Category: Zoo
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…
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…
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…
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…
Baby Giraffe Diaries
Meet ZSL Whipsnade Zoo’s latest (and leggiest) arrival, a baby giraffe! Born on 30 September 2012 to first-time parents Uno and Ijuma, the male giraffe is already proving hugely poplar with visitors and zookeepers alike. Keeper Louise Jakobsen updates on the giraffe’s progress with news, photos and videos so you won’t miss a moment.
Tiger Conversation Spotted by Our Zoology Experts as Part from Their Asian Research Project
Our team of zoology experts at zsblogs.org made a research project about tiger speaking to the local villagers Travelling along the river beside the villages of the Sundarbans, the beauty of the forest is truly amazing. Sunlight glistening over the water, the sound of the waves, the sights and sounds of various birds and the endless green forest brings a sense of serenity. But as the boatmen mention, the area was much more serene, the forest was far more endless….
Visiting my Chagossian hertige Yannick Mandarin
My time on Chagos is just amazing, emotional and fun. My grandparents lived, married and raised kids on these islands. Now I can put a picture to all the stories I heard from my grandfather, Henri Mandarin, as I was growing up. So far, I’ve visited 35 islands with Peter Carr who’s doing an amazing job out here, protecting all the birds on these islands. Peter and I have spent lots of time together going from island to island to…
