Posted on 31. December 202128. December 2021

Head of the Public Order Office gifts an animal sponsorship

Published on moenchengladbach.de the 17.12.2021.

A joined Christmas dinner is not possible this year because of the pandemic, which is why the head of the Public Order Office in the German town of Mönchengladbach decided to gift her employees a different and special Christmas present: a sponsorship for an alpaca in Mönchengladbach Zoo.

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Posted on 30. December 202128. December 2021

education / media-echo

Dolphins: Same activities in nature and in zoos

Published on meeresakrobaten.de the 20.12.2021. | By: Susanne Gugeler

Opponents of dolphinariums like to claim that the behaviours dolphins display in presentations are not natural. The reality is different.

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Posted on 29. December 202128. December 2021

conservation / media-echo

Reverse The Red: Philippine crocodile

Published on the Facebook page of Cologne Zoo the 19.12.2021.

Thanks to the consequent application of the One Plan Approach, the Philippine crocodile now has something that it did not have before: a future.

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Posted on 28. December 202127. December 2021

education / history / media-echo

TV Total saves Bentheim Black Pied Pigs

Published on tierpark-nordhorn.de the 08.12.2021.

The late-night comedy talk show “TV total” has drawn a sudden interest to Nordhorn Zoo‘s concept “preserving through eating“.

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Posted on 27. December 2021

history / media-echo

Chimpanzee Robby gets his own book about animal welfare

Published on mz.de the 15.12.2021. | By: Torsten Adam

Circus chimp Robby, who was born in a zoo, “tells” his life story in a book attributed to a multidisciplinary, specialist review by numerous experts.

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Posted on 26. December 202125. December 2021

conservation / media-echo

Zoo Animal of the Year: Record Amount for Endangered Crocodiles

Published on koelner.de the 15.12.2021.

A record amount was raised for the Zoo Animal of the Year 2021, the crocodile – a great success for the project.

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Posted on 25. December 202124. December 2021

conservation / education / media-echo / research

Do zoos participate to skink conservation?

Published on the EAZA’s Facebook page the 14.12.2021.

Skinks are fascinating animals, but in parts also very endangered. Zoos are committed to the research and preservation of skinks.

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Posted on 24. December 202123. December 2021

anti-zoo-initiatives / media-echo

Animal welfare organisations: Use of donations

Published on topagrar.com the 13.12.2021. | By: Christina Selhorst

How do animal welfare and animal rights organisations perform in tests related to their use of donations? Exceedingly few get good reports.

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Posted on 23. December 202122. December 2021

anti-zoo-initiatives / media-echo

“Robby – the last circus chimpanzee”: Flop of the year 2021

Published on gerati.de the 12.12.2021. | By: Silvio Harnos

Poor sales figures and disinformation: the economic and content-related balance of the animal rights industry’s book about Robby is rather dismal.

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Posted on 22. December 2021

animal welfare / media-echo

IMATA on Expedia

Published on imata.org the 11.11.2021.

The International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association (IMATA) criticises Expedia for its more than questionable actions against cetacean conservation.

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