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Metro Richmond Zoo: Orangutan learns to breastfeed from breastfeeding zookeeper

18. July 202318. July 2023

animal welfare, education, history, media-echo

Published on the Facebook account of the Metro Richmond Zoo the 30.03.2023. How do you teach an orangutan to breastfeed? At the Metro Richmond Zoo, a zookeeper who also has a baby helped simply by demonstrating.

Marine Mammal Experts: Keep Orca Safe in Miami

14. June 202314. June 2023

animal welfare, education, media-echo

Published on humanewatch.org the 12.05.2023. Leading experts on marine mammals have found clear and fact-based words as well as strong reasons against the plan to reintroduce the old orca Lolita, also called Toki or Tokitae.

Meet the Group Fighting to Keep Lolita the Orca in Florida

21. April 202320. April 2023

animal welfare, media-echo

Published on miaminewtimes.com the 06.04.2023. | By: Alex Deluca Over two dozen current and former trainers, veterinarians, and caretakers have formed the group “Truth 4 Toki”. Their goal is to save Lolita, also called Toki or Tokitae, from Miami Seaquarium‘s plans. » to the full article

DGHT against positive lists for pets, in favour of qualified keeper expertise

19. February 202318. February 2023

animal welfare, conservation, education, media-echo

Published on dght.de the 25.01.2023. The German Society for Herpetology and Herpetoculture (DGHT) has been arguing against positive lists for pet owners on the basis of facts and science for many years. Accordingly, it is also against Minister Özdemir‘s proposal on the matter. » to the full statement

How to Keep Killer Whales Innovated Through Creativity

20. November 202220. November 2022

animal welfare, media-echo, research

Published on vocal.media am 09.11.2022. | Von: Jenna Deedy An orca’s creativity is always encouraged in an environment conducive to animal welfare. It always has to find new solutions to problems – this is also crucial in a zoo or aquarium. » to the full article

Aquazoo Loebbecke Museum: Keeping the extinct Ameca shiner

20. September 202219. September 2022

conservation, media-echo

Published on zoos.media’s YouTube channel the 24.09.2021. The Ameca shiner has become extinct in nature, and this fish species is kept only in three European zoos. The video provides insights into the husbandry and conservation of the species. » to the full video

Why it makes sense to keep mine-hunting dolphins on the Navy’s payroll

12. September 202212. September 2022

animal welfare, education, media-echo

Published on latimes.com the 22.07.2022. | By: Scott Savitz The article explains why something that others might consider abstruse and unbelievable can be very useful: dolphins in the Navy. » to the full article

Edinburgh Zoo hits back at Twitter ‘activist’ who trolled keepers after oldest penguin killed by fox

28. August 202226. August 2022

anti-zoo-initiatives, history, media-echo

Published on thescottishsun.co.uk the 13.08.2022. | By: Iona Brownlie After a fox broke into the penguin enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo, killing senior penguin Mrs. Wolowitz, an activist trolled about it on Twitter. The zoo has found clear words in response. » to the full article

Constitutional study proves that keeping exotics is protected by law

2. June 20221. June 2022

conservation, education, media-echo, research

Published on petcom.at in December 2018. A study written by the internationally renowned German lawyer Prof. Dr. Dr. Tade M. Spranger comes to the conclusion that keeping exotic pets is protected by law.

Aspinall Foundation faces backlash for hiring unpaid zookeeper interns

7. January 20221. January 2022

anti-zoo-initiatives, media-echo

Published on dailymail.co.uk the 29.12.2021. Hard work and financial contributions: that is what the Aspinall Foundation requires from its interns, while there are to be no more unpaid internships in the future in the UK. » to the full article