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MADISON- Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation's Agriculture in the Classroom program has awarded $4,000 to schools...

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums, San Diego Zoo Global, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service organized a summit in August 2019 with forty key stakeholders from over twenty organizations and government agencies to discuss the issue of increased cases of wildlife trafficking in the United States. The summit led to the establishment of the Southern California Wildlife Confiscations Network. Its creators hope the Network’s new response protocol for the placement and care of confiscated wildli...

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For over two decades, Ranger the black bear would sunbathe and climb his mountain. He was never far from the pool or a good dig, but declining health and old age led to euthanizing him. Ranger died on Wednesday; he was 25.

Ranger was euthanized because of health issues, zoo officials said. He was taken in as an orphaned cub in 1997.

A 25-year-old black bear at the Los Angeles Zoo was euthanized after suffering from declining health, the zoo announced Thursday. Ranger arrived at the zoo in...

The zoo determined on Monday morning that a natural birth was not possible due to the abnormal breech position of the full-term calf. The procedure to manually remove the calf lasted five hours and required more than 30 Animal Care and Animal Health staff members. Hasina awoke from the anesthesia, but died Monday night, zoo officials reported. "This was a time-sensitive procedure and it was all hands on deck," said Beth Schaefer, director of animal programs. "When you have an animal of this siz...