characters at Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm. But although Tanvir was … Continue reading
Cincinnati Zoo Receives $5 Million
A Zoo in America has just received its largest ever donation to help it build an eight acre exhibit. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden was bequeathed $5 million by Marge Schott who had been a generous benefactor while she … 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
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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
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
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Tagged Ben’s Zoo, Matt Damon, Rosemoor Wildlife Park, Scarlett Johansson, We Bought a Zoo, zoo keeper
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