Posted on 16. November 201816. November 2018

Don´t be afraid of change!

Appeared on synalia.com the 30.10.2018. | By: Kayce Cover

Kayce Cover is one of the most experienced and successful animal trainers worldwide, on the blog she speaks about how she dealt with naysayers and how the courage to embrace change helped her to optimize animal training through new methods.

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Posted on 13. November 201813. November 2018

animal welfare / media-echo

Columbus Zoo & Aquarium: how dogs help cheetahs

Appeared on ATTNs Facebook page: 01.11.2018

Columbus Zoo are experts in hand raising and cheetah conservation – dogs can play an important role in different ways.

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Posted on 8. November 20188. November 2018

anti-zoo-initiatives / history / media-echo

Free Morgan Foundation showed its incompetence – again

Exclusively for zoos.media – 2018-11-08. Autor: Philipp J. Kroiß

Free Morgan Foundation is not a trustworthy organization and published some untenable allegations against Loro Parque concerning the pregnancy of orca Morgan.

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Posted on 1. November 20181. November 2018

animal welfare / media-echo

Does Welfare Fail Animals in Zoos?

Exclusively for zoos.media – 11-01-2018. Author: Philipp J. Kroiß

Jessica Pierce and Marc Beckhoff authored an article claiming that “Welfare Fails Animals in Zoos”. Is this really true? We looked at the scientific facts and the background of the authors, too.

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Posted on 31. October 201830. October 2018

animal welfare / anti-zoo-initiatives / history / media-echo

One Green Planet: full of lies about zoos

Exclusively for zoos.media – 10-31-2018. Autor: Philipp J. Kroiß

One Green Planet publishes against zoos. In this article, we especially look at an article about the orca Morgan, who recently born a cute, little orca baby at Loro Parque.

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Posted on 28. October 201826. October 2018

animal welfare / anti-zoo-initiatives / conservation / media-echo

Dear Canada, a Ban on Cetaceans in Human Care Won’t Save Marine Mammals

Published on petlife.media on 25th of Octobre in 2018. | By: Jenna Deedy

The author writes a worth reading letter to Canada, where legislation is currently underway that would make comprehensive protection of whales impossible.

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Posted on 16. October 20184. August 2022

animal welfare / anti-zoo-initiatives / conservation / education / history / media-echo / research

Is it not better to only protect animals in their natural habitat?

Exclusively for zoos.media – 15.10.2018. Author: Philipp J. Kroiß

Short answer: No. The longer answer will be provided in the article and explained using illustrative examples that also show the importance of zoological institutions.

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Posted on 6. October 20186. October 2018

anti-zoo-initiatives / history / media-echo

PETA, Thomas Cook and whaling in Taiji

Exclusively for zoos.media – 05.10.2018. Author: Philipp J. Kroiß

In light of the recent events surrounding Thomas Cook and certain modern zoos, a stock purchase by PETA at the beginning of the year now seems to be in a different light.

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Posted on 6. October 201813. October 2018

anti-zoo-initiatives / history / media-echo

Dan Ashe & “The Politics of Addition”

Exklusive for zoos.media – 6th of Octobre in 2018. Autor: Philipp J. Kroiß

The article comments the blog post of Dan Ashe (AZA) on a Politics of Addition with animal rights organizations like PETA and talks about wrong appeasement.

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Posted on 3. October 20183. October 2018

animal welfare / conservation / education / media-echo / research

Why orca breeding is so important

Published on huffingtonpost.de on the 1st of Octobre in 2018. | Author: Philipp J. Kroiß

The article explains how important the breeding of orcas in modern zoos and aquariums is right now in order to preserve the killer whales in the long term and prevent extinction.

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