zoos

Today, many zoos promote the protection of biodiversity as a significant part of their mission. As conservation “arks” for endangered species and, increasingly, as leaders in field conservation projects such as the reintroduction of captive-born animals to the wild, they’re preparing to play an even more significant role in the effort to save species in this century.

Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities.

Recently, the Copenhagen Zoo shot a young giraffe, Marius, and fed it to the lions in front of children. It evoked protests—and death threats.

A Chinese zoo’s so-called “African lion” was exposed to be a dog when it began barking.

For the first time, a calf is born at Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo. Tetley, a Shornhorn milking cow, gave birth to her calf earlier this month.

Ahead of the holiday season, animals in zoos around the world have received “Christmas gifts.”

Three Amur tiger cubs made their debut at the Bronx Zoo on Wednesday. The cubs, two females and one male, will be on exhibit with their mother Katharina at Tiger Mountain intermittently for the first few weeks.

Today, many zoos promote the protection of biodiversity as a significant part of their mission. As conservation “arks” for endangered species and, increasingly, as leaders in field conservation projects such as the reintroduction of captive-born animals to the wild, they’re preparing to play an even more significant role in the effort to save species in this century.

Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities.

Recently, the Copenhagen Zoo shot a young giraffe, Marius, and fed it to the lions in front of children. It evoked protests—and death threats.

A Chinese zoo’s so-called “African lion” was exposed to be a dog when it began barking.

For the first time, a calf is born at Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo. Tetley, a Shornhorn milking cow, gave birth to her calf earlier this month.

Ahead of the holiday season, animals in zoos around the world have received “Christmas gifts.”

Three Amur tiger cubs made their debut at the Bronx Zoo on Wednesday. The cubs, two females and one male, will be on exhibit with their mother Katharina at Tiger Mountain intermittently for the first few weeks.