Sunday, August 16, 1998

Zoo News Digest 16th August 1998 (ZooNews 11)

Dear Colleagues,

Quietish week on the ZooNews front . There follows all I managed to find.
I hope you find at least some of it of interest.

I have included several new people in this mailing list this week at the
suggestion of others. If you do not find it of interest please let me know
and your name will be removed.

Strategy mapped for gator capture
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0816k.htm

Sooner or gator, lake may yield answer
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0815a.htm

Fla. experts identify caiman lurking in Wash Park pond
http://insidedenver.com/news/0816gatr1.html

Police say they have a strong lead in case of missing turtles
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d325867a.htm

The sea comes to Waco
http://www.accesswaco.com/news/august/nw081503.html

Zoo Negara to stay put, says Cabinet
http://www.jaring.my/~star/friday/14hzzo.html

Circus Elephant Will Stay at Zoo
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/5news8-14.htm

Zoo spiffs up its image
http://www.detnews.com/1998/metro/9808/12/08120117.htm

Marineland no place for orphaned cubs
http://www.canoe.ca/TopStories/aug14_marineland.html

Laurel Park mall visitors enjoy zoo while they shop
http://detnews.com:80/1998/biz/9808/14/08140047.htm

Sweaty Penguins Bake in Tokyo Zoo
http://www.tabloid.net:80/1998/08/11/penguin_980811.html

Heavy breeding in Dublin Zoo for many species
http://www.irish-times.com:80/irish-times/paper/1998/0813/hom32.html

Zoo raises kangaroo orphan in pillowcase
http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/0
8/14/NEWS9971.dtl

Toledo Zoo gains its 11th gorilla
http://www.toledoblade.com:80/editorial/spot98/8h14gor.htm

Blushing bride is tall, wide
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/x616avrw.htm

Ailing tortoise a hard case
http://www.phillynews.com:80/daily_news/98/Aug/14/local/ZOOO14.htm

Zoo's popularity is soaring, thanks to butterflies
http://www.desnews.com:80/tdy/x20xe7ev.htm

L.A. Zoo chimpanzees debut in $5 million new home.
http://www.latimes.com:80/CNS_DAYS/980814/tCB0012820.html

Girls delight visitors to cat house
http://www.phillynews.com:80/daily_news/98/Aug/14/local/ZBAR14.htm

Strike threat at zoo eases
http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-08-14-0013.html

Siegfried and Roy send white lioness, nursed from eye-dropper, to Ohio zoo
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1998/Aug-13-Thu-1998/news/8022076.html

California condor with gunshot wound dies
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/081398/tec_124-7636.shtml

California condor with gunshot wound dies
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/A53BB441EC199D0D862
5665E001113 74

Lost species coming home
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/state/4344190.htm

Wolf count down to 7 in project
http://www.azcentral.com/news/0811wolf.shtml

CANADIAN TOURIST MISSING
http://www.canoe.ca/LondonNews/11_n1.html

Pachyderm sent packing
http://www.fosters.com/news98b/august/11/nh0811i.htm

Baby vulture perseveres through troubles with
http://www.jsonline.com/news/Metro/980811babyvultureperseveres.stm

Tusk, tusk - noisy neighbors
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe/globehtml/221/Tusk__tusk___noisy_neighbor
s.shtml

Pandas go online for mating season
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctc424.htm

A Farewell to Paws
http://www.discovery.com/area/nature/zoo/zoo1.html
(worth a read)

If you find anything of interest, please send it for inclusion in next
weeks mailing.

Don`t forget ZooChat..bworth dropping by from time to time
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZooChat1.cgi

Here is a snippet posted by the seal conservation society:
For those who may be interested, the Oceanic Society in San Francisco is
looking for a Research Director on a one-year contract, involving 50%
field work and 50% in the office. Applications must be received by 30
August 1998 and the contact is Birgit Winning director@oceanic-society.org

Kind regards,

Peter

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