HERE. YES, WELL, AUTHORITIES HERE AT THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM SAY THAT ANIMAL DEATHS ARE NOT UNUSUAL HERE AT THE ZOO. BUT THEY SAY THE RECENT CLUSTER OF ANIMAL DEATHS IS UNUSUAL. AND THAT IS WHY THEY WERE COMPELLED TO SHOW SOME LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY TODAY DURING THEIR NEWS BRIEFING. THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS … Read more
The Henry Doorly Zoo welcomed their fifth elephant calf this weekend.The male calf was born just before 9 a.m. on Sunday to his mom, 12-year-old Omma, and his father, 23-year-old Callee, according to Omaha’s zoo.He joins his half-siblings: 2-year-olds Eugenia and Sonny, 1-year-old Mopani and 6-month-old Amandra to be born at the zoo.The zoo said … Read more
An elephant in Kenya has given birth to a set of twins, a conservation group said on Friday, a rare event for the planet’s largest land mammals. Save the Elephants said that the twins, both female, were born in the Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya to a mother named Alto, describing it as “double joy.” … Read more