'It feels like Christmas': Dublin Zoo reopens with families excited to 'have a new experience'
The zoo opened with reduced capacity at 9.30am.
The zoo opened with reduced capacity at 9.30am.
Zoos and wildlife parks are permitted to reopen from today.
A global animal welfare group has led the charge to save Kaavan since 2016.
Tickets to attend Dublin Zoo must now be pre-booked online in advance, solely via its website.
Elisa Allen of PETA says it’s time to acknowledge the cruelty behind the keeping of ‘exotic’ animals in captivity.
More than 30 animals were killed in the fire.
Local media reported that New Year’s Eve fireworks could have started the blaze.
Profits last year decreased by 71% from €2.6 million to €765,000.
“I said something yesterday that was inconsiderate, it was inappropriate, and I hurt people,” anchor Alex Housden said.
Some penguins have to take antidepressants. Is that enough to stop you from going to a zoo?
The breakout was first noticed by a zoo worker, who saw the animals gathering in a service corridor.
GIVE HIM A PLANET EARTH TYPE SHOW.
The monkeys jumped 20 feet from a climbing frame in their habitat before running riot in the zoo grounds.
It said 30 of its animals had died in 2016.
Do they know it’s Christmas time at all? (Sorry.)
The new exhibit features ‘Stan’ a life-sized replica fossil skeleton of a male adult tyrannosaurus rex.
Rosa King died last Monday after she entered a tiger enclosure.
Their story is told in a new Hollywood film called The Zookeeper’s Wife.
A rhino was shot dead and had its horns hacked off in a grisly poacher attack earlier this month.
Vince the rhino was brutally killed by poachers earlier this week.
The zoo’s application for a licence was denied by Barrow Borough Council.
“The conditions that these animals are being held in is quite frankly appalling,” a report said.
A number of people entered his enclosure and stabbed him a number of times.
The zoo operator held a memorial service for the monkeys at a nearby Buddhist temple to appease their souls.
The director of animal care at the Calgary zoo said it was “devastating news”.
The students who let the penguin out thought they were doing the animal a favour.
It helps zookeepers monitor the animals’ health and well-being.
No matter what the weather’s like.
The parents are facing a possible police probe.
There has been a heated debate in recent days.
A male gorilla called Harambe was shot dead by zoo officials when they considered the boy’s life to be in danger.
The boy had crawled through a fence before falling into the enclosure.
Zoo workers eventually shot Chacha
They’re called Wotsit, Frazzle, Cheeto and Quaver.
And he’s an extremely proud dad.
The new pack of wolves consists of an alpha male, an alpha female and their offspring.
The koala went missing last week and its bloody, partially-eaten remains were found a short time later.
And she has a little stuffed polar bear friend too <3