14. May 202213. May 2022

Retrospective study of captive jaguar Panthera onca mortality in the European breeding population from 1998 to 2018

Published on jzar.org am 30.04.2022. | By: María J. Duque-Correa, Rebecca Biddle, Stuart Patterson & Nicholas Masters

Most jaguars in the EAZA Ex-situ Programme (EEP) die at a very high age, when they are already geriatric. They live up to 25 years.

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10. May 2022

media-echo, research

Bridging the Research Gap between Live Collections in Zoos and Preserved Collections in Natural History Museums

Published on academic.oup.com the 21.04.2022. | By: Silan Poo et al.

A study is urging to bridge the research gap between live collections in zoos and the preserved collections in natural history museums.

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9. May 20229. May 2022

animal welfare, media-echo, research

Bottlenose dolphins with “tattoos”

Published on meeresakrobaten.de the 28.04.2022. | By: Susanne Gugeler

Most bottlenose dolphins suffer from the poxvirus, as certain skin alterations show. The article discusses this in light of a current study conducted in Galicia.

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1. May 202230. April 2022

education, media-echo, research

Hannover Adventure Zoo: Bright minds

Published on zoo-hannover.de in spring of 2022.

The article discusses the intelligence of goats, with reference to the Thuringian goats at the Meyers farm in Hannover Adventure Zoo.

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23. April 202223. April 2022

conservation, education, media-echo, research

Hannover Adventure Zoo: Polar bears are helping science

Published in the spring issue of JAMBO! by Hannover Adventure Zoo in 2022.

Many studies for the conservation of polar bears cannot be conducted in the wild. Zoos like to help out, and thus they enable crucial work.

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5. April 20223. April 2022

conservation, education, media-echo, research

Environmental Education in Zoos: Impact on Connection to Nature and Conservation Attitudes

Published on blog.loroparque.com the 02.03.2022.

The article highlights a study that evaluated the impact of guided zoo tours on the connection to nature and attitudes towards species conservation.

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25. March 202225. March 2022

animal welfare, media-echo, research

Inside Melbourne Zoo’s serum bank, scientists use historic blood samples to improve animal care

Published on abc.net.au the 11.02.2022. | By: Kate Ashton

How do you optimise animal care? With data and facts! Melbourne Zoo‘s serum bank is a great help to the zoo. Why? The article explains it.

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21. March 202221. March 2022

media-echo, research

Measuring orca’s oxygen saturation and pulse

Published on the Facebook page of the Loro Parque Foundation the 05.03.2022.

Scientists have again visited Loro Parque, and the orcas in the zoo in Tenerife are helping once again to obtain important information about orcas. In nature, this would not be possible in the same way.

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