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Phoenix Zoo disputes claims of elephant’s poor welfare in exhibit
The Phoenix Zoo says a recent report detailing the list of the worst zoos for elephants in North America is flat-out wrong but plans to close the elephant exhibit. In Defense of Animals ...
As bird flu outbreaks spread to animals, D-FW zoos take precautions
If a case of bird flu is reported within 50 miles of a D-FW zoo, Burgdorf-Moisuk and Rainwater said, zookeeping staff will ...
‘Ahhh pandas!’ Crowds welcome fuzzy celebs back to National Zoo
The general public gets its first glimpse Friday of Qing Bao and Bao Li, the National Zoo’s newest giant pandas.
Beloved endangered creature — a mom to 8 cubs — has died, NC zoo says. ‘She was a joy’
A beloved endangered creature — a mom to eight cubs — has died at a North Carolina zoo. Leafa, a curious and easygoing red ...
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As many zoo elephants are sent to sanctuaries, Phoenix Zoo will end its exhibit after Indu dies
The Phoenix Zoo has one elephant in its exhibit — Indu. Mickey Pardo, an elephant biologist and behavior ecologist who has studied both Asian elephants and African elephants in the wild, has ...
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Beloved endangered creature — a mom to 8 cubs — has died, NC zoo says. ‘She was a joy’
Leafa, born in 2009, was one of two red pandas transferred from a Chicago zoo in 2018. She and a male, Phoenix, were the first animals of their species to be on exhibit in Western North Carolina.