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14-year-old endangered creature finds new home at California zoo. Meet Labu
A 14-year-old endangered creature has been welcomed by a zoo in California, officials said. On March 10, Labu, a Sumatran ...
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Little lemur siblings wrestle at Oakland Zoo
OAKLAND, Calif. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Footage captured by an animal care keeper shows an adorable moment between lemur siblings ...
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LA Councilman says zoo should consider all options for Asian elephants
City Councilman Bob Blumenfield is calling on Thursday for the Los Angeles Zoo to delay relocating its last two remaining ...
Rare Fijian iguanas, rescued from wildlife traffickers in Spain, arrive at San Diego Zoo
Eight endangered Fijian iguanas have arrived at their new home at the San Diego Zoo. The creatures were seized by Spanish ...
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Competitors chase AP on video of elephants reacting to California earthquake
Leveraging reporter Julie Watson’s long-standing relationship with the San Diego Zoo, an AP all-formats team produced a ...
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Video shows elephants at San Diego Zoo Safari Park racing to protect their young during earthquake
Ndlula, Umngani and Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves, Zuli and Mkhaya, from any possible ...
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Watch zoo elephants form protective 'alert circle' around young during 5.2 San Diego earthquake
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park's elephants raced to protect their calves with an "alert circle" when a 5.2 magnitude ...
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LA Zoo elephants Billy and Tina will be relocated to Oklahoma preserve
The Los Angeles Zoo announced Tuesday that it will relocate its only two remaining Asian elephants to an expansive preserve ...
Man sentenced in California for trafficking spider monkeys: 'Disrupted fragile ecosystems'
Sarmad Ghaled Dafar, 33, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced on April 18 to four months in federal prison and ordered to pay $23 ...
Kai, the Sacramento Zoo's North American river otter, dies at age 9
Kai the North American river otter had lived at the zoo since 2017. Early Monday morning, zookeepers found Kai unresponsive ...
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Shocked by earthquake, zoo elephants form ‘alert circle’ to protect their young at San Diego Zoo
The elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park similarly formed an alert circle in 2010 when the magnitude 7.2 Baja California earthquake rattled the region, Albright said. “Elephants are very ...