Animal Person

MARCH 20, 2010

Like a "BBQ, pony rides and a petting zoo!" When I started thinking about trying to get the association to cancel the pony rides and petting zoo (which are often part of one business as a quick Google search of " traveling petting zoo " will demonstrate), my several-year vegan husband said, "What's the use? What would you do?

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Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

PETA is trying to prevent more animals going to the Manila Zoo. Tags: animal welfar zoo PETA phillipines. They are working with local animal welfare groups on this issue. Joining PETA as the petition’s signatories are the Animal Kingdom Foundation Inc. That's not true. There are activists in every country of the world.

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Critter News

APRIL 27, 2009

Lilly Tomlin is in Seattle and spoke out about the conditions of elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo on behalf of the Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN). Addressing supporters and the media at the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, Tomlin said elephants in zoos across the country are suffering in confinement.

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Critter News

MAY 6, 2010

She is the lone elephant at the Edmonton Zoo in Alberta, Canada. Tags: zoos animal sanctuary elephants. Here's an update on the battle to release the Lucy the Elephant to a sanctuary.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

She is the sole elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Tags: zoos PETA elephants. They are trying to get Lucy the Elephant moved to a sanctuary. There's a video available here too.

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Critter News

JANUARY 8, 2009

Maybe the Beijing Zoo should start protecting the panda more so it doesn't have to protect itself from these idiots. Tags: zoos pandas china. The tourist was trying to retrieve his child's toy. Stupid, stupid, stupid. It's the third visitor the panda has bitten.

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2009

The Baghdad Zoo rakes in some more animals. Unlike rhesus monkeys, patas are not considered desirable for research, and there has been little demand for either from zoos — until now. I am no fan of zoos, especially in an unstable country like Iraq. Tags: zoos baghdad primates. We don't have a problem with that."

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Critter News

MARCH 4, 2010

He was the cute little polar bear whose birth at the Berlin Zoo was so controversial because his mother rejected him. Tags: zoos knut Germany polar bear PETA. He was raised by a trainer. PETA Germany's position is that he should be castrated so he doesn't mate with his cousin Giovanna. How suggestive!

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2010

Tags: zoos captivity entertainment Orcas. Nice argument for animals to be kept in the wild, not in captivity. It's from a Malaysian news site.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2009

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all. Tags: quotes. Michael Fox, Sierra, November-December 1990.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 28, 2009

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Yet another story of someone who decided to climb into a bear exhibit at the zoo. Tags: idiocy. He was not injured.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Tags: zoos exotic animals detroit animal rescue PETA. An Arlington, Texas, municipal judge ruled that the animals suffered from neglect and cruel conditions, and an appeal by the company's owners to a higher court was denied last weekend.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

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FEBRUARY 7, 2010

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

The animals, at at Hangzhou Zoo near Shanghai, developed kidney stones after being fed milk powder tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. Tags: china. Two baby orang-utans and a lion cub have become the latest victims of China's contaminated milk crisis.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2010

Until recently, the population of tawny frogmouths in North American zoos was facing extinction — and breeding programs were largely unsuccessful. SeaWorld worked with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to develop a program to sustain the species’ growth. Tags: cute of the day. Cute of the Day: Open Wide!

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Now, the high-profile criminal lawyer will work to free a different kind of jailbird -- Lucy the elephant -- from a different kind of cage: Edmonton's Valley Zoo. "I Tags: elephants. I have been retained to look into the Lucy problem and find a solution," Ruby confirmed yesterday.

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Animal Person

MARCH 27, 2009

The only way most of us will ever see an elephant (or a tiger or a hippo) is on the National Geographic Channel, at a circus or in a zoo. But most zoos and circuses today, including ours, are delicately sensitive to animal well-being. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. The elitist “animal-rights” zealots hate to admit this.

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2010

A police raid that uncovered 42 stolen vehicles and a mini-zoo of exotic animals in Taman Wahyu here yesterday is proof that wildlife trafficking is linked to organised crime, said wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC. Tags: organized crime wildlife trafficking malaysia. From the Malaysian Insider.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

They are in zoos, circuses, commercials, movies, etc. Tags: rant chimpanzees medical research endangered species. If they are members of an endangered species, why are there so many of them around? It's a bad perception problem for chimps. They must be cheap and plentiful right?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

But it wasn’t all that diabolical when you consider that it was the Queens Zoo that served as the setting and I also left this clue: “a knowledge of what birds can be seen in my fine borough will be of great assistance to you.&# Those who are really familiar with Queens should know what birds are in the zoo named for our borough.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Sher Singh, one of the kingpins of the countrywide wildlife trafficking racket involved in stealing eight common marmosets from Alipore Zoo on August 9, walked off a train in the wee hours of Friday. Tags: India wildlife trafficking. Unfortunate. From the Times of India. Now this guy gets to commit more crimes against animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A collection of some of the cutest baby animals from accredited zoos and aquariums around the world. Tags: books reviews. If you are looking for a book to make you smile, then ZooBorns is just the right choice! Thank you to FSB Media for sending us a copy of ZooBorns for feature on this site.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. Tags: India animal cruelty macaque zoochosis. It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis. Here's what I'd like to know.if

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

The legislation also imposes new rules on the province's dozens of roadside zoos, giving the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals the right to inspect them. Tags: ontario canada legislation animal welfare. Veterinarians are now required to report any instances of abuse or neglect.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

While it’s no longer possible to see this regal macaw soar gracefully through the Brazilian skies, to be able to worship them—even from afar at one of the conservatories or zoos—would be a dream, at last, come true. I worked with a pair of motmots at a US zoo and fell in love with their vibrant colors and unique tails.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and host of TV’s “Into the Wild&# commented on Wagging Tales, saying, “In my long career of working with domestic animals, pets, and wild animals, they have never ceased to amaze me! Tags: books. please visit the Wagging Tales website !

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Critter News

OCTOBER 10, 2008

He'll be donating it to a zoo or a wildlife preserve. Tags: tigers russia. Vladimir Putin, former President and current Prime Minister of Russia, just got a tiger cub for his birthday. No word on who gave it to him and I can't imagine where it came from (torn from its mother?), Television footage showed him patting her cheek.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

80 would not affect the transportation of animals for zoos and licensed research facilities. Tags: captivity exotic pets primates congress us. The Captive Primate Safety Act is bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Mark Kirk (R-IL), along with 17 other co-sponsors.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 23, 2010

Mother and baby are currently in an area out of guest view so they can be closely monitored by zoo staff to ensure the baby is nursing and growing properly. Tags: cute animals cute of the day. Weighing approximately 147 pounds at birth, the newborn is the calf of mother, Teesa, and father, Sterling. Cute of the Day: All Legs Baby!

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Animal Person

APRIL 21, 2009

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone. Responsible Policies. More >> Animals. More >> Category. More >> Players. New York Times. More >> Places. Kazakhstan. New York City. And that's true with several other issues.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 24, 2009

Tags: events. The week will bring underscore community spirit as people come together on behalf of the animals across the entire region of our nation’s capital. Precious lives will be saved and communities transformed during this incredible week.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

4 Responses to “Domestic or Ganky Geese&# John Mar 6th, 2011 at 9:12 pm I see goose hybrids regularly since the local, nonmigratory Canada Geese happily interbreed with the domestic geese at a county park’s zoo. Tags: features , geese , manky , waterfowl • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

They were one, two or three to a cage, and I am 80 percent sure the accommodations were exemplary as far as such institutions (or for that matter traditional zoos) go. Tags: animal experimentation animal research. We approached a long corridor lined, to the vanishing point as in a perspective drawing, with caged chimpanzees.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

… Tags: diabolical , ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Diabolical A to Z Quiz in Queens Quiz Pic 1 Diabolical A to Z Quiz in Queens Quiz Pic 2 Diabolical A to Z Quiz in Queens Quiz Pic 3 Answers will be posted when I am good and ready to post them. Get yours today!

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

BFUSA’s Primate Sanctuary in Texas is home to more than 500 primates rescued from laboratories, roadside zoos, and private possession. Tags: born free fur fashion. BFUSA brings to America the message of “compassionate conservation”, the vision of the U.K.-based based Born Free Foundation.

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