Topic: Zoos and Aquariums
AP News | 2010-03-03 17:19:09
Mary the elephant, 63, dies at central Fla. zoo from age-related illness
A 63-year-old elephant has died at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens in Orlando. Zoo officials say the elephant named Mary died Tuesday of age-related illness. A necropsy is being conducted to determine the exact cause of death. The zoo's director of animal collections, Bonnie Breitbeil ...
WENN | 2010-02-27 01:10:21
AP News | 2010-02-25 08:23:46
In this Feb. 25, 2010 photo provided by the Melbourne Zoo, Mali, a baby Asian elephant, born at the zoo six weeks ago, walks from beneath her mother Dokkoon after a naming ceremony performed by Buddhist monks in Melbourne, Australia ...
AP Features | 2010-02-24 17:18:03
With much ado, main Paris zoo at last gets redo
For a zoo, it's a quiet and lonely place. Among the few remaining residents of Paris' main animal park are the giraffes — whose long necks make travel inconvenient — and a hippo who was permitted to stay put after she threw a temper tantrum in a shipping crate. Closed since ...
