Inside the fight to save two precious South West zoos

A week after announcing it was seeking investment, the charity behind two of the South West’s most beloved zoos says it has ...

Owner puts struggling Paignton Zoo on the market

Paignton Zoo is on the market, its owner the charity Wild Planet Trust has confirmed. A spokesperson confirmed the 85-acre ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Zoo New England to plant 2,000 new trees in two Boston neighborhoods over three years

GILLETTE. HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. WELL, SUMMER MIGHT TECHNICALLY BE OVER, BUT AS KELLEY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE THREAT FROM THE HEAT, IT’S ALREADY HERE. DEFINITELY. AT SOME POINT IN ZOO, NEW ...
BBC

Edinburgh Zoo warns of problems importing rhinos and elephants

A rhino which moved from Scotland to the Netherlands is at the centre of a row over red tape. Qabid, the Indian one-horned rhino, was able to leave Edinburgh Zoo for Eindhoven as part of a breeding ...
NBC4 Columbus

Columbus Zoo, Nationwide Children’s team up for surgery on monkey

POWELL, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus Zoo veterinarians and Nationwide Children’s Hospital doctors teamed up for a surgery on a mandrill in early September. It may seem like an unlikely pairing, but the ...
FOX8 Cleveland

‘Do NOT attempt to capture’: Zoo monkey on the loose in North Carolina

IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. (WJW) — A capuchin monkey is on the loose in North Carolina and apparently does not want to be found. Animal control officials in Iredell County, North Carolina, posted a message ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Ruth, a Milwaukee zoo elephant, lived to 43. What to know about her lifespan, personality

Milwaukee is mourning the loss of Ruth, a 43-year-old African savanna elephant who was humanely euthanized Sept. 20 after falling for the second time in a month. While Ruth wasn't the oldest elephant ...
The Citizen

Plans afoot to plant 2 000 trees in Noordwyk by Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo in due course

The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) plans to plant about 2 000 trees in Noordwyk, Midrand. JCPZ regional manager Dr Joseph Mbulaheni Ndou said this was because some of the trees in the area ...
Daily Mail

World's loneliest elephant dies after it was forced to endure 13 years in isolation at Indian zoo following the death of its friend

A lonely elephant who spent much of his life in isolation has died at a zoo in India. Shankar, the only African elephant at New Delhi's zoo, refused to eat on Wednesday and collapsed hours later, ...
The Independent

Rare blue parrot sparks global row over billionaire’s exotic zoo

A rare, vivid-blue parrot, declared extinct in the wild in 2019 before a captive-breeding programme began reintroducing it to Brazil, has become the centre of an international dispute. For over two ...
The Indian Express

How did Shankar the African elephant die in Delhi Zoo? Probe ordered to find out

A day after Shankar, the lone African elephant at Delhi’s National Zoological Park, died suddenly in its enclosure, the zoo on Thursday ordered an inquiry to ascertain the cause of death. According to ...