25. May 2022

anti-zoo-initiatives, history, media-echo

Miami SeaQuarium Accident: Trainer Speaks Out

Published on vocal.media the 21.04.2022. | By: Jenna Deedy

An incident during one of the shows at the Miami Seaquarium made headlines worldwide, pushed by anti-zoo activists – now the trainer herself has spoken out.

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24. May 202224. May 2022

conservation, media-echo

Lessons from panda conservation could help Asia’s other, overlooked, bears

Published on mongabay.com the 09.05.2022. | By: Spoorthy Raman

Giant pandas are undoubtedly Asia’s most famous bears. The lessons learned from conservation efforts to save them could now also help other Asian bears.

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23. May 202223. May 2022

conservation, history, media-echo

Parrot flies from Tenerife to Vienna

Published on the YouTube channel of Schönbrunn Zoo the 12.05.2022.

A male black-billed amazon from Loro Parque in Tenerife has flown with Austrian Airlines all the way to Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna to contribute to the conservation of its endangered species.

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18. May 202217. May 2022

anti-zoo-initiatives, media-echo

Who will protect riders from PETA?

Published on reiterjournal.com the 05.05.2022. | By: Roland Kern

Increasingly, riders are being targeted by the animal rights industry, which includes the radical animal rights organisation PETA. The article takes a look at this trend.

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16. May 2022

anti-zoo-initiatives, education, media-echo

Bremen University uses PETA money to conduct research on animal rights

Published on djz.de the 05.05.2022.

Another article about the more than questionable collaboration between the University of Bremen and the radical animal rights organisation PETA.

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14. May 202213. May 2022

media-echo, research

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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12. May 202212. May 2022

conservation, media-echo

Major new study shows reptiles at risk, but not neglected

Published on zsl.org the 27.04.2022. | By: Mike Hoffmann & Monika Böhm

Many reptile species are endangered, but the group is not very popular. Still, thanks to modern zoos and aquariums, they are not neglected.

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11. May 202212. May 2022

conservation, media-echo

First captive born Asiatic Cheetahs in Iran

Published on wildlife.ir the 01.05.2022.

A great success for conservation: breeding of Asiatic cheetahs has succeeded for the first time under human care. The Iranian Cheetah Society informs.

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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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