POLICE are hunting for a young couple who daringly stole two animals, a Chinese crocodile lizard and a tiger salamander, from Pata Zoo in broad daylight on May Day, TV Channel 7 said today (May 7). The zoo released a sketch of the thieves on Facebook and described them as being approximately 25-30 years
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Tourist depressed at condition of Lopburi zoo
A THAI tourist who visited Lopburi zoo wrote about the pitiful condition of the animals in the current excruciating heat having noticed that there was no water in some cages but the zoo management headed off the criticism by saying the animals are being regularly given water with there being taps in the cages
Read moreGorillas at Atlanta’s zoo have contracted Covid, probably from a zoo worker
By AP, published by Npr.org, and Amarin TV Atlanta – At least 18 of the 20 gorillas at Atlanta’s zoo have now tested positive for Covid-19, an outbreak that began just days before the zoo had hoped to obtain a veterinary vaccine for the primates, officials said Tuesday. Zoo Atlanta had announced the first
Read moreEight gorillas catch Covid and are showing same symptoms as humans
By Sian Elvin, Metro UK SEVERAL gorillas have coronavirus in what is thought to be the first known cases among primates in the world. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has seen eight gorillas that live together test positive for Covid-19, with several of them coughing. They believe the infection came from a member of
Read moreZoo chief probing missing albino barking deer shot dead
THE director of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand under Royal Patronage was shot dead in southern Songkhla province this morning (Oct. 3) while on a visit to investigate the disappearance of an albino barking deer, a Royally bestowed species, Thai Rath newspaper reported. It was later revealed that the visiting director, Mr. Suriya Saengphong,
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