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Zoo News
Out With Gas and In With Solar For the Golf Cart Races at Detroit Zoo
 Detroit Zoo
Royal Oak, MI - The Detroit Zoological Society continues on the road to "green" by replacing its gas-powered golf carts with solar/electric hybrid carts.
The 40 golf carts are used by the Detroit Zoo's animal, maintenance, landscaping, park safety, education, events, marketing, and public relations staffs to transport equipment and people around the 125-acre Zoo.
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A Bald Eagle Now Calls Hershey's ZooAmerica Wildlife Park Home
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 ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park
Hershey, PA - ZooAmerica North American Wildlife Park has added new additions to three of its five geographic regions this July, including a young bald eagle, two snowy owls, two beaded lizards and numerous crabs.
ZooAmerica acquired a female bald eagle from Juniata County in Pennsylvania, about 60 miles away from Hershey, where she was found with a wing injury.
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New Zealand Study Shows Pre-Natal Bird Diet Important to Chicks - ZSL
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 London Zoo
Little Barrier, New Zealand - Parents who eat their 5-a-day can help protect their chicks against parasites, reveals new research on the New Zealand hihi published today.
Scientists identified carotenoids in adult hihi diets as an important ingredient for counteracting the negative effects of the blood sucking mite Ornithonyssus bursa on their chicks.
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Take a Baby Animal Safari at Los Angeles Zoo - Giraffe, Takin, Markhors, Goral and Others
 Los Angeles Zoo
Los Angeles, CA - This summer the Los Angeles Zoo is full of proud parents! The flurry of births here at the L.A. Zoo kicked off on April 5, 2009, with the birth of a male Masai giraffe. He is currently in the giraffe habitat with his parents, Neema and Artimus.
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South Africa's National Zoo Sponsoring Cheetah Chasing Dogs
 National Zoological Gardens of South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa - The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa has adopted an Anatolian shepherd in support of the Cheetah Outreach Trust (CCF). The National Zoo is the first zoological gardens in the country to lend its support to this project. The aim of the project is for partners to assist with the promotion of cheetah conservation and biodiversity on South African farms. The Anatolian shepherds serve as guard dogs on these farms to keep free-ranging cheetahs from hunting farm animals, thus prolonging the cheetah's fragile existence.
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Dumping the Golf Carts and Using Bicycles at Naples Zoo
 Naples Zoo
Naples, FL - Oftentimes the reason why you do something is simply because it's always been done that way. Until recently, one of those traditions at Naples Zoo was keepers using golf carts to transport tools and animal diets. Today, however, keepers as well as numerous outside staff move throughout the 43-acre zoo on bicycles. The change benefits cardiovascular health, the environment, and even the budget.
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On July 4th, the Fourth Baby Giraffe Was Born at Tanganyika Wildlife Park
 Tanganyika Wildlife Park
Goddard, KS - Tanganyika Wildlife Park put their fourth baby giraffe on display for the public on July 4th. This is the fourth giraffe to be born at Tanganyika in 8 months. Jim Fouts, the Wildlife Park Director, is extremely proud of their success and stated, "We continue to demonstrate our focus on conversation through quality breeding programs of rare and endangered species." According to the International Species Information System online, Tanganyika Wildlife Park has had more baby reticulated giraffes born in the United States than any other facility.
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Cincinnati Zoo's New Malayan Tiger Cubs Come Out To Play
 Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati, OH - The Cincinnati Zoo's four Malayan tiger cubs, born March 21, are now ON DISPLAY in the Zoo's Tiger Canyon. All four cubs, born to mom "Hutan" and dad "Jalil" have been spending time bonding with mom behind-the-scenes over the last 13-weeks and are ready to meet the public!
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