African zoologists are in Colombia to advise local authorities on what to do with dozens of hippos roaming around the abandoned zoo of late drug lord Pablo Escobar in the north of the country.
Colombia was shocked last month at news that one of the giant beasts, who had escaped from Escobar's Hacienda Napoles, had been hunted down and shot on order of the government.
MUMBAI: The Byculla Zoo revamp project saw a "political'' inauguration-by Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leader Gopinath Munde-on Wednesday. BMC commissioner Jairaj Phatak was also present.
Ahmedabad: Gerald Durrell would have been thrilled. The well-known wildlife conservationist and best-selling author would have definitely given a thumb
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Ahmedabad: The 30-feethigh enclosures are ready. People who would look after them have been trained.
But the grand and awe-inspiring sight of long-legged giraffes walking in Kamla Nehru Zoological garden in Kankaria still remains a distant dream.
A zoo in the United Kingdom has come up with a novel approach to locally sourcing some of its food for animals and dealing with the challenge of limited space: vertical farming.
The Paignton Zoo in South Devon, working with Valcent Products (Eu) Limited and its VertiCrop farming system, has just finished planting its first crop of lettuce.
Kolkata: Police went on a wild-goose chase throughout Monday to recover the 8 common marmosets stolen from the Alipore zoo on Sunday, even as reports of sightings surfaced from all over the city and the outskirts.
Kolkata: Eight Brazilian monkeys found in only two zoos in India were stolen on Saturday night from Alipore Zoological Gardens. The theft of the Common Marmosets
