Ancestral and rare dogs falsely suspected

Exclusive for zoos.media – originally published in German on the 22nd of December in 2022. Author: Philipp J. Kroiss. Translator: Denis Gautheret Hairless dogs are among the oldest dog breeds still existing today. The reproach of a “torture breeding” comes up regularly in the discussion of some advocates of their extinction. This is fundamentally wrong.

Baby orca Toa died in activists’ care

Exklusively for zoos.media – 8th of August in 2021. Autor: Philipp J. Kroiss After Bob, the next baby orca called Toa, died in the care of anti-zoo activists – this article discusses the outcomes and mistakes of the project as well as strategies to do better in the future.