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The star of Beauval Celebrates her Birthday With the Crowd
This beautiful story is brought to you by the amazing Casino Enligne Paris that is one of the most incredible platforms in France, we recommend reading more about them here. Now let’s see what is going on in the ZSL Zoo as of late. Yuan Meng was wanted. The baby panda of 30 kg was in no hurry to go to taste the birthday cake that London zoo blog bought it for him. Concocted by the team of healers, the iced treat, made on three levels and made from apples, carrots, various fruity syrups, and fresh bamboo, seemed tantalizing…
First-ever Okapi Conservation Strategy Workshop
Hi, my name is Alex Quinn and I’ve been working at London Zoo on a zoology research project for the last 8 months. Are you interested in having a whole new ZOO experience by playing online themed games? If that’s the case, then Bovada casino has the most splendid no deposit promos to offer you, and you can check it out here. Have fun on your virtual ZOO trip. In among a huge number of other jobs related to the latest research in zoology, my main task during that time has been to help prepare for a workshop we’ve just held in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to develop the first-ever conservation strategy for the okapi (Okapia johnstoni), or forest giraffe, a species only found…
A baby rhino and her mother arrived at the Cerza Zoo, near Lisieux
Zoology News: In recent days, the Cerza Zoo in Hermival-les-Vaux (Calvados) near Lisieux hosted a white rhinoceros and its mother, who came from England. Mosi, a year and a half, arrived at the zoo de cerza near Lisieux (Calvados). (© Cerza) For nearly three weeks, two white rhinos have arrived at Cerza Zoo in Hermival-les-Vaux (Calvados), near Lisieux: Mosi , born December 25, 2016 and a year and a half, and Manzi , his mother, 17 years old. They joined in the African plain London zoo three rhinos already present: Chris…
Adelaide Zoo’s Giant Panda Fu Ni Could be Pregnant Thanks to Latest Discoveries in Zoology
London Zoo has announced its giant panda, Fu Ni, could be pregnant after implementing the latest research in zoology while she was on her 36-hour breeding window. London zoological society said that attempts at natural mating with a companion, Wang Wang, were not successful, so the decision was made to proceed with two artificial inseminations. “Both of the procedures went well, with one completed on Monday evening and the second on Tuesday morning,” senior veterinarian Ian Smith said. Adelaide Zoo’s…
Zoo Magdeburg mourns “Burma”
The oldest elephant in Magdeburg Zoo, the cow “Burma”, is dead. The animal has been suffering from complaints for weeks. The zoo team finally decided to put an end to their suffering. The Magdeburg Zoo has had the elephant cow “Birman” euthanized. It was said that zookeepers found the animal lying in the elephant house on Wednesday morning. They had failed to erect the 3.3-ton elephant cow, not even with the help of two wheel loaders. Since “Burma” has suffered for several weeks, due…
In search of the Mangarahara cichlid
Day 1 Check into our evening flight at Heathrow airport. Out of the two pieces of 23kg checked luggage we are each allowed Brian and I have less than 200 grams to spare between the both of us. Hope we don’t have to carry our bags around too much! We meet Tim from Toronto Zoo in the departure lounge and after a brief introduction hop on the flight to Nairobi. Day 2 2 rubbish films later and not very much…
Bonito the giant anteater
This week we had another unusual patient in the vet department. Bonito the Giant Anteater stopped by to have a general health check and a few x-rays. He is an old chap, and we suspected he, as other elderly patients do, had back problems as he has appeared stiff some mornings. London zoological society was lucky to have a couple of x-ray technicians from the RVC visiting so we planned for Bonito to have his x-rays taken with their assistance….
Campaign to stop oil exploration in Virunga National Park
Latest zoology discoveries: After the success of the okapi conservation strategy workshop I’m afraid I have some rather less cheerful news. According to the latest research in zoology, oil exploration permits covering 85% of Virunga National Park, including the okapi’s habitat within the northern sector of the park, were granted in 2010, and plans for oil exploration within the park are now set to go ahead. This could have terrible consequences for wildlife within the park, with pollution, deforestation and…
Zoology News: Latest Discoveries Found out that Virus Threatens Elephants in Hamburg Zoo
Two young elephants have died. In Hamburg animal park Hagenbeck a virus has broken out. Where does it come from and what makes it so dangerous? Suddenly, Kanja was dead. The two-and-a-half-year-old elephant bull collapsed on Wednesday a week ago in the elephant hall of Hagenbeck’s Animal Park in Hamburg. Who is it to blame for underestimating the importance of zoology? Although the bull had not gone well the weekend before. But the caretakers did not expect the animal to die. Two days…
Posing for the camera
Jengo the baby giraffe (his name was chosen through a vote on the zslblogs website) is getting faster and stronger every day. The other keepers and I have been taking lots of photos of him and he’s started to take notice and come right up to the camera!
