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Monkeys In The News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A keeper at Blackpool Zoo was attacked by an ape that had escaped from its enclosure. The female staff member was in a corridor in the ape house when Vicky – a 24-year-old orang-utan – snapped. She bit the keeper on the arm and foot. An ambulance was called to the East Park Drive attraction and took the injured woman to hospital for emergency treatment while fellow staff coaxed Vicky back into her...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sporting News: You can't judge a book by its cover. So maybe Hank Steinbrenner isn't as big a fool as he appears to be. Maybe the sun will rise in the west, too.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO - The parents of a teenager killed by an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo filed a claim against the city Thursday, seeking monetary compensation for the mauling of their 17-year-old son.Carlos Sousa Jr. died Dec. 25 when a Siberian tiger named Tatiana escaped its enclosure and attacked the San Jose teenager and two of his friends. Kulbir and Paul Dhaliwal were injured before police...
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The Sensintrovert (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Gone were the pigs, monkeys, big foots and other simian-like species of animals that you could think of. Now, it has been promoted to a primary school. At least for now. 'Students' are now being told by 4th floor 'teachers' to read from texts. Word by word. It seems that they have poor memory, short-lifespan memory or just too afraid of 4th floor 'teachers'. But 4th floor 'teachers' are in fact very...
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John Chow dot Com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today, we headed to the Shanghai Zoo to look for any pandas that may have survived the great rock fight of China. The Shanghai Zoo is an order of magnitude times bigger than the zoo back home at Stanley Park. The zoo is so big that they have cars to drive people from one exhibit [...]
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Waltzing Matilda (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the Sisters for breakfast the next morning and then headed out with our Sister to the Birmingham Zoo. We didn't get to see all of the attractions, but I have to say that I was very impressed with what we did see. Lots of opportunities to interact and little stations set up along the way manned by volunteers who offered extra information about the animals or their habitats. Anyone vacationing in...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two days after her companion died, Jenny received visitors at her pen at the Dallas Zoo. Even schoolchildren were respectfully quiet when they passed the elephant exhibit Wednesday.JIM MAHONEY/DMNChildren from S.S. Conner Elementary School in Far East Dallas got a chance to see Jenny for the first time since Jenny's companion, KeKe, died on Monday. The students are making condolence cards for Jenny....
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Uncover The Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the places I dream of going one of these days is Australia. For some reason I’ve always loved what I knew about the continent. I was also a big fan of Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, and here’s a chance to win a free trip to his home zoo down under. Do you [...]
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
By THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - A senior official at the Calgary Zoo is downplaying some media reports that 40 stingrays which have died at the facility may have been poisoned.
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TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Adventures of Nitin Duggal
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Kansas City Zoo gets into National Endangered Species Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. ( www.kansascityzoo.org)
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Reference at Newman Library (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lisa said that this has been an email and reference desk question. We have two subscription databases to help students answer this question: CCH Accounting Research Manager and RIA Checkpoint, in which you search the Accounting, Corporate Finance and Auditing information. In either database, you can select GASB, the government accounting standards board. I tried a keyword search zoo and animal and...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Blackpool Zoo keeper is taken to hospital for treatment after being bitten by an orang-utan.
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Express & Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
... on show at the new visitors centre is truly amazing and easily matches that found at much larger zoos.Just a few miles from Penkridge and Cannock live more than 750 animals from 160 different species. Among those making their home at the agricultural college are African meerkats, iguanas from Brazil, endangered lemurs from Madagascar, porcupines, racoon dogs, and all manner of creepy crawlies.Staff...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
By THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Another four stingrays have died at the Calgary Zoo, bringing to 39 the number of creatures who have died.
