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.

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

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
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[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

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

Zoo News Digest 20th June 1998 (Zoo News 02)

Many thanks for the encouraging response to the first edition of zoo news.
Thanks too for those of you who pointed me in the direction of this last
weeks news sites.


1/Little Rock Zoo operating without license
http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/bhzoo20.html

2/European Union agrees to improve zoo conditions
http://www.infoseek.com/Content?arn=a2198LBY613reulb-
19980616&qt=zoo&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486

3/Belfast Gorilla leaves for Munich
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/headlines/980619/belfast/898264194-zoo.html

4/ Six Manchurian Tiger Cubs go on display in Beijing Zoo.
http://cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9806/14/china.baby.tigers/index.html

5/ Riverbanks Zoo tout their newest exhibit as "Beauty and the Beast."
http://www.thestate.com/daily/local/zoo20.htm

6/Snout route through Dallas Zoo.
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw9.htm

7/A brief history of the World Famous Topeka Zoo (quite interesting)
http://cjonline.com/stories/061898/com_topekazoo.shtml

8/Student raises cash for new bear accomodation at Folsom Zoo
http://www.sacbee.com/news/beetoday/newsroom/local/061898/local02.html

9/Thai Zoo denies mistreating share tipping chimp.
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/0618/e_rt_0618
_4.sml

10/Giraffes talk in regional accents
http://www.newsquest.co.uk/quicksilver/STORIES/news10.html

11/Off course penguin ends up as World Cup mascot
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/061898/penguin.sml

12/PETA try to stop Burnet Park Zoo Wienermobile
http://www.syracuse.com/news/content/local/0618CWEEN.html

13/Roddy family give $500,000 to Knoxville Zoo
http://www.knoxnews.com:80/061998/up_front/5796.htm

14/Tulsa Zoo Diet
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scripts/tulsaworld/tulsaworld.dll?VBEXE=C:\inets
rv
\tulsaw orld\tulsaworld.exe&DSPLY=Story&ID=980615_Ne_a7blubb

15/10 gorilla births documented in the Congo
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/06/061798/gorilla.asp

16/Chinas elderly panda dies
http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/080-3629.html

17/ Sedgwick County Zoo's Touch Zoo
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/local/community/sedgwickco/zoovan0616_txt
.htm

18/ St. Louis Zoo Hippohula luau' will benefit zoo
http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/News/33C503A7852EF621862566
250021D80 E?OpenDocument

19/Homeless iguanas roam Los Angeles
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9806/16/us.iguanas.reut/index.html

20/Trapped Minnesota wolverine likely escaped
http://webserv1.startribune.com/cgi-bin/stOnLine/article?thisStory=4564675
4

21/Lincoln Park Zoo visitors get free shuttle
http://www.suntimes.com:80/output/news/trol15.htm

22/Investigators say Cincinnati Zoo exhibit fire was an accident
http://www.ohio.com:80/bj/news/ohio/docs/023347.htm

23/Anger leads zoo to stop cruel shows
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/templates.idc?artid=19980616014641065&to
p=china&tem plate=Default.htx&maxfieldsize=1383

24/Save the rhino, Sahabat Alam Malaysia urges Govt
http://www.jaring.my/~star/saturday/13jkrh.html

25/Deaths of naked mole rats mystery
http://www.kern.com/tbc/newsproc/articles/Apr1998/I--1318967935.html

26/Giraffe at Milwaukee County Zoo gets an ultrasound
http://www.jsonline.com/news/0614giraffe.stm

27Dickerson Park Zoo has world's first successful artificial insemination
of an elephant in captivity http://www.usatoday.com/news/nweird.htm

28/Dr. Gage, Marine World vet
http://www.hotcoco.com/news/eastbay/central/stories/lrg00336.htm

29/Pittsburgh Zoo marks 100th year
http://www.triblive.com/news/rzoo614.html

30/ Genes show quagga return is a possibility
http://www.infoseek.com/Content?arn=a1608LBY141reulb-
19980613&qt=zoo&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486

31/Save the Tiger Fund, World Wildlife Fund and American College of
Traditional Chinese Medicine Forge Partnership
http://www.infoseek.com/Content?arn=BW1002-
19980612&qt=zoo&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486



Happy Keepering!
Peter