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Giant Party at Cincinnati Zoo: Hippo Star Fiona Turns Seven!

By COVER MEDIA (Glomex) 25 January 2024 273 Views

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Over the past seven years, Fiona has become the zoo's main attraction thanks to social media - thousands follow her antics. Of course, there were plenty of treats for her birthday.

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ZSL London Zoo Goes Ahead With Annual Stocktake Behind Closed Doors

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This week brings the start of ZSL London Zoo's annual stocktake. Dedicated zookeepers have?dug out their clipboards and calculators as they?began counting?the animals at the Zoo. Tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile and invertebrate zookeepers are continuing their essential work, despite the national lockdown forcing the Zoo to close once again. Counting everything from a colony of inquisitive Humboldt penguins to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers the stocktake is a legal requirement as part of the Zoo License. For some zookeepers the task is relatively easy, but imaginative tactics are used by others to ensure every resident at the Zoo is accounted for. The annual audit takes keepers almost a week to complete and the information is shared with other Zoos around the world where the data is used to help manage worldwide conservation breeding?programmes?for?endangered?species.

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Heroic Animals ‘Who Also Served’ Honoured This VE Day

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To mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day leading Vet Charity PDSA is paying tribute to wartime hero animals. These plucky creatures helped save countless lives during World War II and were honoured with the PDSA Dickin Medal. They include messenger pigeon, Duke of Normandy, who flew for 27 hours through bullets and bombs to deliver vital, life-saving intelligence to allied forces. Rip was the ‘world’s first search and rescue dog’. The crossbreed terrier was found on the streets of London by a local Air Raid Warden in 1940. He had a talent for sniffing out survivors trapped in the blitz rubble and helped save the lives of more than 100 people. The charity is commemorating the milestone by sharing exclusive e-books which tell the remarkable stories of animal heroes.

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