Dear Colleagues,
So once again the festive season has crept up behind me. Spent part of the
week organising rotas. I don`t know how you manage at your end but we have
a long standing arrangement that everyone works on xmas day. This works
well in practise and eliminates a lot of hassle. We have no extra sections
to cover so everything gets done just that little bit quicker and we all
get away a bit sooner. Some staff will volunteer to remain on site and
and all others stay on standby.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that we have no repetition of the
horrific storm we had last xmas eve. The following morning was spent
catching up and moving stock into undamaged accomodation whilst repairs
could be made.
Behavioural/Environmental enrichment is a big issue in the modern zoo. Its
importance as part of the normal daily husbandry routine for all species
cannot be emphasised enough. However, as we are all aware, time is at a
premium and we are not usually in a position to devote as much time as we
would like. It is because of this that new, simple and easily implemented
ideas are much sought after. Please do make note of the enrichment
conference listed later in this mailing. Look in the sites worth checking
out too. It may well be that you would also like to subscribe to the
enrichment listserve provided by the AZA. Though still in its early stages
of development I am sure its importance means it will deveop in leaps and
bounds. Any email from the listserve participants on the topic is
distributed daily to all subscribers. Anyone interested in participating
should send Jack Bellinger, jackbell@humboldt1.com ) a note asking to be
added to the enrichment listserve.
I was pleased to learn that Jennifer got out of hospital this week.
Please see the first news
item in this weeks listing.
Finally , regardless of your beliefs, I would like to wish all of you a
very happy festive season. I hope you all get a little time to relax with
your families.
The news this week was a bit sparse. There follows all I could find :
Parents want answers in gorilla attack
(Dallas Zoo)
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw10.htm
Visiting Springfield elephant breaks zoo worker’s nose
(Oklahoma City Zoo/ Dickerson Park Zoo)
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KYTV/51370.asp
Elephant rejects her baby because of human contact
(Nandakanan Biological Park)
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/1218/n_ap_1218_74
.sml
Zoo boosts ticket prices
(Toronto Zoo)
http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-12-18-0054.html
Fort Worth Zoo announces birth of 258-pound elephant
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:METRO56/1:METRO56121898.html
Hogle Zoo has new full-time veterinarian on staff
http://www.desnews.com/cit/0t0lbaha.htm
Zoo gets gift of X-ray vision
(Hogle Zoo)
http://www.desnews.com/cit/0t0l94d5.htm
Doris Day/Gorilla
(Miami's "Monkey Jungle." /Zoo Atlanta)
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/StateRegion/853E359880ADD6C5
862566DD004 25F2A
Creating A Better Life For The Needy
(Popcorn Park Zoo)
http://www.bergen.com:80/home/petnews17199812178.htm
Elephant expressionism
(Fort Worth Zoo)
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw603.htm
Mom's love turns tiger cubs into endangered species
(John Ball zoo)
http://www.detnews.com/1998/metro/9812/16/12160059.htm
Zoo awaits birth of rhinoceros
(Sedgwick County Zoo)
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/local/community/wichita/docs/rhinobirth_t
xt.htm
Zoo studies ways to add females to fragile species
(St. Louis Zoo)
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/home.nsf/NewsBreak/A8B4B7EEF81A03C8862566DB0
00F47FE
Zoo salamanders fall victim to fashion trend
(Chongqing Zoo)
http://www.hkstandard.com/online/news/001/china/news004.htm
Animals on the move
(Heritage Zoo)
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KHAS/11155.asp
Task Force wants to create city zoo department
(Little Rock Zoo)
http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/bdxzoo15.html
Foster parrots
(Tracy Avairy/Hogle Zoo)
http://www.sltrib.com/12141998/utah_lif/67315.htm
Nature specialist retires after three decades
(Bronx Zoo)
http://www.bergen.com/region/smithtt199812132.htm
New at the Zoo
(Cape May County Park Zoo)
http://abcnews.go.com/local/wpvi/news/498_12171997.html
Lemurs Go Back to the Wild
(San Francisco Zoo)
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DyeHard/dye30.html
Recycling of `doo' from animals at Pittsburgh Zoo catches on
http://www.triblive.com/news/pzoo1214.html
Work on lions exhibit to begin
(Cameron Park Zoo)
http://www.accesswaco.com/news/december/121302.html
Reindeer rankles animal activists
(Doug's Exotic Zoo Farm)
http://www.canoe.ca/EdmontonNews/es.es-12-20-0026.html
Barcaldine council supports zoo proposal
http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/longr/reglr-14dec1998-2.htm
Maternity rules cause staffing problem at Indian wildlife reserve
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/international/1216/i_ap_
1216_49.sml
Island retreat established for European mink
(symposium carnivore conservation/London Zoo)
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/12/121898/mink.asp
Population of Southern Sea Otters Is Sinking Fast
http://www.sltrib.com/1998/dec/12171998/nation_w/67934.htm
Rule change would permit profiting from seals without killing them
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/AC3940EB73EE59F9862
566DE003E599D
Rhinos caught in crossfire
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_237000/237186.stm
Ibex hunting: US couple purchases two licences
http://dawn.com/daily/19981217/local8.htm
After cobra bite, Cape man flown to New York for treatment
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/349/After_cobra_bite__Cape_man_fl
own_to.sht ml
Bit & Pieces
The Universities Federation For Animal Welfare are once again offering
Vacation Scholarships. These are geared to offering those in full time
education the chance to carry out their own animal welfare research
projects over 4-8 weeks in the Summer holidays and receive up to £960
subsistence and costs. Projects should demonstrate a clear relevance to
improving the well-being of wild or zoo animals etc. 1 in 3 of last year`s
applicants were successfull. For an application form and further
information please write to : Scientific Officer ( Vacation Award Scheme),
UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts, AL4 8AN
Breeding and Conservation of Endangered Species
Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust
Summer School
19th July - 6th August 1999
An intensive course aimed at people who have a strong interest in captive
breeding and conservation. For further information contact: The Summer
School Co-ordinator, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Trinity, Jersey,
Channel Islands JE3 5BP Email : itc@jwpt.org Closing Date for Applications
is 31st January 1999
Union of the Czech and Slovak Zoological Gardens
The Union of Czech and SlovakZoological Gardens, unites all fifteen Czech
and four Slovak Zoological Gardens. The Union was first established at
Bratislava in the year 1990. It represents a specialised and moral
guarantor of all member zoo's, representing themselves at important
negotiations with ministries,co-operating with members of Parliament and
senators, The Union is participating in the drafting of important laws. It
co-operates with the founders on the solution of personal filling of the
particular Zoo`s. The fact that this Union is uniting both the Czech and
Slovak Zoological gardens is not only a proof of long-lasting friendly
relations, but also of the necessity of co-operation of neighbour regions.
The intercommunion of zoological gardens within the international breeding
programmes is becoming stronger. The mutual co- operation of zoological
gardens all over the world has become indispensable and selfevident. We
consider the steadily increasing number of endangered species as a
multinational property. The zoological gardens do not in the most cases
sell them, but they exchange them mutually and deposit them. The
importance of Zoo`s as genetic banks and a the centre of ecological
education is increasing. The zoological gardens are becoming the last
refuge of wild animals and thus assume a very important responsibility.
The whole world is witnessing the development and modernisation of
zoological gardens. The actual trend until 2000 aims at a successive
transformation of the renowned Zoo`s into world centres of conservation of
nature. The time when the Zoo`s acquired the animals from the wilderness
is already gone. The most developed zoological gardens are nowadays
financing conservation projects in the midst of Nature. Today on the
contrary' is we returning the animals from our breeds to localities where
they had been extirpated. The Czech and Slovak Zoo`s are participating in
these projects as well A rare sphere of activity succeeded into a perfect
integration of European entities as it happened to our Zoo`s. The Union of
Czech and Slovak zoological gardens is a regular member of the European
Association of zoological gardens and aquariums - EAZA. Experts from our
zoological gardens participate fully in the schemes of international
teams. They are engaged as members of commissions at different levels
within Europe and also in important world conservation organisations as
co-ordinators of breeding programmes and chairmen of consulting groups. In
spite of the fact that this publication cannot contain all information I
hope that it will become to be your guide and evoke your interest on Czech
and Slovak zoological gardens, which due to their breeding success compete
with the best Zoo`s of Europe. We are keeping at our Zoo`s almost 17 000
animals, this being certainly an outstanding number. By purchasing and
by your visit to Zoo you support the activity of The Union of Czech and
Slovak Zoological gardens and by this way the member Zoo`s. For your
support I feel myself obliged.
Dipl.Ing.Vladislav T. Jirou ek
President Union
Director Jihlava Zoo
Situations Vacant
Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory
Alice Springs Desert Park
PO Box 1046 Ph: 08-8951 8711
Alice Springs NT. 0871 Fax: 08-8951 8777
Position Vacant
Specialist Keeper(Animal Training) ($31,985-36,452)
Position No 15368.
The Alice Springs Desert Park is Australia’s newest and most exciting
ecosystem-based nature display, which introduces visitors to the ecology
of the arid region of Australia through innovative habitat recreations and
wildlife presentations.
The Park presents free-flying raptors and other birds in naturalistic
displays which demonstrate aspects of the ecosystems of arid Australia and
plans to expand the trained animal presentations to include mammals and
reptiles. The Parks and Wildlife Commission of NT seeks a suitably
experienced and committed person develop and manage the daily training and
husbandry of this component of the Park’s living animal collection and to
assist in the Park’s scientific conservation activities.
Primary Objective of the Position
As an experienced animal trainer, undertake a leadership role for the
training, presentation and daily husbandry of the living raptor collection
and other trained animals in the collection. Supervise the training and
husbandry activities of other zookeepers assigned to assist with the care
of this component of the living animal collection. Contribute to the
planning and development of the living collection of raptors and other
trained animals, their displays, interpretation and off-display
facilities.
Selection Criteria: The Selection Criteria and Job Profile may be obtained
by phoning the Hotline on 08-8994816 or from the Commissions web site at
http://www.nt.gov.au/paw.
Salary: This position is required to work alternate weekends and so
incurs regular penalty payments in addition to the salary shown.
Further Information: Contact Graham Phelps, Curator (Zoology), (08)
89518722
Applications to: The Recruitment Officer, Parks and Wildlife Commission
of the Northern Territory, PO Box 496, Palmerston. NT. 0831. By Close
of Business /98. Quote Vacancy No: 15368.
Dublin Zoo - Due to the current and forthcoming developments at Dublin Zoo
require the support of two additional animal keeping staff. The ideal
candidates will have. Experience working with exotic animals in a zoo
environment. City & Guilds in Zoo Animal Management. The successful
candidate will enter a structured training and assessment program. For
further information please write to David Field, Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park,
Dublin 8. (Please mark envelope for job information) Applications with
full CV should be submitted to David Field by 31 December 1998
Colchester Zoo requires Elephant Keeper. All applicants to apply in
writing including full CV to Mr Tropeano at the address below:
Mr D A Tropeano
Managing Director,
Colchester Zoo,
Maldon Road,
Colchester,
Essex CO3 5SL
Bristol Zoo have a full time position for another Education Officer for
Bristol Zoo Gardens’ expanding Education Department, starting in the new
year. The successful applicant will ideally be a graduate biologist with
teaching experience, or a teacher with excellent biological knowledge.
Competition is expected to be tough, so the successful applicant will also
have ‘that something extra’. Flexibility and team-working is essential,
and (some) evening and weekend working will be required. Main duties will
be teaching the wide variety of groups that visit, of all ages and
abilities; administration; some ‘technician’ work, eg preparing
specimens or materials as teaching resources; and taking full part in
developing all opportunities to further the educational role of Bristol
Zoo Gardens, for groups and general visitors alike.
Experience with very young children may be an advantage.
For an application form send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:
Simon Garrett, Head of Education, Bristol Zoo Gardens, Clifton, Bristol.
BS8 3HA.
*Closing date for completed application forms, 19th December 1998.*
For the most up to date links to sites advertising Zoo work go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~Sciurus/index.html
Meetings
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
AZA Bear TAG Bear Essentials Workshop 3
(Bear Exhibitry: Good, Bad and Ugly)
January 22-24, 1999
Houston Zoo, Houston Texas
for further details contact:
Contact Diana Weinhardt beartagsow@aol.com
The 7th Annual Conference of the International Association of Avian
Trainers and Educators
February 12-15 1999
Sitka, Alaska, USA
( This is a great conference for people interested in birds, but also for
those involved in animal presentations and animal training in general) For
information, contact: Kevin Hils, Columbus Zoo, 9990 Riverside Drive, Box
400, Powell, Ohio, USA, 43065. Phone (614) 645-0558 Email:
khils@colszoo.org
International Zoo Conference -”Zoos waking up? Methods and problems in
creating modern zoos". March 13th and 14th 1999 Erfurt, Germany
Registration is possible via the
website(http://www.quantum-conservation.org ) or direct at this address :
Quantum Conservation e.V. Heeder Dorfstrasse 44, 49356 Diepholz, Germany
Tel: 0049-(0)-5441-82133 Fax: 0049-(0)5441-82132
IMATA European Regional Meeting
16th March 1999
Parc Asterix, Paris
For further details please contact:
sabrina@fjord-baelt.dk
or
kirsten@fjord-baelt.dk
7th MMMW (Marine Mammal Medical Workshop)
16-18 March 1999
Paris, France
Subject of this year : « Anesthesia and Surgery in Marine Mammals ». The
workshop is reserved for veterinarians and last year veterinary students.
The invited speakers will be Dr. Sam Ridgway and Dr. William VanBonn, from
the Marine Mammal Program in San Diego ; and Dr. Sam Dover, from Sea World
Inc, Florida. For more information, please contact : Dr. Géraldine Lacave
– Tel : + 32 50 39 22 82 – Fax : + 32 50 39 39 32 E-mail :
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
Annual ARAZPA/ASZK Conference
21st -26th of March 1999
Alice Springs Desert Park, Australia
The conference will be conducting behind the scenes tours, post conference
tours and the presentation of papers by zoo staff and associations. If
interested any contact should be through Andrew Mann, Conference
co-ordinator, Alice Springs Desert Park, P.O.Box 1046, Alice Springs, NT,
0871 Telephone: +61-8-8951 8764 Facsimile: +61-8-89518777 E-mail:
andrew.mann@nt.gov.au
The 4th Annual International Wildlife Law Conference
March 20th 1999
This is being held at American University's School of Law in Washington,
D.C. The Conference panels will include 'The effectiveness of regional
wildlife treaty regimes' and 'Case studies of implementation of the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species at the national
level'. For more information, visit:
http://eelink.net/~asilwildlife/index.htm
ABWAK 25th Celebration, Then, Now & the Future
April 17 - 18 1999
Marwell Zoological Park
for more details contact:
lgdb@pinnipedia.demon.co.uk
39th International Symposium on the Diseases of Zoo and Wild Animals
May 12 - 16, 1999
Vienna / Austria
contact: office@zoovienna.at
or: froelich@izw-berlin.de
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy
May 30- June 4 1999
Jyvaskyla, Finland
For further details contact :
congresses@conf.jyu.fi
PR & Marketing in Zoos
There will be a conference on PR & Marketing in Zoos taking place in
Holland from the 3rd to the 6th June 1999. Full details not yet available.
If you require further information at this time please contact Henning
Julin, Director of Aalborg Zoo on : aal-zoo@post4.tele.dk
The 1999 meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)
University of Washington, Seattle
June 20-24 1999
This will include spoken and poster sessions on marine mammals. The ASM
Marine Mammal
Committee has also organised a symposium at the event entitled 'Marine
Mammals: The Next Century'. For more information, contact : Paul Anderson,
Chair, ASM Marine Mammal Committee at pkanders@cadvision.com
American Federation of Aviculture 25th Annual Convention
August 12-15,1999
Adams-Mark Hotel
Denver,Colorado
Further details available in January,1999
Email: rmsa@altavista.net,doms4afa@aol.com,or stat@wizard.net
Info on web site early 1999: http://www.upatsix.com/afa/
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
The Shape of Enrichment, Inc is pleased to announce a grant of $1,000 U.S.
to be used towards expenses to attend The Fourth International Conference
on Environmental Enrichment. The winning paper will be presented during
the conference. More details of this from the enrichment site.
16th EAZA/EEP Annual Conference
Basel Zoo, Switzerland
September 8-12 1999
For further information contact :
EAZA offices
European Zoo Educators (EZE) Conference
Safari Beekse Bergen; Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands
16 - 20 September 1999
For further details contact: Chris Peters; IZE-Regional Representative for
Europe/Middle-East e-mail: Rob.Belterman@inter.nl.net
Veterinary conference on Australian Wildlife
Western Plains Zoo, Australia
September 13-17, 1999.
Topics include zoonoses, medicine and surgery of
macropods, reptiles, bats, native birds and amphibia as well as pest
control and assisted reproduction. Interested parties can contact :
David Blyde on dblyde@tpgi.com.au
Research and Captive Propagation in Birds
Antwerp Zoo
October 21-23 1999
For Further info :
mettke@erl.ornithol.mpg.de
Help Wanted
Odd Behaviour
Tim Husband, Operations Manager at Blue Gum Zoo in Sydney is working on a
book of aberrant behaviour in captive animals. He is hoping to put
together a compilation of "case scenarios". He would greatly appreciate
input from as many people as possible. What he is looking for is a full
description of the problem i.e. stereotypies or other abnormal behaviours
and, and this is the important bit, how it was solved. He hopes that a
book of this nature would be of help to people working with captive
animals everywhere.
I am sure Tim is right. If such a book was available today, I would
certainly purchase a copy.
Contact Tim on : husband@internet-australia.com
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun. THE BOARD is a useful place for posting
your interests. http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Sites worth checking out
Have you got a suggestion? Let me check it out.
This is well worth the visit. A Truly excellent enrichment site holding
great promise for the future. Take a look today.
http://www.enrich.org/aazk
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address (hyperlink). This should launch your web browser and send you
directly to the site. If your package will not do this you will have to
use cut and paste. Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers
address column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you
may have is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will
have to cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves
exactly. Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked
them all today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to over a 1000 interested parties worldwide
each week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included
please e-mail me or get them to mail me directly. I would appreciate just
a line or two letting me know something of work area and interests. If
you would like to include notification of any items of interest i.e.
Meetings, seminars, job vacancies please contact me. I would also
appreciate any short, breaking, news items you may pen yourself.
For those of you who have not received the News previously, you have been
included because someone has suggested you might be interested. If this is
not the case please email me and I shall remove your name.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week, and Merry Christmas
Peter
Zoo News Digest is the longest established and most widely read listing of current 'zoo' related news on the internet. It notes 'real' events of interest to people working within the zoo industry. By a Zoo Professional for Zoo Professionals and other interested parties. The Digest includes comments and notification of courses and events.
Tuesday, December 15, 1998
Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Zoo News Digest 4 Nov 1998 (Zoo News 24)
Dear Colleagues,
I hope your week was a good one. There follows this weeks current Zoo
News. Something to interest everyone. As I expected the bad weather washed
up more seal pups. The last one arrived late last night. It looks strong
and I feel sure will make it. There was another two days previous which
had come into contact with a boat propeller that did not. About 50 new
people signed up for the news this week and another dozen names were
suggested. Anyhow here goes...
Condors Flying High
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000101556.1.html
Hungry hippo gets fall treat at Hogle Zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/zp174on2.htm
Action taken for elephants' return
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/081198_News16.html
Animal house
(Melbourne Zoo)
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981108/news/news17.html
Zoo privatisation looms
(Melbourne Zoo)....bit of a horror story
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981108/news/news18.html
Feeding time at the zoo - a $66,000 bill
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981108/news/news19.html
Ailing animal? These docs make zoo calls
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/110898_SZOO08.html
Zoo Atlanta carousel set to spin
http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/1998/11/08/zoo.html
City appeals loss of zoo accreditation
(Mesker Park Zoo)
http://www.msnbc.com/local/wfie/47348.asp
Once costly and popular, emus now cheap and often unwanted
(Reid Park Zoo)
http://flash.cleveland.com/cgi-bin/clv_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/GENERAL/a0518_AM_UnwantedEmus
Several papers covered the Emu story in one form or another.
Zoo's beloved Ruby faces risky C-section
(Phoenix Zoo)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1103ruby.shtml
Phoenix Zoo fights to keep Ruby the elephant alive
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inets
rv\scripts\tulsaworld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981103_Ne_a24phoen
Elephant's health plan has a price
http://www.azcentral.com/news/cols/1105montini.shtml
Vet surgeons gather to save Ruby
(Phoenix Zoo)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1105ruby.shtml
Ruby the Painting Elephant Dies
(Phoenix Zoo)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/1998/nov/06/110700185.ht
ml
Tears for Ruby mix with other mourners
http://www.azcentral.com/news/cols/1107montini.shtml
Flirtatious Ruby shared her breath
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1107vignette.shtml
CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS LIKE RUBY FADING AWAY AS BREEDING EFFORTS FAIL
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/820B3F223515ED92862
566B6000FF924
There was scarcely a paper in the USA that did not carry a Ruby Story. I
have chosen just a few. I would like to add my own condolences to the
keepers and those who worked closely with her. I know how they feel. Some
of my best friends were elephants.
Rare Wolf Died by Bullet, Not Lion
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/1998/nov/06/110700183.ht
ml
Handle with Care
(Cape May Zoo)
http://www.abcnews.com/local/wpvi/News/20031_1161998.html
Lemurs are back
(Mesker Park Zoo)
http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199811/06/+lemurs_news.html+19
981106
AZA Applauds Appropriations for Wildlife Conservation Acts
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/1105-106.txt
Libraries, Zoo to Get Aid; Sidewalk Tax Fails
(Los Angeles)
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000100480.1.html
TRISTATE SCENES: RED WOLF SANCTUARY
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/11/05/loc_wolf05.html
Giant Panda Stuffed and Placed Back in Zoo After Death
(Taiyuan zoo)
http://www.insidechina.com/china/news/98110522.html
The Philadelphia Zoo isn't letting the animal waste go to waste.
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/70A3371F537F15A8862
566B20040EB7D
New zoo admission policy upsets a few
(Memphis Zoo)
http://www.gomemphis.com/capages/local/e4zoo.htm
Sloth bear refuses to 'obey' court order
(Children's Park, Guindy)
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981104/04/04042238.htm
Restriction on elephant expert lifted
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/041198_News14.html
SNH gives go-ahead for return of beavers
http://www.scotsman.com/news/ne19beav981104.1.html
Beaver to return after 400 years
http://www.independent.co.uk/stories/A0411814.html
Probe into smuggling of houbara bustards
http://dawn.com/daily/text/nat11.htm
Some vital body parts stolen from dead tiger
http://www.jaring.my/~star/tuesday/03rimau.html
Endangered Malayan tiger killed by bus on highway and gutted
http://www.foxnews.com/news/international/1102/i_ap_1102_63.sml
Rare lion cubs nameless but famous
(Papanack Park Zoo)
http://www.vancouversun.com/cgi-bin/newsite.pl?adcode=n-
mm&modulename=national%20news&template=national&nkey=vs&filetype=fullstory
&file=/c pfs/national/981103/n110303.html
With this giraffe, and ring too, I thee wed
(Hogle Zoo)
http://www.desnews.com/cit/zl0lsqxt.htm
Improve, don't move zoo
(Buffalo Zoo)
http://www.amcity.com/buffalo/stories/110298/editorial1.html
Texas Zoo begins to regroup after flood
http://www.expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/counties/2901amca.shtml
Zoo nabs snakes, but gators still free
http://www.expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/counties/2910agt1.shtml
Proposal to ban mourning dove hunting is not as simple as 'yes' or 'no'
(Columbus Zoo) http://www.dispatch.com/pan/localarchive/dovesxnws.html
Animals set to return to war-damaged zoo
(Sarajevo zoo)
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/1102/e_rt_1102
_11.sml
Animals set to return to war-damaged Sarajevo zoo
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9811/02/RB001275.reut.html
Parenting instinct strong among some fish species
(Sacramento Zoo)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/local/110298/local01.html
Council to Consider Zoo Construction Bid
(Oklahoma City Zoo)
http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/getarticle?ID=237194
LaRue: Zoo felt squeezed on two sides
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/110298/com_laruezoo.shtml
Elephant care was one point of contention in investigation
(Topeka Zoo).
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KSNT/10949.asp
Mayor moves parks chief in shake-up involving zoo
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/110598/com_zooshakeup.shtml
Mike Hall: Zookeeper's book uncages animal house occurrences
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/110298/gov_hallcolzoo.shtml
Situations Vacant
For the most up to date links to sites advertising Zoo work go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~Sciurus/index.html
Meetings
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
Symposium on Carnivore Conservation
Zoological Society of London
20/21 November 1998
For further details contact :
Zoological Society of London
Regent`s Park
London
NW1 4RY
Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting
December 2nd 1998
Zoological Society of London
For further information contact:
mirandast@email.msn.com
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
ABWAK 25th Celebration, Then, Now & the Future
April 17 - 18 1999
Marwell Zoological Park
for more details contact:
lgdb@pinnipedia.demon.co.uk
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy
Jyvaskyla, Finland
May 30- June 4 1999
For further details contact :
congresses@conf.jyu.fi
16th EAZA/EEP Annual Conference
Basel Zoo, Switzerland
September 8-12 1999
For further information contact :
EAZA offices
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
European Zoo Educators (EZE) Conference
Safari Beekse Bergen; Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands
16 - 20 September 1999
For further details contact: Chris Peters; IZE-Regional Representative for
Europe/Middle-East e-mail: Rob.Belterman@inter.nl.net
Veterinary conference on Australian Wildlife
Western Plains Zoo, Australia
September 13-17, 1999.
Topics include zoonoses, medicine and surgery of
macropods, reptiles, bats, native birds and amphibia as well as pest
control and assisted reproduction. Interested parties can contact :
David Blyde on dblyde@tpgi.com.au
Research and Captive Propagation in Birds
Antwerp Zoo
October 21-23 1999
For Further info :
mettke@erl.ornithol.mpg.de
Help Wanted
One of my Animal Management trainees is researching bedding as an
enrichment experience for chimpanzees. It is coming together quite nicely
after three months of work. She mailed out questionnaires to a huge number
of zoos with quite a disappointing response. From within the UK all
replied except for three. From the US only three replied!!(So far?)
(Actually 7 now and increasing...Many Thanks) If you can help please
e-mail me and I will send you a questionnaire to complete. If you work
with chimpanzees it will take no longer than 7 minutes. I promise. Full
credit will be given to those who do help. Many thanks.
Pumpkins
The Halloween Season being upon us I have been asked by a colleague to see
if anyone out there has any animal enrichment ideas using surplus
pumpkins. Please e-mail me. I will list the top ten.
Very disappointing response to the pumpkin question...first posed last
week. Only one respondent so far.
The Behaviour Bridge Association
2005 Sunny Lane, Knoxville, TN, 37912.
Interested in exchanging ideas on Training? Contact the above for further
info or e-mail : BhvrBridge@aol.com
Penguins
Kelly Tarltons are doing excetionally well with their breeding colonies of
King and Gentoo penguins. Whereas they do not have surplus birds at the
present time they would be interested in making contact with reputable
collections who have an interest in either species in the future. Please
contact: Craig Thorburn Head Curator Kelly Tarltons Antarctic Encounter
and Underwater World PO Box 42-021 Orakei Auckland New Zealand
thorburn@kellytarltons.co.nz (Ph) ++64 9 5280603 (Fax) ++64 9 5285175
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun. THE BOARD is a useful place for posting
your interests. http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Sites worth checking out
Have you got a suggestion? Let me check it out.
http://members.aol.com/joycebk/zooschool/index.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~SPHOZANHI
http://members.tripod.com/~SallyWalker
http://members.aol.com/abbie555/index.html
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address(hyperlink). This should launch your web browser and send you
directly to the site. If your package will not do this you will have to
use cut and paste. Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers
address column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you
may have is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will
have to cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves
exactly. Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked
them all today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to around 700 interested parties worldwide
each week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included
please e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items
of interest i.e. Meetings, seminars, job vacancies please contact me.
For those of you who have not received the News previously, you have been
included because someone has suggested you might be interested. If this is
not the case please email me and I shall remove your name.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
I hope your week was a good one. There follows this weeks current Zoo
News. Something to interest everyone. As I expected the bad weather washed
up more seal pups. The last one arrived late last night. It looks strong
and I feel sure will make it. There was another two days previous which
had come into contact with a boat propeller that did not. About 50 new
people signed up for the news this week and another dozen names were
suggested. Anyhow here goes...
Condors Flying High
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000101556.1.html
Hungry hippo gets fall treat at Hogle Zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/zp174on2.htm
Action taken for elephants' return
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/081198_News16.html
Animal house
(Melbourne Zoo)
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981108/news/news17.html
Zoo privatisation looms
(Melbourne Zoo)....bit of a horror story
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981108/news/news18.html
Feeding time at the zoo - a $66,000 bill
http://www.theage.com.au/daily/981108/news/news19.html
Ailing animal? These docs make zoo calls
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/110898_SZOO08.html
Zoo Atlanta carousel set to spin
http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/1998/11/08/zoo.html
City appeals loss of zoo accreditation
(Mesker Park Zoo)
http://www.msnbc.com/local/wfie/47348.asp
Once costly and popular, emus now cheap and often unwanted
(Reid Park Zoo)
http://flash.cleveland.com/cgi-bin/clv_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/GENERAL/a0518_AM_UnwantedEmus
Several papers covered the Emu story in one form or another.
Zoo's beloved Ruby faces risky C-section
(Phoenix Zoo)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1103ruby.shtml
Phoenix Zoo fights to keep Ruby the elephant alive
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inets
rv\scripts\tulsaworld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981103_Ne_a24phoen
Elephant's health plan has a price
http://www.azcentral.com/news/cols/1105montini.shtml
Vet surgeons gather to save Ruby
(Phoenix Zoo)
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1105ruby.shtml
Ruby the Painting Elephant Dies
(Phoenix Zoo)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/1998/nov/06/110700185.ht
ml
Tears for Ruby mix with other mourners
http://www.azcentral.com/news/cols/1107montini.shtml
Flirtatious Ruby shared her breath
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1107vignette.shtml
CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS LIKE RUBY FADING AWAY AS BREEDING EFFORTS FAIL
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/820B3F223515ED92862
566B6000FF924
There was scarcely a paper in the USA that did not carry a Ruby Story. I
have chosen just a few. I would like to add my own condolences to the
keepers and those who worked closely with her. I know how they feel. Some
of my best friends were elephants.
Rare Wolf Died by Bullet, Not Lion
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/1998/nov/06/110700183.ht
ml
Handle with Care
(Cape May Zoo)
http://www.abcnews.com/local/wpvi/News/20031_1161998.html
Lemurs are back
(Mesker Park Zoo)
http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199811/06/+lemurs_news.html+19
981106
AZA Applauds Appropriations for Wildlife Conservation Acts
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/1105-106.txt
Libraries, Zoo to Get Aid; Sidewalk Tax Fails
(Los Angeles)
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000100480.1.html
TRISTATE SCENES: RED WOLF SANCTUARY
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/11/05/loc_wolf05.html
Giant Panda Stuffed and Placed Back in Zoo After Death
(Taiyuan zoo)
http://www.insidechina.com/china/news/98110522.html
The Philadelphia Zoo isn't letting the animal waste go to waste.
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/70A3371F537F15A8862
566B20040EB7D
New zoo admission policy upsets a few
(Memphis Zoo)
http://www.gomemphis.com/capages/local/e4zoo.htm
Sloth bear refuses to 'obey' court order
(Children's Park, Guindy)
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981104/04/04042238.htm
Restriction on elephant expert lifted
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/041198_News14.html
SNH gives go-ahead for return of beavers
http://www.scotsman.com/news/ne19beav981104.1.html
Beaver to return after 400 years
http://www.independent.co.uk/stories/A0411814.html
Probe into smuggling of houbara bustards
http://dawn.com/daily/text/nat11.htm
Some vital body parts stolen from dead tiger
http://www.jaring.my/~star/tuesday/03rimau.html
Endangered Malayan tiger killed by bus on highway and gutted
http://www.foxnews.com/news/international/1102/i_ap_1102_63.sml
Rare lion cubs nameless but famous
(Papanack Park Zoo)
http://www.vancouversun.com/cgi-bin/newsite.pl?adcode=n-
mm&modulename=national%20news&template=national&nkey=vs&filetype=fullstory
&file=/c pfs/national/981103/n110303.html
With this giraffe, and ring too, I thee wed
(Hogle Zoo)
http://www.desnews.com/cit/zl0lsqxt.htm
Improve, don't move zoo
(Buffalo Zoo)
http://www.amcity.com/buffalo/stories/110298/editorial1.html
Texas Zoo begins to regroup after flood
http://www.expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/counties/2901amca.shtml
Zoo nabs snakes, but gators still free
http://www.expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/counties/2910agt1.shtml
Proposal to ban mourning dove hunting is not as simple as 'yes' or 'no'
(Columbus Zoo) http://www.dispatch.com/pan/localarchive/dovesxnws.html
Animals set to return to war-damaged zoo
(Sarajevo zoo)
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/1102/e_rt_1102
_11.sml
Animals set to return to war-damaged Sarajevo zoo
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9811/02/RB001275.reut.html
Parenting instinct strong among some fish species
(Sacramento Zoo)
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/local/110298/local01.html
Council to Consider Zoo Construction Bid
(Oklahoma City Zoo)
http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/getarticle?ID=237194
LaRue: Zoo felt squeezed on two sides
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/110298/com_laruezoo.shtml
Elephant care was one point of contention in investigation
(Topeka Zoo).
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KSNT/10949.asp
Mayor moves parks chief in shake-up involving zoo
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/110598/com_zooshakeup.shtml
Mike Hall: Zookeeper's book uncages animal house occurrences
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/110298/gov_hallcolzoo.shtml
Situations Vacant
For the most up to date links to sites advertising Zoo work go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~Sciurus/index.html
Meetings
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
Symposium on Carnivore Conservation
Zoological Society of London
20/21 November 1998
For further details contact :
Zoological Society of London
Regent`s Park
London
NW1 4RY
Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting
December 2nd 1998
Zoological Society of London
For further information contact:
mirandast@email.msn.com
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
ABWAK 25th Celebration, Then, Now & the Future
April 17 - 18 1999
Marwell Zoological Park
for more details contact:
lgdb@pinnipedia.demon.co.uk
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy
Jyvaskyla, Finland
May 30- June 4 1999
For further details contact :
congresses@conf.jyu.fi
16th EAZA/EEP Annual Conference
Basel Zoo, Switzerland
September 8-12 1999
For further information contact :
EAZA offices
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
European Zoo Educators (EZE) Conference
Safari Beekse Bergen; Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands
16 - 20 September 1999
For further details contact: Chris Peters; IZE-Regional Representative for
Europe/Middle-East e-mail: Rob.Belterman@inter.nl.net
Veterinary conference on Australian Wildlife
Western Plains Zoo, Australia
September 13-17, 1999.
Topics include zoonoses, medicine and surgery of
macropods, reptiles, bats, native birds and amphibia as well as pest
control and assisted reproduction. Interested parties can contact :
David Blyde on dblyde@tpgi.com.au
Research and Captive Propagation in Birds
Antwerp Zoo
October 21-23 1999
For Further info :
mettke@erl.ornithol.mpg.de
Help Wanted
One of my Animal Management trainees is researching bedding as an
enrichment experience for chimpanzees. It is coming together quite nicely
after three months of work. She mailed out questionnaires to a huge number
of zoos with quite a disappointing response. From within the UK all
replied except for three. From the US only three replied!!(So far?)
(Actually 7 now and increasing...Many Thanks) If you can help please
e-mail me and I will send you a questionnaire to complete. If you work
with chimpanzees it will take no longer than 7 minutes. I promise. Full
credit will be given to those who do help. Many thanks.
Pumpkins
The Halloween Season being upon us I have been asked by a colleague to see
if anyone out there has any animal enrichment ideas using surplus
pumpkins. Please e-mail me. I will list the top ten.
Very disappointing response to the pumpkin question...first posed last
week. Only one respondent so far.
The Behaviour Bridge Association
2005 Sunny Lane, Knoxville, TN, 37912.
Interested in exchanging ideas on Training? Contact the above for further
info or e-mail : BhvrBridge@aol.com
Penguins
Kelly Tarltons are doing excetionally well with their breeding colonies of
King and Gentoo penguins. Whereas they do not have surplus birds at the
present time they would be interested in making contact with reputable
collections who have an interest in either species in the future. Please
contact: Craig Thorburn Head Curator Kelly Tarltons Antarctic Encounter
and Underwater World PO Box 42-021 Orakei Auckland New Zealand
thorburn@kellytarltons.co.nz (Ph) ++64 9 5280603 (Fax) ++64 9 5285175
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun. THE BOARD is a useful place for posting
your interests. http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Sites worth checking out
Have you got a suggestion? Let me check it out.
http://members.aol.com/joycebk/zooschool/index.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~SPHOZANHI
http://members.tripod.com/~SallyWalker
http://members.aol.com/abbie555/index.html
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address(hyperlink). This should launch your web browser and send you
directly to the site. If your package will not do this you will have to
use cut and paste. Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers
address column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you
may have is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will
have to cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves
exactly. Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked
them all today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to around 700 interested parties worldwide
each week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included
please e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items
of interest i.e. Meetings, seminars, job vacancies please contact me.
For those of you who have not received the News previously, you have been
included because someone has suggested you might be interested. If this is
not the case please email me and I shall remove your name.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
Sunday, November 1, 1998
Zoo News Digest 1st November 1998 (Zoo News 23)
Dear Colleagues,
By now I have hopefully eliminated all cases of double mailings. If you
are still having a problem please let me know.
During the past week current newspaper articles of zoo nature have been
pointed out to me. I have been able to say that I posted that story three
weeks ago on ZooNews. I suppose it largely depends where in the world the
story originates but it many cases you will get it first from here.
A wet and miserable week complicated by high winds. Still I don`t think we
appreciate the good days so much without the bad ones. I have five grey
seal pups in at the moment, happily three are now self feeding. The
Mycobacterium marinum infection in my thumb has just about cleared up
(though I have been put on a second month of antibiotics), so I can just
about force feed the other two without too much problem. I am keeping my
fingers crossed that because of the weather we don`t get a rush of new
patients.
Roz and I were at a Halloween wedding of an ex zoo keeper yesterday. It
was held in an old castle on the slopes of Snowdonia. A civil ceremony
followed by a quieter “Celtic” one afterwards. The setting was superb and
heavy in atmosphere. The reception later in the day allowed us the
opportunity to catch up with zoo news from staff from other parts. Quite a
month for socialising.
550 pound fish too big for tank
(Monterey Bay Aquarium)
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/103198/new_tank.shtml
Zoo death
(Woodland Park Zoo)
http://www.heraldnet.com/Stories/98/10/31/10218946.htm
Brief Illness Claims 2 Dolphins at Zoo
(Oklahoma City Zoo)
http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/shart?ID=235614&TP=getarticle
A monkey's pumpkin
(Tulsa Zoo)
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inets
rv\scripts\tulsaworld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981028_Ne_a-monkey
Crisis for death row chimps
(Penscynor Wildlife Park)
You will need a password to get into the Times site
The Times, London ---
By now I have hopefully eliminated all cases of double mailings. If you
are still having a problem please let me know.
During the past week current newspaper articles of zoo nature have been
pointed out to me. I have been able to say that I posted that story three
weeks ago on ZooNews. I suppose it largely depends where in the world the
story originates but it many cases you will get it first from here.
A wet and miserable week complicated by high winds. Still I don`t think we
appreciate the good days so much without the bad ones. I have five grey
seal pups in at the moment, happily three are now self feeding. The
Mycobacterium marinum infection in my thumb has just about cleared up
(though I have been put on a second month of antibiotics), so I can just
about force feed the other two without too much problem. I am keeping my
fingers crossed that because of the weather we don`t get a rush of new
patients.
Roz and I were at a Halloween wedding of an ex zoo keeper yesterday. It
was held in an old castle on the slopes of Snowdonia. A civil ceremony
followed by a quieter “Celtic” one afterwards. The setting was superb and
heavy in atmosphere. The reception later in the day allowed us the
opportunity to catch up with zoo news from staff from other parts. Quite a
month for socialising.
550 pound fish too big for tank
(Monterey Bay Aquarium)
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/103198/new_tank.shtml
Zoo death
(Woodland Park Zoo)
http://www.heraldnet.com/Stories/98/10/31/10218946.htm
Brief Illness Claims 2 Dolphins at Zoo
(Oklahoma City Zoo)
http://www.oklahoman.com/cgi-bin/shart?ID=235614&TP=getarticle
A monkey's pumpkin
(Tulsa Zoo)
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inets
rv\scripts\tulsaworld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981028_Ne_a-monkey
Crisis for death row chimps
(Penscynor Wildlife Park)
You will need a password to get into the Times site
The Times, London ---
Thursday, October 15, 1998
Zoo News Digest 15 Oct 1998 (Zoo News 21)
Dear Colleagues,
The Zoo news mailing list is now being mailed out to over 600 people in
zoos around the world each week. Inevitably there will be problems with
the occasional double mailing. If you get one of these please let me know
so that I can correct the problem. Equally if the list is of no interest
to you , tell me and I will remove your name from the mail out. So I am a
day late with the mail out yet again. Seems to be the rule rather than the
exception. I was tired out on my return late night after a nine hour drive
to collect a Silvery Marmoset from Shaldon Zoo. The trip was only that
long because a bolt broke in the car engine causing no end of problems. We
managed to make temporary repairs using a candy floss stick and some
horses mane plaiting thread. Not the ideal, but it got us 300+ miles. My
first trip to Shaldon Zoo. Well worth a visit. Beautifully kept animals in
a collection covering just an acre of ground
Retired nurse converts back yard into squirrel sanctuary
(Montgomery City Zoo)
http://flash.al.com/cgi-bin/al_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/BAMA_NEWS/j5985_PM_AL--SquirrelNurse
Frogmore set to build frog zoo
http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/orange/regor-19oct1998-3.htm
Engineer dies when St. Louis Zoo train jumps the tracks
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/nation/101698/nation17_14334_noframes.h
tml
Man Dies in Zoo Train Derailment
http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpnt1j.htm
German throws himself to lions in apparent suicide
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9810/16/RB001287.reut.html
LION KILLS MAN AT ZOO
(Nuremberg zoo)
http://www.xtra.co.nz/newsfeed/inews/story8.html
Defenders of Wildlife Launch Wolf Country Beef Program in N.M.
(Albuquerque Biological Park's Rio Grande Zoo)
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/1015-137.txt
Looking Up
(The Los Angeles Zoo)
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000093928.1.html
Mountain lion in zoo celebrates 10th birthday
(Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park)
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1998/Oct-16-Fri-1998/weekly/8367934.html
BEES HELP BROOKFIELD ZOO'S KIDS AREA GROW
http://chicagotribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-9810160211,00.html
Land of lemurs to get another lemur landing from Duke
(The Duke Primate Center)
http://www.news-observer.com/daily/1998/10/16/tri12.html
Pygmy hippo suffering from spinal aliments dies at zoo
(Reid Park Zoo)
http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/1016r1.html
Poll: Icelanders indifferent about Keiko's arrival
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o0405_AM_OR--Keiko'sReception
PETA pickets New England aquarium for serving fish in its cafeteria
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9810/16/fish.protest/index.html
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey(R) Donates $20,000 to Support Asian
Elephant Research and Care
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-
16- 1998/0000773892&EDATE=
First-ever elephant breeding park at Ellahera
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/10/12/new24.html
Desperately Seeking Eligible Elephants
http://reuters.townnews.com/reuters/index.inn?story=/stories/ODD-ELEPHANTS
.htm
Desperately seeking eligible elephants
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/1015/e_rt_1015
_4.sml
Elephant conservation awareness campaign
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/10/13/new20.html
New wildlife enclosure planned for central Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/alice/regalice-13oct1998-2.htm
Indian star held in antelope killing
http://www.bergen.com/morenews/antelope19981013a.htm
Salman Khan's remand extended
http://www.allindia.com/news/newstoday.asp?in_id=0006861025&in_cat=00000
Salman Khan in police custody
http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19981014/28750694.html
Movie stars learn a "deer'' lesson
http://www.foxnews.com/etcetera/wires/1013/e_rt_1013_8.sml
Pet python puts the squeeze on her owner
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WVIT/119167.asp
BONNIE ERBE: Saving the Bengal tiger
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/voices/101398/voices15_12400_noframes.h
tml
Arizona loses king of its bald eagles
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1011eagle.shtml
Lost boa gives U-Haul worker tale to tell
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news1015f.htm
Lecture
(St. Louis Zoo)
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/News/35BDF3FD53B50160862566
9E0005A4 2D?OpenDocument
Zoo adds more trunk space
(Cincinnati Zoo)
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/10/15/loc_elephant15.html
Checkups give rare view of bonobo development
(Milwaukee County Zoo)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/1015bonobo.asp
WHALE SUPERSTAR DIES ON CONN. VISIT
http://www.nypost.com/news/6645.htm
Aquarium says whale died from bacterial infection
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WVIT/118855.asp
Killer whales' sea otter feast may indicate troubled ocean environment
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/B89BF33C8D8CDCA4862
5669F000142 68
Cow chips for a zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KCBD/9293.asp
Sacramento Zoo's Web site honored
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/biz/101498/biz04.html
Site of the Week:
The Zoological Society of San Diego
http://www.enn.com/features/1998/10/101398/sow.asp
Monkey may only get 50% hand use
(Dusit Zoo)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/141098_News13.html
The zoo is not about profits
(Dusit Zoo) http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/141098_News31.html
KHAO DIN CONTROVERSY
(Dusit Zoo)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/141098_News22.html
A lion’s tale
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WLBT/28832.asp
Mayor rallies for ‘Zoo Proposition’
(Los Angeles Zoo)
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/28973.asp
Elephant lady shares devotion
http://enquirer.com/columns/knip/1998/10/101398jk.html
Bedford resident says he's not hackled by grackles
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:NE22/1:NE22101298.html
Zoo improvement funding leads city council's agenda
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/101298/com_citycouncil.shtml
City officials give media tour of Topeka zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KSNT/10417.asp
Interim zoo director appointed
http://cjonline.com/stories/101498/com_zoodirector.shtml
It's unbearable: Zoo's pair trades Pittsburgh pad for cooler digs
(Detroit Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo)
http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19981012bears5.asp
Four More Lemurs To Be Released Into Madagascar Jungle This Fall
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/10/981012073550.htm
Terms of development
(Buffalo zoo)
http://www.amcity.com/buffalo/stories/101298/editorial1.html
Alipore zoo is too cramped, says Lodha
http://www.timesofindia.com/today/12indi14.htm
Wolf exhibit a winner for Tucson firm
(Cleveland (Ohio) Metroparks Zoo)
http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/140-8439.html
Tigers moved from high-rise cage to Lop Buri zoo
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/111098_News15.html
Things are looking up for the Dehiwala zoo
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/10/11/new16.html
Treating wild animals: a new challenge
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981011/09/09111083.htm
Popular Lincoln Pk. Zoo gorilla dead at 37
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/mim11i.html
ZOO LOSES MUMBI, A TRULY GREAT APE
http://chicagotribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-9810110214,00.html
Mumbi, popular Lincoln Park Zoo gorilla, euthanized
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/StateRegion/EA659CC5B3B8B187
862566990079 F60C
Rhino ride at Hogle Zoo is much better in warmer weather
http://www.desnews.com/cit/yw0mkv99.htm
Zoo contract inked without transparency
(Dusit Zoo)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/101098_News07.html
LA students propose zoo replace live elephants with computerized version
http://www.sacbee.com/news/calreport/wrapper.cgi/N80.html
Last Partula turgida snail at London Zoo
http://www.the-times.co.uk/
Python retrieved after Tempe jaunt
http://www.azcentral.com/sev/news/1009python.shtml
Pupils Trumpet Their Indignation at Elephants' Fate
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000091682.1.html
Lake Tahoe area wrestling with its bear problem
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1998/Oct-09-Fri-1998/news/8365669.html
Zoo's Elephant House will close Oct. 19
(St. Louis Zoo)
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/News/9D76DBAFFEAD6D67862566
980024 AE90?OpenDocument
Skull collector charged with smuggling is sentenced
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/StateRegion/91BE34C6556A2A8A
86256698002 B44C4
Penguin fight: Never mind the formalities
(New Jersey State Aquarium)
http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Oct/09/city/CPEN09.htm
A journalist in the zoo
(Wierd) http://frontierpost.com.pk/art2oct-18.html
Situations Vacant
Senior Keeper & Keeper required by The Royal Zoological Society of
Scotland for posts in Edinburgh Zoo. Candidates should have the City &
Guilds Diploma in Animal Management or equivalent and have a good working
knowledge of primates. The Senior position requires a minimum of five
years experience in animal keeping and managing people. Letter of
application and CV to Dr M. Gore, Head of Animal Department, RZSS,
Edinburgh Zoo, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS
For the most up to date links to sites advertising Zoo work go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~Sciurus/index.html
Meetings
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference
Oct 17-22 1998
for more details contact:
75634.235@compuserve.com
The Zoo Registrars Association Meeting
Oct 22-24 1998
For more details contact:
gbickert@colszoo.org
Komodo Dragon Conference
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry, France
4- 7th November 1998
For further details contact :
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry - 78770 Thoiry, France
Tel : 01 30 88 51 53
Fax : 01 34 87 54 12
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
Symposium on Carnivore Conservation
Zoological Society of London
20/21 November 1998
For further details contact :
Zoological Society of London
Regent`s Park
London
NW1 4RY
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
ABWAK 25th Celebration, Then, Now & the Future
April 17 - 18 1999
Marwell Zoological Park
for more details contact:
lgdb@pinnipedia.demon.co.uk
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy
Jyvaskyla, Finland
May 30- June 4 1999
For further details contact :
congresses@conf.jyu.fi
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
Help Wanted
One of my Animal Management trainees is researching bedding as an
enrichment experience for chimpanzees. It is coming together quite nicely
after three months of work. She mailed out questionnaires to a huge number
of zoos with quite a disappointing response. From within the UK all
replied except for three. From the US only three replied!!(So far?) If
you can help please e-mail me and I will send you a questionnaire to
complete. If you work with chimpanzees it will take no longer than 7
minutes. I promise. Full credit will be given to those who do help. Many
thanks.
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun. THE BOARD is a useful place for posting
your interests. http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address. This should launch your web browser and send you directly to the
site. If your package will not do this you will have to use cut and paste.
Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers address
column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you may have
is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will have to
cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves exactly.
Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked them all
today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to over 625 interested parties worldwide each
week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included please
e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items of
interest i.e. Meetings or seminars please contact me.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
The Zoo news mailing list is now being mailed out to over 600 people in
zoos around the world each week. Inevitably there will be problems with
the occasional double mailing. If you get one of these please let me know
so that I can correct the problem. Equally if the list is of no interest
to you , tell me and I will remove your name from the mail out. So I am a
day late with the mail out yet again. Seems to be the rule rather than the
exception. I was tired out on my return late night after a nine hour drive
to collect a Silvery Marmoset from Shaldon Zoo. The trip was only that
long because a bolt broke in the car engine causing no end of problems. We
managed to make temporary repairs using a candy floss stick and some
horses mane plaiting thread. Not the ideal, but it got us 300+ miles. My
first trip to Shaldon Zoo. Well worth a visit. Beautifully kept animals in
a collection covering just an acre of ground
Retired nurse converts back yard into squirrel sanctuary
(Montgomery City Zoo)
http://flash.al.com/cgi-bin/al_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/BAMA_NEWS/j5985_PM_AL--SquirrelNurse
Frogmore set to build frog zoo
http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/orange/regor-19oct1998-3.htm
Engineer dies when St. Louis Zoo train jumps the tracks
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/nation/101698/nation17_14334_noframes.h
tml
Man Dies in Zoo Train Derailment
http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmpnt1j.htm
German throws himself to lions in apparent suicide
http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9810/16/RB001287.reut.html
LION KILLS MAN AT ZOO
(Nuremberg zoo)
http://www.xtra.co.nz/newsfeed/inews/story8.html
Defenders of Wildlife Launch Wolf Country Beef Program in N.M.
(Albuquerque Biological Park's Rio Grande Zoo)
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/1015-137.txt
Looking Up
(The Los Angeles Zoo)
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000093928.1.html
Mountain lion in zoo celebrates 10th birthday
(Southern Nevada Zoological-Botanical Park)
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1998/Oct-16-Fri-1998/weekly/8367934.html
BEES HELP BROOKFIELD ZOO'S KIDS AREA GROW
http://chicagotribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-9810160211,00.html
Land of lemurs to get another lemur landing from Duke
(The Duke Primate Center)
http://www.news-observer.com/daily/1998/10/16/tri12.html
Pygmy hippo suffering from spinal aliments dies at zoo
(Reid Park Zoo)
http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/1016r1.html
Poll: Icelanders indifferent about Keiko's arrival
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o0405_AM_OR--Keiko'sReception
PETA pickets New England aquarium for serving fish in its cafeteria
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9810/16/fish.protest/index.html
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey(R) Donates $20,000 to Support Asian
Elephant Research and Care
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-
16- 1998/0000773892&EDATE=
First-ever elephant breeding park at Ellahera
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/10/12/new24.html
Desperately Seeking Eligible Elephants
http://reuters.townnews.com/reuters/index.inn?story=/stories/ODD-ELEPHANTS
.htm
Desperately seeking eligible elephants
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/1015/e_rt_1015
_4.sml
Elephant conservation awareness campaign
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/10/13/new20.html
New wildlife enclosure planned for central Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/regionals/alice/regalice-13oct1998-2.htm
Indian star held in antelope killing
http://www.bergen.com/morenews/antelope19981013a.htm
Salman Khan's remand extended
http://www.allindia.com/news/newstoday.asp?in_id=0006861025&in_cat=00000
Salman Khan in police custody
http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19981014/28750694.html
Movie stars learn a "deer'' lesson
http://www.foxnews.com/etcetera/wires/1013/e_rt_1013_8.sml
Pet python puts the squeeze on her owner
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WVIT/119167.asp
BONNIE ERBE: Saving the Bengal tiger
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/voices/101398/voices15_12400_noframes.h
tml
Arizona loses king of its bald eagles
http://www.azcentral.com/news/1011eagle.shtml
Lost boa gives U-Haul worker tale to tell
http://www.denverpost.com/news/news1015f.htm
Lecture
(St. Louis Zoo)
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/News/35BDF3FD53B50160862566
9E0005A4 2D?OpenDocument
Zoo adds more trunk space
(Cincinnati Zoo)
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/10/15/loc_elephant15.html
Checkups give rare view of bonobo development
(Milwaukee County Zoo)
http://www.jsonline.com/news/1015bonobo.asp
WHALE SUPERSTAR DIES ON CONN. VISIT
http://www.nypost.com/news/6645.htm
Aquarium says whale died from bacterial infection
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WVIT/118855.asp
Killer whales' sea otter feast may indicate troubled ocean environment
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/National/B89BF33C8D8CDCA4862
5669F000142 68
Cow chips for a zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KCBD/9293.asp
Sacramento Zoo's Web site honored
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/biz/101498/biz04.html
Site of the Week:
The Zoological Society of San Diego
http://www.enn.com/features/1998/10/101398/sow.asp
Monkey may only get 50% hand use
(Dusit Zoo)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/141098_News13.html
The zoo is not about profits
(Dusit Zoo) http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/141098_News31.html
KHAO DIN CONTROVERSY
(Dusit Zoo)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/141098_News22.html
A lion’s tale
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WLBT/28832.asp
Mayor rallies for ‘Zoo Proposition’
(Los Angeles Zoo)
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/28973.asp
Elephant lady shares devotion
http://enquirer.com/columns/knip/1998/10/101398jk.html
Bedford resident says he's not hackled by grackles
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:NE22/1:NE22101298.html
Zoo improvement funding leads city council's agenda
(Topeka Zoo)
http://cjonline.com/stories/101298/com_citycouncil.shtml
City officials give media tour of Topeka zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KSNT/10417.asp
Interim zoo director appointed
http://cjonline.com/stories/101498/com_zoodirector.shtml
It's unbearable: Zoo's pair trades Pittsburgh pad for cooler digs
(Detroit Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo)
http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/19981012bears5.asp
Four More Lemurs To Be Released Into Madagascar Jungle This Fall
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/10/981012073550.htm
Terms of development
(Buffalo zoo)
http://www.amcity.com/buffalo/stories/101298/editorial1.html
Alipore zoo is too cramped, says Lodha
http://www.timesofindia.com/today/12indi14.htm
Wolf exhibit a winner for Tucson firm
(Cleveland (Ohio) Metroparks Zoo)
http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/140-8439.html
Tigers moved from high-rise cage to Lop Buri zoo
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/111098_News15.html
Things are looking up for the Dehiwala zoo
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/10/11/new16.html
Treating wild animals: a new challenge
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981011/09/09111083.htm
Popular Lincoln Pk. Zoo gorilla dead at 37
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/mim11i.html
ZOO LOSES MUMBI, A TRULY GREAT APE
http://chicagotribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-9810110214,00.html
Mumbi, popular Lincoln Park Zoo gorilla, euthanized
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/StateRegion/EA659CC5B3B8B187
862566990079 F60C
Rhino ride at Hogle Zoo is much better in warmer weather
http://www.desnews.com/cit/yw0mkv99.htm
Zoo contract inked without transparency
(Dusit Zoo)
http://www.bangkokpost.com/today/101098_News07.html
LA students propose zoo replace live elephants with computerized version
http://www.sacbee.com/news/calreport/wrapper.cgi/N80.html
Last Partula turgida snail at London Zoo
http://www.the-times.co.uk/
Python retrieved after Tempe jaunt
http://www.azcentral.com/sev/news/1009python.shtml
Pupils Trumpet Their Indignation at Elephants' Fate
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000091682.1.html
Lake Tahoe area wrestling with its bear problem
http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1998/Oct-09-Fri-1998/news/8365669.html
Zoo's Elephant House will close Oct. 19
(St. Louis Zoo)
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/News/9D76DBAFFEAD6D67862566
980024 AE90?OpenDocument
Skull collector charged with smuggling is sentenced
http://web3.stlnet.com/postnet/news/wires.nsf/StateRegion/91BE34C6556A2A8A
86256698002 B44C4
Penguin fight: Never mind the formalities
(New Jersey State Aquarium)
http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Oct/09/city/CPEN09.htm
A journalist in the zoo
(Wierd) http://frontierpost.com.pk/art2oct-18.html
Situations Vacant
Senior Keeper & Keeper required by The Royal Zoological Society of
Scotland for posts in Edinburgh Zoo. Candidates should have the City &
Guilds Diploma in Animal Management or equivalent and have a good working
knowledge of primates. The Senior position requires a minimum of five
years experience in animal keeping and managing people. Letter of
application and CV to Dr M. Gore, Head of Animal Department, RZSS,
Edinburgh Zoo, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS
For the most up to date links to sites advertising Zoo work go to:
http://members.tripod.com/~Sciurus/index.html
Meetings
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference
Oct 17-22 1998
for more details contact:
75634.235@compuserve.com
The Zoo Registrars Association Meeting
Oct 22-24 1998
For more details contact:
gbickert@colszoo.org
Komodo Dragon Conference
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry, France
4- 7th November 1998
For further details contact :
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry - 78770 Thoiry, France
Tel : 01 30 88 51 53
Fax : 01 34 87 54 12
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
Symposium on Carnivore Conservation
Zoological Society of London
20/21 November 1998
For further details contact :
Zoological Society of London
Regent`s Park
London
NW1 4RY
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
ABWAK 25th Celebration, Then, Now & the Future
April 17 - 18 1999
Marwell Zoological Park
for more details contact:
lgdb@pinnipedia.demon.co.uk
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy
Jyvaskyla, Finland
May 30- June 4 1999
For further details contact :
congresses@conf.jyu.fi
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
Help Wanted
One of my Animal Management trainees is researching bedding as an
enrichment experience for chimpanzees. It is coming together quite nicely
after three months of work. She mailed out questionnaires to a huge number
of zoos with quite a disappointing response. From within the UK all
replied except for three. From the US only three replied!!(So far?) If
you can help please e-mail me and I will send you a questionnaire to
complete. If you work with chimpanzees it will take no longer than 7
minutes. I promise. Full credit will be given to those who do help. Many
thanks.
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun. THE BOARD is a useful place for posting
your interests. http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address. This should launch your web browser and send you directly to the
site. If your package will not do this you will have to use cut and paste.
Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers address
column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you may have
is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will have to
cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves exactly.
Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked them all
today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to over 625 interested parties worldwide each
week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included please
e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items of
interest i.e. Meetings or seminars please contact me.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
Saturday, September 19, 1998
Zoo News Digest 19th September 1998 (ZooNews 20)
Dear Colleagues,
A much quieter week, both at work and on the net. There follows the result
of last weeks search. I hope you find something of interest. If any of you
are getting a double mailing, please let me know and I will do my best to
sort the problem out
9 condors fly to Utah — on a plane
http://www.desnews.com/cit/yv0koasg.htm
More California condors headed from Idaho to Grand Canyon
http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/STATE/CondorRelease.html
Zoo fails to placate its critics
Khao Din Zoo
http://www.bangkokpost.net/today/091098_News03.html
Zoo plan 'is monkey business'
Bangkok Zoo
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/Asia-
Template.idc?artid=19981007005921046&top=asia&template=Default.htx&maxfiel
dsize=1225
Danger motivates hobbyists who milk snakes for venom
Underground Zoo
http://www.bergen.com/morenews/snakes199810075.htm
Ontario zoos get failing grade
Zoocheck
http://www.canoe.ca/TopStories/oct7_zoos.html
Healthy Critters
Fort Worth Zoo
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:EDIT41/1:EDIT41100798.html
FW Zoo's new hospital helps break ground in animal science
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw238.htm
Fort Worth Zoo's new health center debuts
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:METRO31/1:METRO31100698.html
Get Your Goats At The Oregon Zoo
http://www.channel6000.com/news/stories/news-981007-143359.html
Council discusses housing codes, Topeka Zoo
http://cjonline.com/stories/100798/com_councilcodes.shtml
Poverty threatens environment
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inets
rv\scripts\tulsaw orld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981007_Ne_a18pover
High Adventure Unfolds At Jacksonville Zoo
http://nt.excite.com/news/pr/981007/fl-jacksonville-zoo
Georges' fury stalls 'gators' trip back to bayou
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
http://www.cleveland.com/news/pdnews/lorain/rgator29.htm
Aquarium awarded for saving a species
Belle Isle Aquarium
http://www.freep.com/news/locway/qfish6.htm
Frankie the giant anteater rides his mom's back at the Detroit Zoo.
http://detnews.com:80/1998/features/9810/04/10030114.htm
Making a mint out of mole heaps
http://www.suntimes.co.za:80/1998/10/04/news/news17.htm
Zoo's `Ottertoberfest' highlights otters, autumn
Saint Louis Zoo
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/AllStories/98ED3B887145EBF1
86256694001F A499
Teen teams with aquarium for shark studies
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o1010_AM_WA--Sharkman
Bigfoot or bust
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsliving/051ld2.htm
Only New Hampshire zoo now open to public
Greenville Wildlife Park
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/278/Only_New_Hampshire_zoo_now_op
en_to_.s html
Zoo anticipates patter of pachyderm feet
Columbus Zoo
http://www.dispatch.com/pan/news/pachynws.html
Baltimore's National Aquarium Turtle Rescue
Baltimore's National Aquarium
http://www.tabloid.net/1998/09/02/turtle_980902.html
Significance of conserving biological diversity
http://frontierpost.com.pk/art4oct-04.html
Animals yet to return to Kaziranga Park
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981005/04/0405203i.htm
Situations Vacant
Senior Keeper & Keeper required by The Royal Zoological Society of
Scotland for posts in Edinburgh Zoo. Candidates should have the City &
Guilds Diploma in Animal Management or equivalent and have a good working
knowledge of primates. The Senior position requires a minimum of five
years experience in animal keeping and managing people. Letter of
application and CV to Dr M. Gore, Head of Animal Department, RZSS,
Edinburgh Zoo, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS
Meetings
Komodo Dragon Conference
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry, France
4- 7th November 1998
For further details contact :
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry - 78770 Thoiry, France
Tel : 01 30 88 51 53
Fax : 01 34 87 54 12
ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy
Jyvaskyla, Finland
May 30- June 4 1999
For further details contact :
congresses@conf.jyu.fi
Symposium on Carnivore Conservation
Zoological Society of London
20/21 November 1998
For further details contact :
Zoological Society of London
Regent`s Park
London
NW1 4RY
British Chelonia Group
Annual Northern Symposium
Chester Zoo
17th October 1998
For further details contact :
Jon Chaston on
01253 691010
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference
Oct 17-22 1998
for more details contact:
75634.235@compuserve.com
The Zoo Registrars Association
Oct 22-24 1998
For more details contact:
gbickert@colszoo.org
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
Journal Notification
ZOOCRIADEROS Journal is an indexed international publication, that comes
to establish a narrow scientific relationship between Universities,
Zoological, Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, Zoobreedings and Organized
Private Collections, as well as professionals and students of related
areas in the whole world. Below we offer a list of the areas and features
in which ZOOCRIADEROS is interested in. Articles are published in three
issues per year which constitutes a volume. All articles are arbitrated;
once accepted for their publication, they are sent by electronic mail to
an international title list, including authors, summaries and key words.
When each volume is closed, you will have received the corresponding
accrued, then it proceed to the impression in order to be sent by air mail
to our subscribers. In short time, Titles, Summaries and Bibliographies
are placed separately, in Spanish or English languages, according to
subscribers preferences, so they will be available from any part of the
world thr ough the Web address:
http://www.ciens.ula.ve/~cires
AREAS OF INTEREST
Animal Conduct. Animal Behavior. Animal Training. Natural History.
Species. Ecology. Genetics. Molecular Biology. Physiology. Ecophysiology.
Systematic. Taxonomy. Reproduction. Invertebrates. Ornithology.
Mastozoology. Herpetology. Entomology. Marine Bi ology. Register. Captive
Management. Reintroduction. Field Studies. Exibits Design. Exibits
Evaluation. Graphic. Aquaculture. Aquariumculture. Ichtyology. Collections
Managements. Biology of Conservation. Zoological Education. Zoological
Records. Displays . Areas Disign. Enviroment. Horticulture. Legislation.
Permisology. Rehabilitation. Zoos. Zoobreedings. Morphology.
Parasitology. Veterinary Medicine. Necrosis. Pathology.
Zoonosis.Nutrition. Diets. Population Biology. Wild Life Management.
Developments of Zoology. Planning of Zoological. Planning of Zoobreedings.
Bioterium. Vivarium. Management of Collection Plan. Zoological Development
and Zoobreedings News. Summaries of Scientific events. Audiovisual.
Biological Control. Expositions. Books Review.
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun.
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address. This should launch your web browser and send you directly to the
site. If your package will not do this you will have to use cut and paste.
Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers address
column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you may have
is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will have to
cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves exactly.
Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked them all
today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to over 300 interested parties worldwide each
week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included please
e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items of
interest i.e. Meetings or seminars please contact me.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
A much quieter week, both at work and on the net. There follows the result
of last weeks search. I hope you find something of interest. If any of you
are getting a double mailing, please let me know and I will do my best to
sort the problem out
9 condors fly to Utah — on a plane
http://www.desnews.com/cit/yv0koasg.htm
More California condors headed from Idaho to Grand Canyon
http://www.trib.com/HOMENEWS/STATE/CondorRelease.html
Zoo fails to placate its critics
Khao Din Zoo
http://www.bangkokpost.net/today/091098_News03.html
Zoo plan 'is monkey business'
Bangkok Zoo
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/Asia-
Template.idc?artid=19981007005921046&top=asia&template=Default.htx&maxfiel
dsize=1225
Danger motivates hobbyists who milk snakes for venom
Underground Zoo
http://www.bergen.com/morenews/snakes199810075.htm
Ontario zoos get failing grade
Zoocheck
http://www.canoe.ca/TopStories/oct7_zoos.html
Healthy Critters
Fort Worth Zoo
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:EDIT41/1:EDIT41100798.html
FW Zoo's new hospital helps break ground in animal science
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw238.htm
Fort Worth Zoo's new health center debuts
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:METRO31/1:METRO31100698.html
Get Your Goats At The Oregon Zoo
http://www.channel6000.com/news/stories/news-981007-143359.html
Council discusses housing codes, Topeka Zoo
http://cjonline.com/stories/100798/com_councilcodes.shtml
Poverty threatens environment
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inets
rv\scripts\tulsaw orld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=981007_Ne_a18pover
High Adventure Unfolds At Jacksonville Zoo
http://nt.excite.com/news/pr/981007/fl-jacksonville-zoo
Georges' fury stalls 'gators' trip back to bayou
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
http://www.cleveland.com/news/pdnews/lorain/rgator29.htm
Aquarium awarded for saving a species
Belle Isle Aquarium
http://www.freep.com/news/locway/qfish6.htm
Frankie the giant anteater rides his mom's back at the Detroit Zoo.
http://detnews.com:80/1998/features/9810/04/10030114.htm
Making a mint out of mole heaps
http://www.suntimes.co.za:80/1998/10/04/news/news17.htm
Zoo's `Ottertoberfest' highlights otters, autumn
Saint Louis Zoo
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/AllStories/98ED3B887145EBF1
86256694001F A499
Teen teams with aquarium for shark studies
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o1010_AM_WA--Sharkman
Bigfoot or bust
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsliving/051ld2.htm
Only New Hampshire zoo now open to public
Greenville Wildlife Park
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/278/Only_New_Hampshire_zoo_now_op
en_to_.s html
Zoo anticipates patter of pachyderm feet
Columbus Zoo
http://www.dispatch.com/pan/news/pachynws.html
Baltimore's National Aquarium Turtle Rescue
Baltimore's National Aquarium
http://www.tabloid.net/1998/09/02/turtle_980902.html
Significance of conserving biological diversity
http://frontierpost.com.pk/art4oct-04.html
Animals yet to return to Kaziranga Park
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/981005/04/0405203i.htm
Situations Vacant
Senior Keeper & Keeper required by The Royal Zoological Society of
Scotland for posts in Edinburgh Zoo. Candidates should have the City &
Guilds Diploma in Animal Management or equivalent and have a good working
knowledge of primates. The Senior position requires a minimum of five
years experience in animal keeping and managing people. Letter of
application and CV to Dr M. Gore, Head of Animal Department, RZSS,
Edinburgh Zoo, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, EH12 6TS
Meetings
Komodo Dragon Conference
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry, France
4- 7th November 1998
For further details contact :
Parc Zoologique de Thoiry - 78770 Thoiry, France
Tel : 01 30 88 51 53
Fax : 01 34 87 54 12
ECM 3rd European Congress of Mammalogy
Jyvaskyla, Finland
May 30- June 4 1999
For further details contact :
congresses@conf.jyu.fi
Symposium on Carnivore Conservation
Zoological Society of London
20/21 November 1998
For further details contact :
Zoological Society of London
Regent`s Park
London
NW1 4RY
British Chelonia Group
Annual Northern Symposium
Chester Zoo
17th October 1998
For further details contact :
Jon Chaston on
01253 691010
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference
Oct 17-22 1998
for more details contact:
75634.235@compuserve.com
The Zoo Registrars Association
Oct 22-24 1998
For more details contact:
gbickert@colszoo.org
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
Journal Notification
ZOOCRIADEROS Journal is an indexed international publication, that comes
to establish a narrow scientific relationship between Universities,
Zoological, Aquariums, Botanical Gardens, Zoobreedings and Organized
Private Collections, as well as professionals and students of related
areas in the whole world. Below we offer a list of the areas and features
in which ZOOCRIADEROS is interested in. Articles are published in three
issues per year which constitutes a volume. All articles are arbitrated;
once accepted for their publication, they are sent by electronic mail to
an international title list, including authors, summaries and key words.
When each volume is closed, you will have received the corresponding
accrued, then it proceed to the impression in order to be sent by air mail
to our subscribers. In short time, Titles, Summaries and Bibliographies
are placed separately, in Spanish or English languages, according to
subscribers preferences, so they will be available from any part of the
world thr ough the Web address:
http://www.ciens.ula.ve/~cires
AREAS OF INTEREST
Animal Conduct. Animal Behavior. Animal Training. Natural History.
Species. Ecology. Genetics. Molecular Biology. Physiology. Ecophysiology.
Systematic. Taxonomy. Reproduction. Invertebrates. Ornithology.
Mastozoology. Herpetology. Entomology. Marine Bi ology. Register. Captive
Management. Reintroduction. Field Studies. Exibits Design. Exibits
Evaluation. Graphic. Aquaculture. Aquariumculture. Ichtyology. Collections
Managements. Biology of Conservation. Zoological Education. Zoological
Records. Displays . Areas Disign. Enviroment. Horticulture. Legislation.
Permisology. Rehabilitation. Zoos. Zoobreedings. Morphology.
Parasitology. Veterinary Medicine. Necrosis. Pathology.
Zoonosis.Nutrition. Diets. Population Biology. Wild Life Management.
Developments of Zoology. Planning of Zoological. Planning of Zoobreedings.
Bioterium. Vivarium. Management of Collection Plan. Zoological Development
and Zoobreedings News. Summaries of Scientific events. Audiovisual.
Biological Control. Expositions. Books Review.
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun.
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address. This should launch your web browser and send you directly to the
site. If your package will not do this you will have to use cut and paste.
Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers address
column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you may have
is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will have to
cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves exactly.
Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked them all
today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to over 300 interested parties worldwide each
week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included please
e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items of
interest i.e. Meetings or seminars please contact me.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Zoo News Digest 16 September 1998 (ZooNews 18)
Dear Colleagues,
Sorry to be a day or so late. Life complicated this week by an infected
seal bite on my right thumb, my wife falling off her horse and breaking
her arm and my need to complete an urgent report. Still I got there in the
end. I hope you find this weeks offering of interest. Please remember
though that some of these links are very short lived.
Zoobilee raises funds for lion exhibit
http://www.accesswaco.com/news/september/092601.html
Cougar-poaching ring discovered
http://www.glenwoodpost.com/stories/092498/new_0924980032.html
Squirrels red and dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_178000/178132.stm
Half of our mammals facing extinction
http://www.jaring.my/~star/tuesday/22yysavei.html
Python that escaped from zoo cage is found
(Virginia Zoo)
http://www.gatewayva.com/rtd/dailynews/virginia/stabrf26.shtml
Zoo operator, employee cited in bears' deaths
(Queen Wilhelmina petting zoo)
http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/bfbear26.html
Flamingos crowd together in a room built for humans
http://www.freep.com/news/weather/qzoo26.htm
ZOO'S NEW ARRIVAL
(San Francisco)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/09/
25/NEWS15349.dtl
Zoo society gives gift shop to Fresno
(Chaffee Zoological Garden)
http://www.fresnobee.com/localnews/story/0,1225,42453,00.html
U.S. wants koala listed as threatened
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092598/koala.asp
Fossil Rim provides safe haven for wildlife
http://www.enn.com/multimedia/
Australia acts to protect its marine mammals
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092398/dugong23
Poachers kill 2 mountain gorillas
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092298/gorilla22.asp
DNA samples used to study flightless birds
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092298/cassowary.asp
Species conservation agreement signed
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092198/zoos15.asp
Leakey Returns To Kenya Wildlife
http://www.africanews.org/PANA/news/19980925/feat3.html
2nd Population of Rare Fish Found
http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmphs0x.htm
Endangered bat thwarts I-99 project
http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Sep/25/city/BAT25.htm
Miami zoos prepare for hurricane by putting flamingos in bathrooms,
gorillas in bunkers
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9809/25/hurricane.zoos.ap/
Rehabilitated bear wobbles back into Miss. hardwoods
(Greater Baton Rouge Zoo)
http://www.theadvocate.com/news/story.asp?StoryID=2881
Washington News Summary
Zoos Will Keep Petting Farms
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/washington/19980924rtwashington-news-s
ummary.asp
Arkansas News Summary
Seventh Animal Lost
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/arkansas/19980921rtarkansas-news-summa
ry.asp
Even flamingos need shelter from Georges
http://flash.al.com/cgi-bin/al_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/BAMA_NEWS/j3504_BC_FL--Georges-Zoos
Sunday at the zoo becomes a mitzvah for Isaiah volunteers
http://www.jewishsf.com/current/ebazoo.htm
Helping Others: Wear a pith helmet to zoo's Wild Affair
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/scene/092498/scene03.html
Rhino dies on way to Columbus Zoo
http://flash.cleveland.com/cgi-bin/clv_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OHIO_NEWS/o0409_BC_OH--RhinoDies
Seattle elephant comes to Springfield looking for tryst with Big Mac
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KYTV/44090.asp
Newborn at zoo is five feet tall
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/980923/1630275.html
No veterinary surgeon; elephant with gunshot injuries breathing her last
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/09/22/new16.html
Hog deer re-emerge from near-extinction as pets
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/092198/health1_3587_noframes.htm
l
2nd Time's a Charm for Chimps' New Habitat
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000086507.1.html
Hog Deer Thought Near Extinct Found
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/1998/sep/20/092000678.ht
ml
Death of tiger cub leads Zoo to reunite parents to try to breed another
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/home.nsf/NewsBreak/03B1F1D8B2683DA2862566880
00BCC4C
Baby giraffe escapes serious injury after being attacked by her father.
http://www.fresnobee.com/localnews/story/0,1225,41827,00.html
Zoo's Siberian tiger dies while on trip
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/News/154154338CFB849E862566
87002131E9 ?OpenDocument
Furry Fliers Have a Friend In Bat Woman
http://www.sltrib.com/09221998/utah/53620.htm
Sedgwick County Zoo's curators lead conservation efforts in Central and
South America.
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/environment/zooamerica0922.htm
Programs in South, Central America
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/environment/docs/zooamericabox_txt.htm
Dad in a Packet , Freeze-Dried Sperm, Finally
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/sperm980921.html
Small zoos may close under new regulations on cruelty
http://www.the-times.co.uk/
Zoo Club inaugurated in Chennai
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/980922/04/0422223a.htm
Palm Beach Zoo security beefed up
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,6000000000037070,00.h
tml
Kuwait's 'aristocat' tigers move into posh new digs
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/092098/health11_16007_noframes.h
tml
Remembering a little boy's trips into the jungle
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:MCCONAL/1:MCCONAL092098.html
The elephant telegraph
http://www.sjmercury.com/books/docs/elephants20.htm
They Creep and Crawl at Insectarium
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Bug-Museum.html
Situations Vacant
Experienced Keeper Needed for Middle East Collection
Vacancy for an experienced keeper, with a special interest in birds, to
work with British staff in a rapidly growing mixed collection. Usual
conditions apply, flights, accommodation, four weeks` annual leave
entitlement with return fare, etc. Salary dependent on experience. Apply
to International Zoo Veterinary Group, Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. to
5 pm (UK time) on 01535 692000
Meetings
British Chelonia Group
Annual Northern Symposium
Chester Zoo
17th October 1998
For further details contact :
Jon Chaston on
01253 691010
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
Bringing Back the Bison
A Grazing Conference
Marwell Zoo
1 - 2 October 1998
For further details contact :
Michele Walton on
adoptions@marwell.org.uk
International Symposium on Physiology & Ethology of Wild & Zoo Animals
Berlin 7 - 10 October 1998 For further details contact :
symposium@izw-berlin.de
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
Smithsonian Tiger Talk
The Smithsonian Institution has invited award-winning author Cory J
Meacham to appear at the National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. on
Thursday, October 1, 1998 for a discussion of his controversial book, "How
the Tiger Lost Its Stripes."
Meacham's presentation, which has been scheduled to coincide with the
opening of the Smithsonian's "Great Cats" exhibit, will begin at 8:00 p.m.
in the auditorium of the Zoo's education building. (Enter at Connecticut
Avenue and park in Lot A.)
The event is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP either by calling
202-673-4801 or by sending an e-mail to rsvp@nzp.si.edu. (Please note the
difference between that address and the one from which this e-mail was
sent.)
Media representatives are invited to contact Margie Gibson at the National
Zoo for more information by calling 202-673-4866, ext. 4.
14th International Zoo Educators Conference
Tapei Zoo, Taiwan
Oct 1st-6th 1998
for more details contact:
ize.@mail.zoo.gov.tw
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
Joint Conference of Elephant Managers Association, Association of
Zoological Horticulture and American Association of Zoo Keepers Sept 26-30
1998 for more details contact: belkins@mail.indyzoo.com
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference
Oct 17-22 1998
for more details contact:
75634.235@compuserve.com
The Zoo Registrars Association
Oct 22-24 1998
For more details contact:
gbickert@colszoo.org
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun.
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address. This should launch your web browser and send you directly to the
site. If your package will not do this you will have to use cut and paste.
Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers address
column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you may have
is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will have to
cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves exactly.
Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked them all
today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to over 250 interested parties worldwide each
week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included please
e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items of
interest i.e. Meetings or seminars please contact me.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
Sorry to be a day or so late. Life complicated this week by an infected
seal bite on my right thumb, my wife falling off her horse and breaking
her arm and my need to complete an urgent report. Still I got there in the
end. I hope you find this weeks offering of interest. Please remember
though that some of these links are very short lived.
Zoobilee raises funds for lion exhibit
http://www.accesswaco.com/news/september/092601.html
Cougar-poaching ring discovered
http://www.glenwoodpost.com/stories/092498/new_0924980032.html
Squirrels red and dead
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_178000/178132.stm
Half of our mammals facing extinction
http://www.jaring.my/~star/tuesday/22yysavei.html
Python that escaped from zoo cage is found
(Virginia Zoo)
http://www.gatewayva.com/rtd/dailynews/virginia/stabrf26.shtml
Zoo operator, employee cited in bears' deaths
(Queen Wilhelmina petting zoo)
http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/bfbear26.html
Flamingos crowd together in a room built for humans
http://www.freep.com/news/weather/qzoo26.htm
ZOO'S NEW ARRIVAL
(San Francisco)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1998/09/
25/NEWS15349.dtl
Zoo society gives gift shop to Fresno
(Chaffee Zoological Garden)
http://www.fresnobee.com/localnews/story/0,1225,42453,00.html
U.S. wants koala listed as threatened
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092598/koala.asp
Fossil Rim provides safe haven for wildlife
http://www.enn.com/multimedia/
Australia acts to protect its marine mammals
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092398/dugong23
Poachers kill 2 mountain gorillas
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092298/gorilla22.asp
DNA samples used to study flightless birds
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092298/cassowary.asp
Species conservation agreement signed
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/09/092198/zoos15.asp
Leakey Returns To Kenya Wildlife
http://www.africanews.org/PANA/news/19980925/feat3.html
2nd Population of Rare Fish Found
http://www.newsday.com/ap/rnmphs0x.htm
Endangered bat thwarts I-99 project
http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Sep/25/city/BAT25.htm
Miami zoos prepare for hurricane by putting flamingos in bathrooms,
gorillas in bunkers
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/NEWS/9809/25/hurricane.zoos.ap/
Rehabilitated bear wobbles back into Miss. hardwoods
(Greater Baton Rouge Zoo)
http://www.theadvocate.com/news/story.asp?StoryID=2881
Washington News Summary
Zoos Will Keep Petting Farms
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/washington/19980924rtwashington-news-s
ummary.asp
Arkansas News Summary
Seventh Animal Lost
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/arkansas/19980921rtarkansas-news-summa
ry.asp
Even flamingos need shelter from Georges
http://flash.al.com/cgi-bin/al_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/BAMA_NEWS/j3504_BC_FL--Georges-Zoos
Sunday at the zoo becomes a mitzvah for Isaiah volunteers
http://www.jewishsf.com/current/ebazoo.htm
Helping Others: Wear a pith helmet to zoo's Wild Affair
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/scene/092498/scene03.html
Rhino dies on way to Columbus Zoo
http://flash.cleveland.com/cgi-bin/clv_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OHIO_NEWS/o0409_BC_OH--RhinoDies
Seattle elephant comes to Springfield looking for tryst with Big Mac
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KYTV/44090.asp
Newborn at zoo is five feet tall
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/980923/1630275.html
No veterinary surgeon; elephant with gunshot injuries breathing her last
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/09/22/new16.html
Hog deer re-emerge from near-extinction as pets
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/092198/health1_3587_noframes.htm
l
2nd Time's a Charm for Chimps' New Habitat
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000086507.1.html
Hog Deer Thought Near Extinct Found
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/1998/sep/20/092000678.ht
ml
Death of tiger cub leads Zoo to reunite parents to try to breed another
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/home.nsf/NewsBreak/03B1F1D8B2683DA2862566880
00BCC4C
Baby giraffe escapes serious injury after being attacked by her father.
http://www.fresnobee.com/localnews/story/0,1225,41827,00.html
Zoo's Siberian tiger dies while on trip
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/News/154154338CFB849E862566
87002131E9 ?OpenDocument
Furry Fliers Have a Friend In Bat Woman
http://www.sltrib.com/09221998/utah/53620.htm
Sedgwick County Zoo's curators lead conservation efforts in Central and
South America.
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/environment/zooamerica0922.htm
Programs in South, Central America
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/environment/docs/zooamericabox_txt.htm
Dad in a Packet , Freeze-Dried Sperm, Finally
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/sperm980921.html
Small zoos may close under new regulations on cruelty
http://www.the-times.co.uk/
Zoo Club inaugurated in Chennai
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/980922/04/0422223a.htm
Palm Beach Zoo security beefed up
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,6000000000037070,00.h
tml
Kuwait's 'aristocat' tigers move into posh new digs
http://www2.nando.net/newsroom/ntn/health/092098/health11_16007_noframes.h
tml
Remembering a little boy's trips into the jungle
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:MCCONAL/1:MCCONAL092098.html
The elephant telegraph
http://www.sjmercury.com/books/docs/elephants20.htm
They Creep and Crawl at Insectarium
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Bug-Museum.html
Situations Vacant
Experienced Keeper Needed for Middle East Collection
Vacancy for an experienced keeper, with a special interest in birds, to
work with British staff in a rapidly growing mixed collection. Usual
conditions apply, flights, accommodation, four weeks` annual leave
entitlement with return fare, etc. Salary dependent on experience. Apply
to International Zoo Veterinary Group, Monday to Friday, between 9 a.m. to
5 pm (UK time) on 01535 692000
Meetings
British Chelonia Group
Annual Northern Symposium
Chester Zoo
17th October 1998
For further details contact :
Jon Chaston on
01253 691010
26th Annual I.M.A.T.A Conference
Zoomarine-Portugal
7 - 12 November 1998
For further details contact :
Geraldine Lacave on
geraldine.lacave@skynet.be
Canadian Parrot Symposium
Toronto
14th - 16th November 1998
For further details contact :
Mike Pearson on
cwparrot@worldchat.com
Bringing Back the Bison
A Grazing Conference
Marwell Zoo
1 - 2 October 1998
For further details contact :
Michele Walton on
adoptions@marwell.org.uk
International Symposium on Physiology & Ethology of Wild & Zoo Animals
Berlin 7 - 10 October 1998 For further details contact :
symposium@izw-berlin.de
International Conference on Wetlands & Development
Dakar, Senegal
8 - 14 November 1998
For further details contact :
post@wetlands.agro.nl
British Zoo Educators` Conference
Bristol Zoo
20 - 22 November 1998
For further details contact :
Education Department on
0117 970 6176
Smithsonian Tiger Talk
The Smithsonian Institution has invited award-winning author Cory J
Meacham to appear at the National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. on
Thursday, October 1, 1998 for a discussion of his controversial book, "How
the Tiger Lost Its Stripes."
Meacham's presentation, which has been scheduled to coincide with the
opening of the Smithsonian's "Great Cats" exhibit, will begin at 8:00 p.m.
in the auditorium of the Zoo's education building. (Enter at Connecticut
Avenue and park in Lot A.)
The event is free, but attendees are asked to RSVP either by calling
202-673-4801 or by sending an e-mail to rsvp@nzp.si.edu. (Please note the
difference between that address and the one from which this e-mail was
sent.)
Media representatives are invited to contact Margie Gibson at the National
Zoo for more information by calling 202-673-4866, ext. 4.
14th International Zoo Educators Conference
Tapei Zoo, Taiwan
Oct 1st-6th 1998
for more details contact:
ize.@mail.zoo.gov.tw
7th World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species
May 22 - 26 1999
Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio, USA
for more details contact:
Grace Rettig (Fax 1-513-559-7791)
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference
Jan 8 - 11 1999
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
for more details contact:
J.Nijboer@inter.nl.net
Joint Conference of Elephant Managers Association, Association of
Zoological Horticulture and American Association of Zoo Keepers Sept 26-30
1998 for more details contact: belkins@mail.indyzoo.com
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians Annual Conference
Oct 17-22 1998
for more details contact:
75634.235@compuserve.com
The Zoo Registrars Association
Oct 22-24 1998
For more details contact:
gbickert@colszoo.org
Fourth International Enrichment Conference
29th August-3rd September 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Details as and when available from the Shape of Enrichment website:
http://www.enrichment.org
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments! Curators, Keepers, Vets,
Researchers letting their hair down at the end of the day. Very
lighthearted most of the time. Serious some of the time. Useful for making
contacts and generally having fun.
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZCboard.pl
Most e-mail packages will allow you to point and click on the site
address. This should launch your web browser and send you directly to the
site. If your package will not do this you will have to use cut and paste.
Cutting from this e-mail and pasting in your browsers address
column...then press return and away you go! The other problem you may have
is that the site address is longer than the page width. You will have to
cut and paste twice, taking care that you marry to the two halves exactly.
Some of these links are quite short lived, but I have checked them all
today and they all work.. If you have a problem, do let me know.
Zoo News is currently sent to over 250 interested parties worldwide each
week. If you know of anyone who you think would like to be included please
e-mail me. If you would like to include notification of any items of
interest i.e. Meetings or seminars please contact me.
Kind Regards,
Wishing you a wonderful week,
Peter
Thursday, August 20, 1998
Zoo News Digest 20th August 1998 (ZooNews 13)
Dear Colleagues,
Hope you find something of interest.
Bridgeport mayor revives P.T. Barnum stunt by testing bridge with
elephants
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/223/Bridgeport_mayor_revives_P_T__Barnu.shtml
Threatened wallabies thrive on island From AAP
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/state/4358694.htm
Fort Myers doctor killed by elephant in Zambia
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d272196a.htm
Alarming rise in Slaughter of Dolphins - Dr. Sriyani Miththapala
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/08/22/new02.html
African elephants move trunks to new zoo home
http://www.dispatch.com/pan/news/elenewnws.html
Flood Report Aid plea by dolphin park
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/China-
Template.idc?artid=19980821034833036&top=china&template=Default.htx&maxfie
ldsize=1020
Father of first gorilla born in captivity dies of heart attack
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d356900a.htm
Zoo plans offer animals new creature comforts
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news1/zoo20i.html
Two rare herons, blind three years, get eye surgery
http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/flor100d.htm
Rescuing the rhino
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw73.htm
Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.html
Elephant conceives by artificial insemination
http://www.enn.com:80/news/enn-stories/1998/08/082098/ele19.asp
Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.star-telegram.com:80/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.ht
ml
Emus and Wallabies and Pigs, Oh My! Zoobreakers Head to Swiss Woodlands
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/081998/zoobreak.sml
Nick's Big Help to drop in at zoo
http://www.thestate.com/daily/local/bighelp19.htm
Pill may save rhinos, tigers
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/19/local/PILL19.htm
Hundreds hope for peek at renegade crocodile relative
http://insidedenver.com/news/0819gatr2.html
Zoo Chimps, Lions taking leave.
http://www.greensboro.com/nronline/news/chimps19.htm
Monkeys, kangaroos are on the loose
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/0818/e_rt_081
8_12.sml
An imported delicacy? Tiger eats Kangaroo.
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/xh0i8tx9.htm
Scientists hope to re-create extinct zebras
http://www.desnews.com:80/tdy/xg0xc94c.htm
Rare Siberian Tigers Evacuated as Flood Waters Rise
http://www.insidechina.com:80/china/news/98081707.html
'Captain Kangaroo' falls for keeper
http://www.sptimes.com:80/Hernando/81798/_Captain_Kangaroo__fa.html
The item below was forwarded to me by the Seal Conservation Society. I
include it as I expect the story to breaking as a news item in the
mainstream press before too long. I well remember all the problems we had
with this virus last time.
Subject: SAR-ALERT : SEAL MORTALITY
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 19:55:22 -0000
Colleagues,
This is a flash concerning high seal-mortality in Belgium.
Over the past 2 weeks 11 seals washed-up on the Belgian coast, most were
dead.
This is a highly unusual phenomenum as 7 is the normal average for a full
year, most arrivals occuring in spring. Yesterday another 5 washed-up, 4
dead. Scientists fear the same morbil-virus that a decade or so created
havoc among seals as a result of which large quantities perished. Are any
other unusual signs re: seal-mortality noticed in other Northsea
bordering countries?
Let's keep each other informed on this.
Ward-------------------------
Oils soothe - and stimulate - the savage beast
http://www2.thestar.com:80/thestar/back_issues/ED19980815/news/980815NEW08
b_NA- BEARS15.html
Ocean Park pandas anger campaigners
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/HK-
Template.idc?artid=19980818015124032&top=hk&template=Default.htx&maxfields
ize=1729
Savor exhibit at zoo before it flies away
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/godd_081798.html
Priming for primates
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/17/local/ZOOO17.htm
Chimp bites four people in West Covina
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/133979.asp
Keep the Zoo in Delaware Park! (Not strictly news)
http://keepthezoo.edgeglobal.com/
About Shape (Thought I would include this as a reminder to those with a
special interest in behavioural enrichment). Well worth subscribing to the
paper edition. I do. Providing Enrichment at No Cost
http://www.enrichment.org/sample.html
Johannesburg Zoo serves worms, locusts, termites (Old news. Worth a look
if you did not read it the first time round. Can`t see it working in the
UK) http://www.cnn.com\/WORLD/9703/10/fringe/safrica.bugs/
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments!
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZooChat1.cgi
Happy keepering,
Peter
Peter@If you know of anyone else who may be interested in ZooNews please let me
know and I will include them in the mailing. Again my thanks to those who
have pointed me to news items.
Hope you find something of interest.
Bridgeport mayor revives P.T. Barnum stunt by testing bridge with
elephants
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/223/Bridgeport_mayor_revives_P_T__Barnu.shtml
Threatened wallabies thrive on island From AAP
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/state/4358694.htm
Fort Myers doctor killed by elephant in Zambia
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d272196a.htm
Alarming rise in Slaughter of Dolphins - Dr. Sriyani Miththapala
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/08/22/new02.html
African elephants move trunks to new zoo home
http://www.dispatch.com/pan/news/elenewnws.html
Flood Report Aid plea by dolphin park
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/China-
Template.idc?artid=19980821034833036&top=china&template=Default.htx&maxfie
ldsize=1020
Father of first gorilla born in captivity dies of heart attack
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d356900a.htm
Zoo plans offer animals new creature comforts
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news1/zoo20i.html
Two rare herons, blind three years, get eye surgery
http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/flor100d.htm
Rescuing the rhino
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw73.htm
Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.html
Elephant conceives by artificial insemination
http://www.enn.com:80/news/enn-stories/1998/08/082098/ele19.asp
Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.star-telegram.com:80/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.ht
ml
Emus and Wallabies and Pigs, Oh My! Zoobreakers Head to Swiss Woodlands
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/081998/zoobreak.sml
Nick's Big Help to drop in at zoo
http://www.thestate.com/daily/local/bighelp19.htm
Pill may save rhinos, tigers
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/19/local/PILL19.htm
Hundreds hope for peek at renegade crocodile relative
http://insidedenver.com/news/0819gatr2.html
Zoo Chimps, Lions taking leave.
http://www.greensboro.com/nronline/news/chimps19.htm
Monkeys, kangaroos are on the loose
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/0818/e_rt_081
8_12.sml
An imported delicacy? Tiger eats Kangaroo.
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/xh0i8tx9.htm
Scientists hope to re-create extinct zebras
http://www.desnews.com:80/tdy/xg0xc94c.htm
Rare Siberian Tigers Evacuated as Flood Waters Rise
http://www.insidechina.com:80/china/news/98081707.html
'Captain Kangaroo' falls for keeper
http://www.sptimes.com:80/Hernando/81798/_Captain_Kangaroo__fa.html
The item below was forwarded to me by the Seal Conservation Society. I
include it as I expect the story to breaking as a news item in the
mainstream press before too long. I well remember all the problems we had
with this virus last time.
Subject: SAR-ALERT : SEAL MORTALITY
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 19:55:22 -0000
Colleagues,
This is a flash concerning high seal-mortality in Belgium.
Over the past 2 weeks 11 seals washed-up on the Belgian coast, most were
dead.
This is a highly unusual phenomenum as 7 is the normal average for a full
year, most arrivals occuring in spring. Yesterday another 5 washed-up, 4
dead. Scientists fear the same morbil-virus that a decade or so created
havoc among seals as a result of which large quantities perished. Are any
other unusual signs re: seal-mortality noticed in other Northsea
bordering countries?
Let's keep each other informed on this.
Ward-------------------------
Oils soothe - and stimulate - the savage beast
http://www2.thestar.com:80/thestar/back_issues/ED19980815/news/980815NEW08
b_NA- BEARS15.html
Ocean Park pandas anger campaigners
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/HK-
Template.idc?artid=19980818015124032&top=hk&template=Default.htx&maxfields
ize=1729
Savor exhibit at zoo before it flies away
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/godd_081798.html
Priming for primates
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/17/local/ZOOO17.htm
Chimp bites four people in West Covina
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/133979.asp
Keep the Zoo in Delaware Park! (Not strictly news)
http://keepthezoo.edgeglobal.com/
About Shape (Thought I would include this as a reminder to those with a
special interest in behavioural enrichment). Well worth subscribing to the
paper edition. I do. Providing Enrichment at No Cost
http://www.enrichment.org/sample.html
Johannesburg Zoo serves worms, locusts, termites (Old news. Worth a look
if you did not read it the first time round. Can`t see it working in the
UK) http://www.cnn.com\/WORLD/9703/10/fringe/safrica.bugs/
Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments!
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZooChat1.cgi
Happy keepering,
Peter
Peter@If you know of anyone else who may be interested in ZooNews please let me
know and I will include them in the mailing. Again my thanks to those who
have pointed me to news items.
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
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
Saturday, July 18, 1998
Zoo News Digest 18th July 1998 (Zoo News 07)
Dear Colleague,
There follows the latest ZooNews for the past week. Thank you for your
continued kind comments. I have had a couple of queries as to why they
were included on the mailing list. The answer is just because I thought
you might be interested. I was checking these sites to satisfy my own
curiosity and thought others might like to benefit from the fruits of my
labour.
Animal Planet Rescue Coming to Turtle Back Zoo
http://www.infoseek.com/Content?arn=PR0772-
19980717&qt=zoo&sv=N6&lk=noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486
Does Bronx Zoo Mistreat Animals?
http://news.lycos.com:80/stories/local/newyork/19980716rtnew-york-news-sum
mary.asp
Little Rock Zoo Employees Suspended
http://news.lycos.com:80/stories/local/arkansas/19980716rtarkansas-news-su
mmary.asp
Another Masai giraffe dies of mystery illness at Kansas City Zoo
http://www.kcstar.com:80/item/pages/home.pat,local/30da3c85.716,.html
Monkey business at the zoo
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/wj0hg7qv.htm
Congo's oldest Crocodiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_134000/134153.stm
Insurance cover sought for animals in zoos
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/980716/04/04162239.htm
Zoo uses ingenuity to help animals beat beastly heat
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw48.htm
Aging animals get TLC from vets at the zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/wi0oejtw.htm
Subject: Re: BEAR ATTACK IN IRAN
From: danproulx.removethis@ottawa.com (Dan Proulx)
Date: 1998/07/15
Message-ID: <6oh84g$p4p$1@news.storm.ca>
Newsgroups: ott.online
[More Headers]
[Subscribe to ott.online]
In article, "Vince
Latreille"wrote: > >thr 016 >bear-attack > bear kills
4-year-old girl in zoo >bandar abbas, hormuzgan prov., july 11, irna -- a
4-year-old girl >was killed as a bear attacked her at shahid dabaghian zoo
here on >thursday. > samira ahmadi and her brother went out on thursday
to visit the >zoo. when both were passing by the cage of the bear at noon,
the bear >suddenly attacked the girl through the food slot and pulled her
>inside and tore her apart the eyes of onlookers. > with tearful eyes,
her brother dariush ahmadi 16, told irna "i >cried out for help and also
informed the zoo guards who came and >punched the bear to resque my
sister, but all efforts were in >vain," he regretted. > managing
director of bandar abbas fire fighting squad said that >resque workers
were rushed to the spot at once to help the girl. they >managed to pull
the battered body of the girl out of the cage by >using water hose. >sd/jh
>end >::irna 11/07/98 13:09
Giraffe born at Zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WTMJ/32909.asp
Circus tigers wait for help
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/07/15/loc_tigers15.html
JUMBO BOA A FRIGHT TO BEHOLD
http://chicagotribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-9807150208,00.html
Cool critters Zoo animals get help beating the heat
http://www.azcentral.com/news/0715zoohot.shtml
A happy couple
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/z-environment/warthog0715_txt.htm
Keeping an eye on Jumbo
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsliving/155ld2.htm
Revival of whale hunt in Canadian Arctic sparks bitter debate
http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSPolitics/jul13_whaling.html
Panther journeys from Big Cypress to Orlando .
http://www.naplesnews.com:80/today/local/d306869a.htm
Experts optimistic about wolves
http://www.azcentral.com/news/0714wolf.shtml
Chimp attacks Mexican janitor, nearly bites off ear
http://news.lycos.com/stories/entertainment/oddly-enough/19980714rtodd-chi
mpanzee.asp
Zoo is criticized for Israel event
http://www.dispatch.com:80/pan/localarchive/zoopolnws.html
Wyandot looks to spread its water wings
http://www.dispatch.com:80/pan/localarchive/wyndotnws.html
Injured Bronx Zoo Cheetah Gets Custom Ruff Wear Booties
http://nt.excite.com:80/news/pr/980714/pets-ruff-wear-boots
They thrive in open zoos.
http://www.webpage.com:80/hindu/daily/980711/09/09111102.htm
Happy Keepering,
Peter
There follows the latest ZooNews for the past week. Thank you for your
continued kind comments. I have had a couple of queries as to why they
were included on the mailing list. The answer is just because I thought
you might be interested. I was checking these sites to satisfy my own
curiosity and thought others might like to benefit from the fruits of my
labour.
Animal Planet Rescue Coming to Turtle Back Zoo
http://www.infoseek.com/Content?arn=PR0772-
19980717&qt=zoo&sv=N6&lk=noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486
Does Bronx Zoo Mistreat Animals?
http://news.lycos.com:80/stories/local/newyork/19980716rtnew-york-news-sum
mary.asp
Little Rock Zoo Employees Suspended
http://news.lycos.com:80/stories/local/arkansas/19980716rtarkansas-news-su
mmary.asp
Another Masai giraffe dies of mystery illness at Kansas City Zoo
http://www.kcstar.com:80/item/pages/home.pat,local/30da3c85.716,.html
Monkey business at the zoo
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/wj0hg7qv.htm
Congo's oldest Crocodiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_134000/134153.stm
Insurance cover sought for animals in zoos
http://www.webpage.com/hindu/daily/980716/04/04162239.htm
Zoo uses ingenuity to help animals beat beastly heat
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw48.htm
Aging animals get TLC from vets at the zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/wi0oejtw.htm
Subject: Re: BEAR ATTACK IN IRAN
From: danproulx.removethis@ottawa.com (Dan Proulx)
Date: 1998/07/15
Message-ID: <6oh84g$p4p$1@news.storm.ca>
Newsgroups: ott.online
[More Headers]
[Subscribe to ott.online]
In article
Latreille"
4-year-old girl in zoo >bandar abbas, hormuzgan prov., july 11, irna -- a
4-year-old girl >was killed as a bear attacked her at shahid dabaghian zoo
here on >thursday. > samira ahmadi and her brother went out on thursday
to visit the >zoo. when both were passing by the cage of the bear at noon,
the bear >suddenly attacked the girl through the food slot and pulled her
>inside and tore her apart the eyes of onlookers. > with tearful eyes,
her brother dariush ahmadi 16, told irna "i >cried out for help and also
informed the zoo guards who came and >punched the bear to resque my
sister, but all efforts were in >vain," he regretted. > managing
director of bandar abbas fire fighting squad said that >resque workers
were rushed to the spot at once to help the girl. they >managed to pull
the battered body of the girl out of the cage by >using water hose. >sd/jh
>end >::irna 11/07/98 13:09
Giraffe born at Zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WTMJ/32909.asp
Circus tigers wait for help
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/07/15/loc_tigers15.html
JUMBO BOA A FRIGHT TO BEHOLD
http://chicagotribune.com/version1/article/0,1575,SAV-9807150208,00.html
Cool critters Zoo animals get help beating the heat
http://www.azcentral.com/news/0715zoohot.shtml
A happy couple
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/z-environment/warthog0715_txt.htm
Keeping an eye on Jumbo
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsliving/155ld2.htm
Revival of whale hunt in Canadian Arctic sparks bitter debate
http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSPolitics/jul13_whaling.html
Panther journeys from Big Cypress to Orlando .
http://www.naplesnews.com:80/today/local/d306869a.htm
Experts optimistic about wolves
http://www.azcentral.com/news/0714wolf.shtml
Chimp attacks Mexican janitor, nearly bites off ear
http://news.lycos.com/stories/entertainment/oddly-enough/19980714rtodd-chi
mpanzee.asp
Zoo is criticized for Israel event
http://www.dispatch.com:80/pan/localarchive/zoopolnws.html
Wyandot looks to spread its water wings
http://www.dispatch.com:80/pan/localarchive/wyndotnws.html
Injured Bronx Zoo Cheetah Gets Custom Ruff Wear Booties
http://nt.excite.com:80/news/pr/980714/pets-ruff-wear-boots
They thrive in open zoos.
http://www.webpage.com:80/hindu/daily/980711/09/09111102.htm
Happy Keepering,
Peter
Tuesday, July 14, 1998
Zoo News Digest 14 Jul 1998 (Zoo News 6)
Dear Colleague,
Sorry it is a couple of weeks since the last mailing but I have been
snowed under with other projects. The trouble with news is that it becomes
stale so fast...but at least with the sites below you can just choose to
go to what interests you. Once again many thanks for your kind comments
and clips to include. Please remember to include the site address with any
news.
A few new faces appearing on ZooChat this week.
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZooChat1.cgi
Girl, 15, unharmed after climb atop 56-foot zoo cage
http://www.hotcoco.com/news/statfront/fry31551.htm
Rare Koala Is Newest Internet Star
http://www.channel2000.com/news/stories/news-980708-173950.html
Pythons slip into the country
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/state/4353148.htm
Animal-Rights Activists Can't Stage Zoo Protest
http://www.syracuse.com/news/content/local/0709RPIGN.html
Singer Karla Bonoff kicks off ZooTunes series
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/krla_070998.html
Bird-hatching taking off in Lincoln Park
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news1/zoo08i.html
Faced with trip to slaughter, bold emu flies the coop
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/local.pat,local/30da3839.708,.html
Odds and Ends Godzilla the monitor
http://www.trib.com/NEWS/HEAD/oddsends8.html
Into the wild: El Dorado County hills alive with exotic animals
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/scene/070898/scene01.html
Cincinnati Zoo Sumatran rhino miscarries again
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/07/02/loc_rhino02.html
C.J. the monkey dies from spinal injuries
http://www.ohio.com:80/bj/news/docs/002877.htm
Catocin Wildlife Preserve and zoo sustain damage from storm
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WHAG/28526.asp
Seal trainer for a day at the Milwaukee County Zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WTMJ/30184.asp
Cheetah escapes at Hogle Zoo (bit of an anti-zoo reporter here)
http://www.desnews.com:80/cit/w40kflg2.htm
Preservation group to help Marineland
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/0702mari.htm
Researchers concerned about whooping cranes' survival.
http://www.trib.com/NEWS/HEAD/cranes1.html
A year after arrival, female rhino is building relationship with bull at
Kansas City zoo
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/local.pat,local/30da34eb.702,.html
Dan the Western Lowland Gorilla settles in at Bronx Zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/w30kfwws.htm
A great leap forward
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/980627/nfrog.html
National Wildlife Federation Applauds New Wolf Strategy
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0629-105.txt
Autopsy: Tiger preyed on humans after wounds left it unable to hunt
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/international/0629/i_ap_
0629_23.sml
Police raid reptile show .
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/international/0629/i_ap_
0629_23.sml
They scream to be slimed at zoo
http://www.fresnobee.com/localnews/story/0,1225,29777,00.html
Baby Elephant Gets A Name
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/missouri/19980703rtmissouri-news-summa
ry.asp
Zoo Sumatran Rhino Loses Baby in Ohio News Summary
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/ohio/19980702rtohio-news-summary.asp
Feedback Wanted On Zoo Proposal
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/newyork/19980701rtnew-york-news-summar
y.asp
Carroll Soo-Hoo -- Benefactor Of S.F. Zoo :
http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/
07/03/MN75456.DTL
Mom rockin' her baby in Zurich zoo
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/w60ktmbq.htm
White tigercubs make their debut in Buenos Aires
http://cnn.com:80/TECH/science/9807/02/tiger.cubs/index.html
N.J. Aquarium offers penguins to please
http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Jun/28/city/FISH28.htm
Human blood and wild boar meat-in-cage trap laid for tiger
http://www.jaring.my/~star/friday/26i2bl.html
Cheetah escapes, recaptured at zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/vz1dqliv.htm
Bowling for Rhinos to help groups that protect wildlife
http://www.desnews.com/cit/vz19vkca.htm
Wildlife refuge running out of room for hungry, homeless bears
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o0312_PM_OR--BearCrowding
After whale of a boom, town wonders: `Is there life after Keiko?'
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o0317_AM_OR--FreeWilly
Malaysian man-eater shot and killed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_121000/121384.s
tm
Happy Keepering,
Peter
Sorry it is a couple of weeks since the last mailing but I have been
snowed under with other projects. The trouble with news is that it becomes
stale so fast...but at least with the sites below you can just choose to
go to what interests you. Once again many thanks for your kind comments
and clips to include. Please remember to include the site address with any
news.
A few new faces appearing on ZooChat this week.
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZooChat1.cgi
Girl, 15, unharmed after climb atop 56-foot zoo cage
http://www.hotcoco.com/news/statfront/fry31551.htm
Rare Koala Is Newest Internet Star
http://www.channel2000.com/news/stories/news-980708-173950.html
Pythons slip into the country
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/state/4353148.htm
Animal-Rights Activists Can't Stage Zoo Protest
http://www.syracuse.com/news/content/local/0709RPIGN.html
Singer Karla Bonoff kicks off ZooTunes series
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/entertainment/html98/krla_070998.html
Bird-hatching taking off in Lincoln Park
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news1/zoo08i.html
Faced with trip to slaughter, bold emu flies the coop
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/local.pat,local/30da3839.708,.html
Odds and Ends Godzilla the monitor
http://www.trib.com/NEWS/HEAD/oddsends8.html
Into the wild: El Dorado County hills alive with exotic animals
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/scene/070898/scene01.html
Cincinnati Zoo Sumatran rhino miscarries again
http://enquirer.com/editions/1998/07/02/loc_rhino02.html
C.J. the monkey dies from spinal injuries
http://www.ohio.com:80/bj/news/docs/002877.htm
Catocin Wildlife Preserve and zoo sustain damage from storm
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WHAG/28526.asp
Seal trainer for a day at the Milwaukee County Zoo
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WTMJ/30184.asp
Cheetah escapes at Hogle Zoo (bit of an anti-zoo reporter here)
http://www.desnews.com:80/cit/w40kflg2.htm
Preservation group to help Marineland
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/0702mari.htm
Researchers concerned about whooping cranes' survival.
http://www.trib.com/NEWS/HEAD/cranes1.html
A year after arrival, female rhino is building relationship with bull at
Kansas City zoo
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/local.pat,local/30da34eb.702,.html
Dan the Western Lowland Gorilla settles in at Bronx Zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/w30kfwws.htm
A great leap forward
http://www.newscientist.com/ns/980627/nfrog.html
National Wildlife Federation Applauds New Wolf Strategy
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0629-105.txt
Autopsy: Tiger preyed on humans after wounds left it unable to hunt
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/international/0629/i_ap_
0629_23.sml
Police raid reptile show .
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/international/0629/i_ap_
0629_23.sml
They scream to be slimed at zoo
http://www.fresnobee.com/localnews/story/0,1225,29777,00.html
Baby Elephant Gets A Name
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/missouri/19980703rtmissouri-news-summa
ry.asp
Zoo Sumatran Rhino Loses Baby in Ohio News Summary
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/ohio/19980702rtohio-news-summary.asp
Feedback Wanted On Zoo Proposal
http://news.lycos.com/stories/local/newyork/19980701rtnew-york-news-summar
y.asp
Carroll Soo-Hoo -- Benefactor Of S.F. Zoo :
http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/
07/03/MN75456.DTL
Mom rockin' her baby in Zurich zoo
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/w60ktmbq.htm
White tigercubs make their debut in Buenos Aires
http://cnn.com:80/TECH/science/9807/02/tiger.cubs/index.html
N.J. Aquarium offers penguins to please
http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Jun/28/city/FISH28.htm
Human blood and wild boar meat-in-cage trap laid for tiger
http://www.jaring.my/~star/friday/26i2bl.html
Cheetah escapes, recaptured at zoo
http://www.desnews.com/cit/vz1dqliv.htm
Bowling for Rhinos to help groups that protect wildlife
http://www.desnews.com/cit/vz19vkca.htm
Wildlife refuge running out of room for hungry, homeless bears
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o0312_PM_OR--BearCrowding
After whale of a boom, town wonders: `Is there life after Keiko?'
http://flash.oregonlive.com/cgi-bin/or_nview.pl?/home1/wire/AP/Stream-
Parsed/OREGON_NEWS/o0317_AM_OR--FreeWilly
Malaysian man-eater shot and killed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_121000/121384.s
tm
Happy Keepering,
Peter