International Business News - Zoo http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A 16-year-old employee of a small Virginia zoo is recovering after a tiger bit her when she tried to pet it. Zoo owner Jennifer Westhoff says the girl lost her pinky and had cuts on her hand. She was showing a 5-year-old Bengal tiger named Star to visitors when it bit her through its cage. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/bengal-tiger-bites-young-worker-at-virginia-zoo.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:09:47 EST A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144666-australia-boy-zoo-carnage.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/aussie-boy-breaks-into-zoo-feeds-animals-to-croc.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/aussie-boy-breaks-into-zoo-feeds-animals-to-croc.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:52:47 EDT Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's name no longer is in its prominent place at the Detroit Zoo. A crew on Tuesday replaced his name on the water tower at the zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak with the words "A Zoo Worth Keeping... Thanks!" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/detroit-mayors-name-replaced-on-zoo-water-tower.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:33:49 EDT The National Zoo says panda mother Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) will not give birth to a cub this year afterall. A spike in Mei Xiang's hormone levels in June suggested she might be pregnant again. But zoo scientists and veterinarians said Wednesday that they believe she may have miscarried or possibly had a false pregnancy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/national-zoo-panda-wont-give-birth-this-year.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:16:09 EDT The monkeys and lions were drugged, tossed into cloth sacks and dragged through smuggling tunnels under the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip before ending up in a dusty Gaza zoo. Stocked almost entirely with smuggled animals, the "Heaven of Birds and Animals Zoo" is a sign of Gaza's ever-expanding tunnel industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/105508-palestinians-gaza-zoo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/not-just-guns-gazans-smuggle-lions-into-zoo.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/not-just-guns-gazans-smuggle-lions-into-zoo.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:12:22 EDT Dozens of Bronx Zoo sightseers were rescued unharmed after being stuck in cable cars 100 feet above zoo animals for five hours, authorities said. Thirty-seven passengers were stranded in the Skyfari cable car ride when one of the gondolas got out of alignment, officials said. "The cable just jumped a wheel, but the gondola was in no danger of falling," said Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Haring. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88937-zoo-cable-car-stuck.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/bronx-zoo-cable-car-passengers-safe-after-repairs.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/bronx-zoo-cable-car-passengers-safe-after-repairs.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:56:19 EDT Dozens of sightseers were stranded in cable cars over Bronx Zoo animal habitats Wednesday afternoon until the gondola system was repaired more than four hours later. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88905-zoo-cable-car-stuck.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/passengers-stuck-in-bronx-zoos-cable-car-system.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/passengers-stuck-in-bronx-zoos-cable-car-system.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:30:43 EDT Even as a youngster, Rollie looked older and wiser than his years. His white mustache sprouted longer by the month, until it flamed from his cheeks like a German kaiser's. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76715-zoo-senior-citizens.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080622/what-to-do-with-an-aged-lemur.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080622/what-to-do-with-an-aged-lemur.htm Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:56 EDT Even as a youngster, Rollie looked older and wiser than his years. His white mustache sprouted longer by the month, until it flamed from his cheeks like a German kaiser's. Sometimes, it all but hid his mouth. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76708-zoo-senior-citizens.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080622/what-to-do-with-an-aged-lemur.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080622/what-to-do-with-an-aged-lemur.htm Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:45 EDT Even as a youngster, Rollie looked older and wiser than his years. His white mustache sprouted longer by the month, until it flamed from his cheeks like a German kaiser's. Sometimes, it all but hid his mouth. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76631-zoo-senior-citizens.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/zoos-ask-what-to-do-with-an-aged-lemur.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/zoos-ask-what-to-do-with-an-aged-lemur.htm Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:12:56 EDT The National Zoo says panda mother Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) is showing a spike in hormone levels, a sign that she might be pregnant again. But there's no reliable pregnancy test for pandas, and this could be a false alarm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/national-zoos-panda-might-be-pregnant-again.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:12:45 EDT The Alaska Zoo has welcomed two new rare tigers. The Amur tigers--more commonly known as Siberian tigers--arrived at the zoo Thursday after being taken by truck from Syracuse, N.Y., to Newark, N.J., and then flown to Anchorage. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/alaska-zoo-gets-2-new-rare-amur-tigers-from-n-y.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:54:16 EDT Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo have revealed they reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse to allow it to reproduce naturally--the first-known operation of its kind on an endangered species. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73822-zoo-reversible-vasectomy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/scientists-reverse-vasectomy-on-endangered-horse.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/scientists-reverse-vasectomy-on-endangered-horse.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:50:36 EDT Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo revealed Monday that they have reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse to allow it to reproduce naturally--the first-known operation of its kind on an endangered species. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73192-zoo-reversible-vasectomy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/scientists-reverse-vasectomy-on-endangered-horse.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/scientists-reverse-vasectomy-on-endangered-horse.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:13:43 EDT A gift from American Electric Power will allow the zoo in Columbus to go green with its multicolored holiday season light display. Officials with the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium say the approximately 2 million incandescent bulbs used during the annual Wildlights attraction will be converted to energy-saving LED lights, thanks to $363,000 from AEP. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/ohio-zoo-switching-to-greener-holiday-lights.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:27:21 EDT Petal, the oldest African elephant in an American zoo, died Monday at age 52. The elephant, which usually slept standing up, was found lying in her stall by Philadelphia Zoo staff around 7 a.m. Veterinarians were called immediately, but Petal died about two hours later. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/67671-philadelphia-zoo-elephant-dies.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/petal-oldest-african-elephant-in-us-zoo-dies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/petal-oldest-african-elephant-in-us-zoo-dies.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:58:18 EDT