23. March 202322. March 2023

Conservation in Zoos & Aquariums: 10 Success Stories

Published on uizaorg.files.wordpress.com in February 2023. | By: Francesco Petretti

Modern zoos & aquariums have already saved many species. The following document shares ten success stories from previous years about species that were saved from extinction.

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22. March 2023

education, media-echo

Duisburg: Maximal Transparency at the Dolphinarium

Published on www.meeresakrobaten.de the 11.03.2023. | By: Susanne Gugeler

Duisburg Zoo‘s dolphinarium has shown particular transparency for many years. A new video features the work at the dolphinarium in Duisburg.

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21. March 202318. March 2023

media-echo, research

Dolfinarium: Dolphins have 3 vocal registers

Published on the Facebook page of the Dolfinarium Harderwijk the 05.03.2023.

Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have taken a closer look at dolphins’ vocal emissions in the Dolfinarium Harderwijk. They found something so far only known from humans and crows: three vocal registers.

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20. March 202318. March 2023

conservation, media-echo

Alice Springs Desert Park releases 60 Red Tailed Phascogale

Published on the Facebook page of the Zoo and Aquarium Association the 12.01.2023.

In several parts of Australia, the red-tailed phascogale has already become extinct. However, reintroductions made possible by modern zoos could help combat the extinction of the species.

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19. March 202318. March 2023

conservation, media-echo

Conservation Zoos have Powerful Potential to Reverse Extinction

Published on zsl.org the 23.02.2023.

When a species becomes extinct in the wild, there is no chance for a comeback – unless zoos and aquariums have established backup populations in time.

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18. March 202318. March 2023

history, media-echo

Zoo Vienna hits 2 million mark again in 2022

Published on Zoo Vienna’s YouTube channel the 02.03.2023.

Zoo Vienna unexpectedly hit the 2 million mark again this past year and is now back to the visitor numbers it had pre-Covid-19.

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18. March 2023

media-echo, research

The Ability of Animals to Perceive Space-Time: A Groundbreaking Study

Published on zooreviews.org the 05.03.2023.

Animals do not have clocks but, of course, time goes by even for them. A study to be conducted at Loro Parque will now examine how animals perceive the space-time continuum in which they live.

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16. March 202316. March 2023

conservation, media-echo

Mouse matchmakers celebrate first breeding success

Published on zoo.org.au the 03.03.2023.

In 2022, the decision was made to take pookilas from dwindling wild populations under human care in order to start a conservation breeding programme. By 2023, the work is already bearing fruit.

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15. March 202316. March 2023

history, media-echo

“Letting thousands of poorer families into London Zoo for £3 has changed us for ever”

Published on theguardian.com the 03.03.2023. | By: Matthew Gould

The general director of the Zoological Society of London speaks about the impact discounted tickets to the world-famous London Zoo have had.

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14. March 202312. March 2023

animal welfare, media-echo

Opinion: How elephants in the care of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are thriving

Published on sandiegouniontribune.com the 16.02.2023. | By: Nadine Lamberski & Lisa Peterson

Anti zoo activists preferred seeing elephants dead to in a zoo. The experts of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance had to fight this small minority to be allowed to save the elephants.

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