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zoo stories: 69 news summaries

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 'Mythical' Giant 
 Turtle Found 
 in Vietnam 

Animal, thought to be extinct, is the stuff of legend

Apr 17, 08 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A giant turtle thought to be extinct has been found in northern Vietnam, the AP reports. Scientists from the Cleveland Zoo discovered the Swinhoe's soft-shelled turtle when they followed up reports from villagers of a mythical creature living in a lake. Vietnamese legend tells of a huge turtle that helped... More »

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endangered species • Vietnam • zoo • amphibians • turtle

 Croc Hunter's Dad
 Quits Zoo For $1M 

Steve Irwin's dad will leave zoo he founded for $1M

Apr 10, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Irwin will retire from the Australian Zoo made famous by his 'Crocodile Hunter' son Steve, taking with him a retirement package worth just shy of $1 million amid rumors of a feud with his son's widow. Irwin will also collect a $93,000 yearly pension from the zoo he... More »

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Australia • retirement • zoo • feud • settlement • Steve Irwin • Terri Irwin • Bindi Irwin • Bob Irwin • Australia Zoo

Heart Disease Is Killing Caged Gorillas

Experts try to treat mystery ailment
in US zoos

Apr 5, 08 7:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gorillas in US zoos are dying from heart disease, and no one knows why, the AP reports. Zookeepers and scientists started a nationwide “Gorilla Health Project” 2 years ago to probe the causes of fibrosing cardiomyopathy, a condition that turns heart muscle into useless fibers and has left scores... More »

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endangered species • Africa • heart disease • zoo • gorilla • Western Lowland Gorilla • fibrosing cardiomyopathy

 Swan-Boat Romance  
 Takes Wing (Again) 

After actual feathered male forsakes her, Petra flocks back to plastic paramour

Mar 28, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - After her real-life avian lover flew the coop, a German black swan has returned to her ex—a swan-shaped paddleboat, the AP reports. Petra was joined at the wing with the craft in 2006—but that relationship seemed to have sung its swan song when both were taken to a... More »

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Germany • birds • zoo • boat • romance • relationship • animal • swan

Knut 'Doesn't Know He's a Polar Bear'

Overexposed to humans, celebrity animal is miserable

Mar 25, 08 6:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Poor Knut: The celebrity polar bear, no longer the ball of fluff who captivated animal lovers around the world, is miserable without human contact and doesn't realize he isn't a person. "Knut must go. As soon as possible," a keeper at the Berlin Zoo said of the 300-pound... More »

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Knut • Berlin Zoo • zoo • Thomas Doerflein • polar bear • zookeeper • bear • anthropomorphizing

Zoos Leap Into Year of Frog

Activists bring attention to decline of amphibians

Feb 29, 08 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - How could any zoo resist? Leap Day, in the Year of the Frog, is being celebrated by zoos and conservationists everywhere as the perfect time to draw attention to the plight of amphibians. "We want to get people talking about frogs and thinking about them," said one zookeeper.... More »

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endangered species • environment • zoo • zookeeper • frogs • leap year • Year of the Frog • amnphibians

Big Cats Are Back at SF Zoo

Lions, tigers return to outdoor grottoes after fatal Christmas attack

Feb 21, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Seven tigers and lions are back in their outdoor grottoes at the San Francisco Zoo for the first time since a Siberian tiger killed a man on Christmas Day. The pens got a $1.7 million security upgrade after Tatiana escaped and attacked three people. Officials said the enclosure's front... More »

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zoo • lion • animal attack • Tatiana • San Francisco Zoo • Siberian tiger • tiger • tiger attack • animal

Med Student's Kiss of Life Saves Tiger Cub

Cub passes out, med student mom leaps into cage

Feb 3, 08 12:16 PM CST
(Newser) - A medical student sprang into action when she spotted a tiger cub choking on a piece of meat at a German zoo—and gave the animal mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or as Der Speigel reports, "mouth-to-muzzle" CPR. "The little baby tiger was gnawing meat off a bone. All of a... More »

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zoo • zookeeper • tiger • CPR • tiger cub • Halle zoo • mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Vienna's Baby Panda Says Hello

5-month-old Fu Long greets the crowds at last

Jan 31, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Vienna's newest celebrity made his debut yesterday as the 5-month-old panda Fu Long met the public for the first time. The Austrian capital's Schönbrunn Zoo had to issue a statement to anxious panda fans that the cloistered cub was healthy and growing strong. Only yesterday afternoon did Fu Long... More »

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Austria • zoo • panda • Vienna • Fu Long

Zoo Leopards Find New Home at Preserve

UK actress wins their release, with help from Monaco's Prince Albert

Jan 26, 08 6:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Brother-sister pair Sirius and Pitou grew up in a French traveling circus, spent the last nine years at the Monaco zoo, and have now found a new home at a wildlife preserve in South Africa. The 16-year-old leopards undertook their recent journey—sedated and via two airplanes—thanks to British... More »

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South Africa • zoo • Prince Albert II • Monaco • leopards • Virginia McKenna

New Cub Could Out-Cute Knut

Nuremberg's tiny 'Snowflake' draws legions of fans, setting up rivalry

Jan 14, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s a new polar bear in Germany, and Knut had better watch his back, reports Der Spiegel, because the Nuremberg zoo’s 2.4-kilo baby bruin is drawing international attention for being so gosh darn cute. Fans have sent 15,000 name suggestions since Friday, but for now she’... More »

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Knut • Berlin Zoo • zoo • polar bear • Nuremburg Zoo • Flocke • Snowflake

New Cub a Web Sensation

German fans send thousand of emails suggesting names for furry celeb

Jan 11, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The Nuremberg zoo's cuddly new polar bear cub still doesn't have a name, but it does have a website—and a fast-growing legion of smitten fans. "We're getting 15 emails with name suggestions every minute," said a city spokesman. For the time being, zookeepers have dubbed the cub... More »

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Knut • zoo • polar bear • Nuremburg Zoo • animal

Zoo Will Raise Polar Bear Cub After All

Officials reverse 'hands-off' policy when mother bear acts up

Jan 9, 08 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The Nuremberg Zoo has reversed its wildly unpopular policy against hand-rearing polar bear cubs, reports Der Speigel. The zoo took the remaining cub away from its mother yesterday after she appeared nervous and started walking around her enclosure with the tiny animal in her mouth. Two other cubs died and... More »

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zoo • polar bear • Nuremburg Zoo • animal

Lawyer: Tiger Area Couldn't Hold a Tabby

Mauled brothers' rep has claws out for
San Francisco Zoo

Jan 8, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The lawyer for two brothers mauled in the Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo has gone on the attack, the Chronicle reports. Mark Geragos yesterday slammed the zoo's "character assassination" of the brothers, claiming an employee warned the zoo that the moat around the tiger grotto... More »

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San Francisco • zoo • San Francisco Zoo • tiger mauling • tiger • Mark Geragos

Zoo Will Let Polar Cubs Die, Rather Than Raise by Hand

Nuremburg doesn't want  'Knutomania'

Jan 6, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Officials at a Nuremburg zoo have vowed not to rescue the cubs of two polar bears who gave birth about a month ago, even though one is showing signs of disinterest in her offspring, leaving them to cry plaintively for long periods of time. Zoo officials say they don't want... More »

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Germany • Knut • Berlin Zoo • zoo • polar bear • movie deal • Nuremburg Zoo • animal

Zoo Tiger Escapes, Kills Visitor

Two others mauled at San Francisco zoo before police shoot tiger dead

Dec 25, 07 10:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A tiger escaped from its cage at the San Francisco zoo today and killed a visitor, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Two other visitors were attacked during the rampage, but they survived. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known. Police shot the tiger dead as it attacked patrons... More »

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San Francisco • zoo • animal attack • tigers • tiger

Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

Carcass of beheaded female discovered outside cage

Dec 23, 07 7:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly... More »

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China • animal cruelty • zoo • wildlife • tigers • World Wildlife Fund • Siberian tigers

Kidnapped Gorillas Go Home

Five years later, the 'Taiping Four' make the trip back to Cameroon

Dec 1, 07 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - For four rare gorillas who were illegally smuggled from their home in Cameroon five years ago, the long journey has finally come to an end, the BBC reports. The one male and three female Western Lowland gorillas are returning to the Limbe Wildlife Sanctuary in Cameroon after being sedated and... More »

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endangered species • Africa • zoo • gorilla

Panda Couple a Model of Fertility

Famous pair at
San Diego Zoo meet just once a year

Nov 26, 07 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Suggesting that quality does best quantity, two of the most reproductively successful pandas in captivity meet—and mate—but once a year, the AP reveals. Since 2003 the San Diego Zoo's Bai Yun and Gao Gao have produced three cubs, a great feat for the endangered species. The youngest... More »

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China • endangered species • breeding • zoo • captivity • panda • San Diego Zoo • Bai Yun • Gao Gao

'I Spy' With
My Little Eye:
an Elephant

Veteran actor Robert Culp sues LA Zoo
to block new exhibit

Oct 31, 07 7:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Culp, best known for his 1960s TV show "I Spy," in which he starred with Bill Cosby, has sued the Los Angeles Zoo and accused it of being cruel to elephants. He seeks to stop the zoo from building a $40-million elephant exhibit.  A judge allowed... More »

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Los Angeles • zoo • elephant • Robert Culp • Bill Cosby • Los Angeles Zoo • I Spy • David Casselman • Reginald Dunn

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