The Zoo
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| Episodes | EpisodesS06 E07 · Episode 7May 21, 2015 S04 E10 · Episode 10May 30, 2013 S04 E09 · Episode 9May 23, 2013 View 40+ more |
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| Reviews | www.imdb.com |
| Cast | Jim Breheny |
| No of seri | 12 |
| Production companys | Greenstone TV |
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| ID | 3275828 |
About The Zoo
This documentary series brings viewers into the London Zoo, the world's oldest, to get a look at the variety of daily life for the zoo's staff and animals. The programme documents life at the zoo's main facility in Regent's Park as well as its `country home' at Whipsnade, a more spacious site where larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. Episodes include profiles of zoo workers, including a gorilla keeper who gave up a well-paying job to fulfil his lifelong ambition of working with gorillas. … MORE
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... The Zoo and veterinarians from China made eight unsuccessful attempts at artificial insemination between the pair...
How do you transport two giant pandas?
... " There s a whole lot of logistics that have to happen, says Darren McGarry, head of living collections at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which runs The Zoo...
Edinburgh Zoo pandas begin last day in the spotlight
... The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which runs The Zoo, paid an annual fee of one million dollars (currently about £790,000) to China for the bears...
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... Mali s death on Tuesday was announced in a Facebook video by Manila mayor Honey Lacuna, who said visits to The Zoo to see Mali were among her happiest childhood memories...
Dartmoor Zoo welcomes 'world's rarest big cat'
... The Zoo said they have also registered the nine-year-old on an " animal dating site" to find him a mate...
Final chance to see Edinburgh Zoo's giant pandas before China return
... But the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which runs The Zoo, has said it will be restricting access to them from Thursday 30 November...
Bristol history project ends in chocolate smashing event
... " When I had my children I became a member of The Zoo and I d bring my children regularly to visit and we loved seeing the silverback gorillas...
Belfast Zoo: UK's oldest gorilla, Delilah, celebrates 60th birthday
... Delilah was part of the first gorilla troop at The Zoo when it arrived in the city in 1992...
Dartmoor Zoo welcomes 'world's rarest big cat'
By Charlotte Cox & Caroline DensleyBBC News
An Amur Leopard - " The World 's rarest Big Cat " - is slinking around his new enclosure after arriving at Dartmoor Zoo.
Fredo is adept at climbing walls and springing between trees so his new home has been made safe, bosses said.
The Zoo said they have also registered the nine-year-old on an " animal dating site" to find him a mate.
Benjamin Mee , chief executive officer at Dartmoor Zoological Society, described Fredo as " beautiful".
'Animal dating site'He said: " I first clapped eyes on him seven years ago at Highland Wildlife Park when he was still a youngster and that's how long it's been in planning to get him here. "
There are thought to be just 140 Amur leopards left in The Wild and 300 in European zoos, The Society said.
Fredo was raised in The Wild before his Time In captivity but he is now part of a breeding programme aimed at reintroducing the Endangered Species into its native Siberia, Mr Mee said.
" This is The World 's rarest Big Cat which is why the re-introduction is so important, " he added.
Fredo has been placed on the Zoological Information Management System (ZIMS), dubbed an " animal dating site" by Mr Mee.
The System helps match up endangered animals for breeding.
" You have to go through The Stud book for animals as rare and endangered, " Mr Mee added.
" All my efforts in The Next few years will be finding a female and seeing if The Offspring can be put back into The Wild . "
Dartmoor Zoo is now fundraising to create a separate and " monumentally-expensive" enclosure for a female Leopard .
Fredo will be fed meat including rabbits and Dartmoor ponies as part of a landowners' " management programme".
'A real milestone'Although Fredo, who was born in Estonia, bears some resemblance to an African Leopard , Mr Mee said he is a " little taller with longer legs and a shaggier face".
He added: " Leopards are very strong and very adaptable cats because they are not top of the Food Chain .
" In every ecosystem where there are leopards there is always a tiger or a bear or Something Else above them which means they have got to be on their toes the whole time.
" They can run Straight Up a sheer wall or climb trees so we've had to put plastic sheaths on them. "
Fredo has joined The Zoo 's Big Cat collection, which includes lions, tigers, a jaguar and a lynx.
His new home features cherry trees and Siberian larches, provided by Sister Charity Growth 4 Good.
Mr Mee said the Big Cat , which has lived at four zoos previously, had settled into his new home relatively quickly, with an expert on hand looking out for signs of stress.
" He came out of his crate cautiously with his ears back, wandered around, had a sniff And Then his ears came forward and he jumped on to The Platform , " he added.
" It's a real milestone for us, now we have every kind of Big Cat .
" He's genuinely at the forefront of one of The World 's best conservation programmes and We Are part of that. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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