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Schönbrunn Zoo : The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, is the oldest in the world and has an aggressive and successful strategy to upgrade its facilities and care for and breed endangered species, as well as providing excellent local facilities for school children and casual visitors.  This gallery also includes pictures from other zoos, such as the "Haus des Meeres" aquarium in Vienna and the Chester Zoo in England.

Schönbrunn Zoo

Jerry Barton

The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, is the oldest in the world and ...

Updated: May 21, 2013 1:27am PST

Cincinnati Zoo :

Cincinnati Zoo

Gary

Updated: May 20, 2013 12:03pm PST

San Francisco Zoo - 2013 : Happy 2013!  Bringing in the New Year with a baby Kudu, a baby Wallaby & a baby Duiker!  Still hoping to get a shot of the baby Duiker, but it prefers to stay in the barn, out of sight.  Better luck in February!
February brings in Lunar New Year, and it's "Year of the Snake!".  Martha, the Tiger gets to play with a snake full of goodies and she really enjoys her enrichment!  The little Wallaby Joey is venturing out to nibble on grass now.  The Yellow-backed Duiker baby is still hiding in the barn, so not photos of her yet!

San Francisco Zoo - 2013

PacificaArts

Happy 2013! Bringing in the New Year with a baby Kudu, a baby Wallaby ...

Updated: May 14, 2013 4:21pm PST

San Francisco Zoo - 2011 : November-December:  Mild weather for Winter.  The Reindeer arrived, and lots of animals were given enrichment during the "12 Days of Christmas".  My Polar Bear photo was picked up by AP, and sent around the world!
October came in with sun, and went out with rain. Activities this month were "ZootoberFest" (a evening activity) and also "Boo at the Zoo" for Halloween.  Many of the animals received special hidden treats, and it was fun to watch them discover them.
Sept :  Summer is over and the leaves are beginning to fall. All the babies (koala, anteater, ibises) are almost full size now.
May-August:  Weather is great, and the animals are enjoying their outside yards.  Spiderman & Tarantulas came for a visit too!
April:  The little Koala is not so little anymore!  The weather is improving, so the animals are enjoying the sunshine now.  
March:  Got an early start on March with a new baby Koala - she is so cute!  All the young ones are growing fast, and Mr. Hippo loves his pool!
February:  Our Hippo is enjoying his new pool and yard, and the baby Anteater is walking around by himself now.  The animals are all enjoying a little bit of sun, after so much rain this winter.
January: A baby Giant Anteater came out to greet the public this month, and we were also "FedEx'd" a full size Hippopotamus!  Thanks FedEx! (who picked up the tab) "When you absolutely, positively need your hippo by the next day!" Ha!

San Francisco Zoo - 2011

PacificaArts

November-December: Mild weather for Winter. The Reindeer arrived, an ...

Updated: May 06, 2013 5:14pm PST

San Francisco Zoo - 2010 : December was a busy month at the San Francisco Zoo!   Snow was trucked in by the San Francisco Ice Company for the Polar Bears (yes, that's how it snows at our Zoo!), and a lot of other animals had fun with thier enrichment during "Winter Goes Wild".

San Francisco Zoo - 2010

PacificaArts

December was a busy month at the San Francisco Zoo! Snow was trucked ...

Updated: May 05, 2013 4:14pm PST

VERY BAD "ZOO" in Bangkok : A very bad inheritance in Bangkok: Pata "zoo"; do NOT visit this "zoo"!

Pata “zoo” (<a href="http://www.zoos.org/SE%20Asia/Thailand/Pata%20Zoo.html">Pata Zoo Co. Ltd.</a>) is a “department” of <a href="http://www.soidb.com/en/bangkok/shop/shopping_mall/pata_pinklao.html">Pata shopping mall</a> and is only there to draw more clients to the mall; when a Thai family visits the “zoo” they go down afterwards and are buying and, at least, eating something. As the mall is mainly for locals who know nothing about the modern zoo-standards and for who is a zoo a zoo and that means animals behind bars: “they are treated, fed and cared for well so what’s the problem”? Foreigners are visiting this mall rarely so the objections are not that big unfortunately.
The naked fact at the moment is that everybody who rejects this “zoo” has been blocked by weak and insufficient Thai laws.
We need help from abroad because, for example, the Thai Tourist Board is very conscious to loose tourism. The more worldwide complaints are coming to the authorities the better as I said before we, in Thailand, has been blocked by the arrogance of the management and the weak laws.
I hope you, family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances and newspapers are willing and able to do something. Also the international animal-protection organizations are important: their voice can be strong!

Pata is mentioning in their very informative "site" that they are member of <a href="http://www.seaza.org/About.html">SEAZA</a> but that is a lie, they are NOT as I were informed by this organization!

Bangkok's Pata Zoo came under fire on Tuesday for operating a zoo inside a shopping mall despite the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department's assertion that the caged animals were being treated well.
The Thai Animal Guardians Association (TAGA) filed a complaint with the zoo and claimed its location was inappropriate. 
TAGA chairman Roger Lohanan said the authorities found nothing wrong when they inspected the zoo on Monday because their criteria was based on the legal fact that the gorilla rightfully belongs to the zoo. 
But he said the matter at hand had more to do with the ethics of opening a zoo at a shopping mall.
The zoo's location was not appropriate and could not provide the animals with sufficient recreational space, he said.


More photos and text can be seen <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/sets/72157603255213793/">HERE</a>

<a href="http://nationmultimedia.com/specials/nationvdo/showvdo.php?cateid=13&id=2726">VIDEO 1</a>

<a href="http://vimeo.com/32018813">VIDEO 2</a>

A visit to Pata “zoo” one year later: as there’s a stalemate and the owner has all play-trumps in hand as the Thai laws seems to be insufficient to close down the whole disconsolate collection of animals they are still suffering in their poor and disgraceful “accommodations”. 
Any renewing/renovation and/or maintenance cannot be established which is giving the premises more and more a poor looking and depressing appearance.
Some terrariums and cages are empty and several snakes are exposed as plastic. 
The penguin is still showing himself alone since all his colleagues died a bit more than one year ago.   
A pity!
I just found out that a link with critical text in the Bangkok Post of October 1977 concerning Pata “zoo” and which I placed in the set, isn’t accessible anymore;  by clicking on it one has been diverted to "deqp.go.th", which seems to be a  Thai governmental site, resulting in a “Problem loading page”. Also a video in www.veoh.com  isn’t accessible anymore showing the text “Veoh is no longer available in THAILAND. If you are not in THAILAND or think you have received this message in error, please go to veoh.com and report the issue”.
No further comment.

<a href="<a href="http://www.antoni-uni-photography.com/THAILAND/misuse/Patazoo-Bangkok-pata/12166094_3KSmbM#!i=865714207&k=ncBTbLF">VERY BAD "ZOO" in Bangkok: PATA zoo</a>">Plight of animals at Bangkok's rooftop zoo above department store</a> (Animal welfare groups face a battle to close Pata zoo, where more than 200 species live out their days in appalling conditions)

<a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/10/10/national/national_30051927.php">Pata Zoo under fire</a> (Watch video clip of what's really happening in Pata Zoo.)

<a href="http://www.globalanimal.org/2010/09/11/animal-prison-in-thailand-perfectly-legal/15704/">Animal Prison In Thai Department Store Perfectly Legal</a>

<a href="http://www.deqp.go.th/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9481%3A2007-10-09&catid=7%3A2010-02-04-06-14-10&Itemid=43&lang=th">PATA zoo animals found healthy </a> (Better NO comment!.................................)

<a href="http://www.zoos.org/SE%20Asia/Thailand/Pata%20Zoo.html">Pata Zoo Co. Ltd.</a> (EMPTY........................) Mentioned: "Member of the organisations:- SEAZA" which is NOT TRUE!!!

<a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/update-photos-concerning-pata-zoo-bangkok-shaming-mistreat-animals-0">An update of photos concerning Pata "zoo" in Bangkok: a shaming mistreat of animals

<a href="http://worldblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2010/12/29/5689748-concrete-jungle-department-stores-zoo-sparks-controversy?lite">Concrete jungle: Department store's zoo sparks controversy</a>

<a href="http://gorillasland.yolasite.com/">Gorillas Land</a>

VERY BAD "ZOO" in Bangkok

Antoni Uni

A very bad inheritance in Bangkok: Pata "zoo"; do NOT visit this "zoo" ...

Updated: May 01, 2013 6:45am PST

Animal Kingdom :

Animal Kingdom

Klassen-Photography

Updated: Apr 23, 2013 5:06pm PST

Dierentuin dieren : Foto's van de mooie dieren die in een dierentuin leven.

Dierentuin dieren

Jaap van Ekris

Foto's van de mooie dieren die in een dierentuin leven.

Updated: Apr 20, 2013 9:15am PST

Cheetahs! : Born April 23, 2012, cheetah cubs Carmelita and Justin are romping daily at the National Zoo in Washington DC. This gallery tracks them over several months - they grow as fast as they run!

Cheetahs!

Tim Brown

Born April 23, 2012, cheetah cubs Carmelita and Justin are romping dai ...

Updated: Apr 19, 2013 10:12am PST

San Francisco Zoo - 2012 : January 2012 comes in with some very nice weather.  We have a new female Snow Leopard, and I've also spotted a new Wallaby face peeking out!  The SF Zoo celebrated Lunar New Year at the end of January, which was a lot of fun.
February brought in some new additions: Greater Rheas and West African Crowned Cranes in the Puente al Sur exhibit.  Jack Hanna came to visit the SF Zoo, and had a great show.  Also, the three African Lions have been joined together as a pride.
March brought some much needed rain, and the grasses are growing again.  Baby Red-necked Wallaby popped out of the pouch this month and hopped around for the first time!
April:  We have a new No. Amer. River Otter to keep Trent company!
May:  The Magellanic Penguins are nesting, and we have four new chicks!  Leanne, the Sumatran Tiger, has a new buddy, Larry.  With the addition of some new Lemurs, there's been a lot of activity at the Lemur Forest.
June & July:  Four baby Magellanic Penguins hatched, and have joined the colony on Penguin Island.  Inti, a beautiful Bobcat, has been moved to a new and larger exhibit where the public can see him.  
August & September: Sureshot, the Bald Eagle gets a companion, Gordon, a male Bald Eagle. Also, a new 5 week old Marbled Teal chick joins the flock.  The Grizzly Bears have beautiful winter coats now.
October:  A new little Francois' Langur was born, and it's a girl!  "Boo at the Zoo" was great fun, and the animals really liked their pumpkin treats!
November-December:  Two busy months!  The Reindeer arrived in late November and Ulu and Pike had a great snow day in San Francisco!  During the late December holidays, the Zoo celebrated with their first ZooLights event - it was beautiful!

San Francisco Zoo - 2012

PacificaArts

January 2012 comes in with some very nice weather. We have a new fema ...

Updated: Apr 17, 2013 4:27pm PST

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