National Zoo Observes Panda's 1st Birthday

One year ago, he was nearly hairless, pink and weighed about four ounces, less than most bagels. On Sunday, his first birthday, giant panda Tai Shan is an active, 56-pound cub and the star attraction of the National Zoo. Complete Story

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Second Gorilla Dies at D.C. National Zoo

Another western lowland gorilla died at the National Zoo on Monday, days after the zoo's only other adult male died while veterinary specialists tried to implant a cardiac device.

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Bird Flu Fears Chase National Zoo Chickens

The National Zoo has removed the chickens and ducks from its children's petting farm to prevent the possible spread of bird flu from the animals to humans.

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Parakeets Test Positive for Fatal Disease

The San Francisco Zoo knowingly imported parakeets with a contagious and often fatal bird disease for an exhibit encouraging human interaction, a zoo official said.

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Philly Zoo to Open New Big Cat Exhibit

Thirteen big cats — from a rare black jaguar to a trio of young snow leopards — are enjoying spacious new digs in the city after some time away "vacationing" at other zoos.

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Scores of Animals Die in Md. Zoo Fire

Scores of exotic reptiles, birds and monkeys perished Wednesday morning in a fire at a privately owned zoo.

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Saint Louis Zoo Euthanizes Elder Orangutan

One of the Saint Louis Zoo's most popular orangutans, and its oldest primate, has died. Zoo officials said "Junior" was euthanized Tuesday after his health had been declining. He was thought to be about 44 years old.

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Panda Cub Discovers His Dad

At seven months old, the National Zoo's panda cub has finally noticed his father.

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Man Seeks Visitation Rights for Bears

A man plans to pursue visitation rights with the half-dozen black bears that were removed from his farm near Tecumseh last month.

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Ten Sharks Die in Pittsburgh Zoo

Ten sharks died when the wrong chemical was accidentally pumped into their tank, officials of the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium said Monday.

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Search is on for monkey who slipped out of zoo

Oops the monkey escaped. No, really. A Japanese macaque named Oops is monkeying around in the trees somewhere near the Mill Mountain Zoo.

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The clickable alternative 'lad mag'

Crosby MP Claire Curtis-Thomas wants Zoo, Nuts and their ilk consigned to the top shelf so minors do not see them. But defenders say there is nothing wrong with pictures of topless women and blokey features.

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Charles Darwin's Tortoise Dies at 176

The tortoise that Charles Darwin brought back from Galapagos in 1835 has died of old age in a zoo in Australia. Her name was Harriet and she was 176 years old, she is the oldest living tortoise.

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Harriet the Tortoise dies at 175

Sorry for cutting into your territory, Ansab, but I couldn't help but notice you had overlooked this one: Harriet the tortoise, one of the world's oldest known living creatures, has died in Australia aged about 175.

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White Tigers breeding can lead to bad results.

Only 1 in 4 tiger cubs from a white tiger bred to an orange tiger carrying the white gene are born white, and 80% of those die from birth defects associated with the inbreeding necessary to cause a white coat.

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Columbus Zoo to keep Wyandot Lake Afloat

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is buying Wyandot Lake from Six Flags for $2 million, promising visitors a fresh, botanical look for the water park as newer water-theme parks spout across Ohio.

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See Video: Man Jumps Into Lion's Den

Video: Man Jumps Into Lion's Den

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Lioness kills visitor at Kiev zoo

-- A lioness at Kiev's zoo has killed a man who climbed into her enclosure. A Ukrainian of Azerbaijani origin lowered himself into the enclosure using a rope. He was quoted as saying God would save him.

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Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God

Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God KIEV (Reuters) - A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.

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All the Monkeys Aren't in the Zoo (Anymore)

Living in a zoo is no walk in the park. I mean who would want to live behind bars and be on display while complete strangers watch the most intimate and embarrassing goings-on of your life.

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Shanghai Preparing for 'Human Zoo'

SHANGHAI, China - Shanghai is getting set to open a "human zoo."

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Handlers at zoo have to smear handsets with mustard thanks to squirrel monkeys

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Last goodbye to Uganda's 'Big Mama'

"Wildlife authorities said on Wednesday they had been forced to euthanise "Big Mama", a giant 52-year-old Nile crocodile that had been a star attraction at a Ugandan zoo for nearly half a century.

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Where's the Dragon Baby Daddy?

A komodo dragon in the London Zoo has given birth to four beautiful babies. (Congratulations! It's a lizard! Four of them!)

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Who Knocked Up my Komodo Dragon?

Zoologists said they were delighted and perplexed at the birth of four rare Komodo dragons, whose paternity remains a mystery.

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Stolen meerkat returned to zoo

South Australian police say they will continue to investigate the theft of a meerkat from the Adelaide Zoo, despite the animal being found alive and well...

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Concerns mount for stolen croc

The Rockhampton City Council, in central Queensland, is trying to find a crocodile that has been stolen from the city's zoo...

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Oldest Tortoise Dies at 255

Zoo officials in Kolkata said Thursday that a famed 255-year-old tortoise brought to the eastern Indian city during the rule of the British East India Company has died.

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Giant tortoise - 250yr colonial pet dies in India

A giant aldabra tortoise thought to have been a personal pet of Robert Clive - a famous British colonial era officer in India in the mid 1700s, has died of liver failure in the Kolkota, India zoo.

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Baby Giraffe born at Oakland Zoo

Baby giraffe grows an inch a week.

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More U.S. Zoos Closing Elephant Exhibits

"Just as polar bears don't thrive in a hot climate, Asian elephants shouldn't live in small groups without many acres to roam," Detroit Zoo director Ron Kagan said at the time.

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City Council approves zoo deal

After weeks of political wrangling, negotiations and shouting matches between elected officials and metro area residents, the Detroit City Council agreed this afternoon to transfer daily operations of the Detroit Zoo to the non-profit Detroit Zoological Society.

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Information about the possible closure of the Detroit Zoo

A collection of stories/articles about the possible closure of the Detroit Zoo

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Veterinary Team Successfully Removes Dead Calf from Genny C. - Genny C. Doing Well

On Saturday morning, February 25, a team of seven veterinarians from Rochester, Florida, Missouri and Canada, and nine Seneca Park Zoo staff members performed a four-hour surgery, successfully removing a 248-pound, dead male calf from Genny C.’s (elephant) birth canal.

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Charges Of Racism Over Detroit Zoo: 'We’re not a plantation, blacks aren’t owned by white folks anymore'

Council member Martha Reeves said, "Whoever runs the zoo should have an understanding with the city council. And it was not clear what the actual agreement was, it was never completed."

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