Tag: Zoological parks
Rare whooping cranes raised for wild as COVID rules relax
NEW ORLEANS — A year after pandemic precautions all but halted work to raise the world’s most endangered cranes for release into the wild,...
Big cats, bears, ferrets get COVID-19 vaccine at Oakland Zoo
OAKLAND, Calif. — A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a...
Florida zoo announces birth of southern white rhino
TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida zoo announced the birth of a southern white rhino, the eighth to be born in Tampa as part of...
Oldest male chimpanzee in US dies at San Francisco zoo
SAN FRANCISCO — The oldest male chimpanzee living in an accredited North American zoo died Saturday at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens. He...
Texas zoo: Woman who entered monkey enclosure to be charged
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Zoo plans to press charges against a woman who was caught on video trying to feed spider...
Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed
THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been the...
Feds seize 68 big cats from ‘Tiger King Park’ in Oklahoma
THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal authorities have seized 68 big cats from an animal park in Oklahoma featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King.”
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Cher’s star power helps rescue the ‘loneliest elephant’
LOS ANGELES — Cher’s rescue of an elephant long held in dismal conditions is a one-of-a-kind story, as would be expected from the singular...
Endangered red wolves born at North Carolina Zoo, doing well
ASHEBORO, N.C. — Three litters of American red wolves, which are critically endangered and number less than two dozen in the wild, have been...
Lawyer: ‘Tiger King’s’ Jeff Lowe willing to give up big cats
MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Netflix’s “Tiger King” star Jeff Lowe and his wife are willing to give up their big cats to resolve a Justice...
