The video caption states that this giraffe in a zoo wants to help a young gazelle by removing from his antlers a small branch on which there are leaves. If you look at the video closely you can see that the giraffe bends over to …
It looks like this woman wanted to make a short Instagram video for her social page and took a big risk. Spider monkeys are quite small but dangerous. Monkeys are stronger than people imagine. I remember a woman putting her arm through the bars of …
I’ve always wondered about the kind of impact that visitors have on the emotional state of animals in zoos. Do the animals like the presence of human visitors or the opposite? There is an article today in The Times newspaper which helps me with an …
Zoo gorillas should be given the Covid-19 vaccination because scientists have discovered that captive gorillas at a zoo in California have contracted the disease from, they believe, an asymptomatic member of staff. It is the first known instance of the virus spreading to great apes. …
Edinburgh Zoo may have to return their giant pandas to China due to financial limitations brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Currently Edinburgh Zoo is leasing, under a 10 year deal with the Chinese government, a pair of giant pandas which costs about £1 million …
I can barely write about this because it is so cruel and when you write about cruel things you can be cruel to yourself because it hurts. But this is genuine cruelty and it is taking place in Thailand where 95% of the population are …
Cher arrived at the Marghazar Zoo, Islamabad, to see off Kaavan – ‘the loneliest elephant in the world’ – at the beginning of his journey to a sanctuary in Cambodia. Kaavan has lived at the zoo for over 35 years and in 2012 lost his …
NEWS AND VIEWS: There appear to be wallabies roaming around wild in the British countryside. The red-necked wallaby is about half the size of a kangaroo and they were introduced to Britain to be placed in zoos and private collections but many escaped captivity. The …
The management at Warsaw Zoo have taken the opportunity to test out CBD oil on a couple of female elephants who it was decided were displaying signs of stress and anxiety because of the loss of their matriarch, Earna who died in March aged 35. …
