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Elephant Car Wash Now Open For Laughs

Denise Clay — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:47:16 -0500

With families staying closer to home these days, one Oregon zoo has found a way to cash in on some family fun. They have opened an elephant car wash.

Elephant Car Wash

Denise Clay — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:04:53 -0500

"It's cool!" says Sam.

The elephant car wash may not get your car clean, but it is a great fun family activity. This video shows a family's reaction while having their car washed by an elephant.

The elephant car wash is one of several new attractions at the Wildlife Safari in Winston,Oregon.

Boy Safe After Falling Into Llion Enclosure At A Zoo

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:13:15 -0500

A teenage boy is safe and suffered only minor injuries after he fell into the lion's enclosure at Franklin Park Zoo in New England.

Why Would A Woman Jump Into Polar Bears Prompting Attacks?

Armen Hareyan — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 03:17:08 -0500

In Germany polar bear attacks woman at Berlin zoo after she jumped into the moat. Berlin Zoo workers saved her life, but no one yet knows why this woman jumped into the moat.

Baghdad Zoo Rebounding With Help from U.S. Vets

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:43:39 -0500

In better times, the Baghdad Zoo had more than 500 animals, including giraffes, elephants and exotic birds. But its location, inside Zawra Park in the city's center, put it in the middle of heavy fighting between invading U.S. troops and Saddam Hussein's forces in 2003. U.S. shells damaged the compound and inadvertently freed some animals; looting that followed the fall of Baghdad stripped away everything else.

North Island brown kiwi hatches at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

harminka — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:25:22 -0500

Early Friday morning, March 7, one of the world’s most endangered species—a North Island brown kiwi—hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Bird House.

National Zoo scimitar-horned oryx going into the wild

harminka — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:15:42 -0600

A male scimitar-horned oryx from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va., is playing an important role in ensuring the species does not vanish from the planet.

Worlds oldest orangutan dies

harminka — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:27:31 -0600

A 55-year-old orangutan named Nonja, who was believed to be the oldest living orangutan in the world both in captivity and the wild, has died at the Miami MetroZoo in Miami, Florida.

Tiger that escaped enclosure at San Francisco Zoo may have 'climbed' over wall

mohammad — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:11:23 -0600

Zoo officials are now saying that a Siberian tiger that escaped her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California on December 25, killing one and severely injuring two humans in the Terrace cafe, may have climbed or jumped over the walls that kept the tiger inside her habitat.

San Francisco Zoo Declared Crime Scene After Deadly Tiger Attack

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:52:39 -0600

The San Francisco Zoo in California is closed to visitors and has been declared a crime scene after a tiger escaped from its enclosure Tuesday, killing a teenager and injuring two others.

Prestigious Wildlife Photo Exhibition Makes Debuts At Detroit Zoo

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:08:00 -0600

The 2007 Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, a collection of images from the world’s largest and most prestigious wildlife photography competition, makes its North American premiere at the Detroit Zoo’s Ford Education Center.

Detroit Zoo Leaps Presents 'Year Of Frog'

ruzik_tuzik — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:02:43 -0600

Things will be hopping at the Detroit Zoo in the coming year in celebration of all things amphibian as part of the global conservation community’s designation of 2008 as “Year of the Frog.” The cooperative campaign will focus attention on endangered amphibians and the critical work being done by zoos and aquariums to save them.