zoo
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Although the zoo houses more than 14,000 animals, the keepers will only have time to measure and log the weight of about 400 creatures.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Last year, zoo officials took in a trio of 3-month-old cubs, Fern, Thistle, and Spruce, after their mom was struck and killed by a car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The last of them died of old age in a zoo in 1914.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Their species is critically endangered and zoologists have found a suitable male breeding match at a zoo in The Netherlands.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
But how exactly did one get to the zoo?
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Biddle warned this reduction was replicated at zoos across the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Rana is the fifth piglet born to mother Matano, who was herself born at Chester Zoo 11 years ago and now has descendants living in zoos across Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
They are not commonly displayed at zoos as they are relatively more sensitive to infections, the Kobe zoo said in a written statement to AFP Monday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
In recent decades, sightings were rare and Florida classified them extirpated, insisting that any spotted in nature were escapees from zoos or sanctuaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
For a long time, zoos couldn’t keep any bonobos, because they kept dying.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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