VdZ: Why we keep great apes

Published on vdz-zoos.org in September 2021. The German Association of Zoological Gardens (VdZ) explains in the contribution why the members of the zoo association keep great apes and why it is so important to do so. » to the full publication

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.