News: Zoos

Report shows that GetYourGuide website profits from animal abuse

Popular tourism website GetYourGuide, frequently used by Australian travellers, is a key partner in the tourism industry’s exploitative use of wildlife for entertainment, according…

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Jul 31, 2024 Environment / Tourism / Zoos /

 
 

New Wildlife Hospital opens in Tasmania at Wing’s Wildlife Park

A new native wildlife hospital, located at Wing's Wildlife Park in North West Tasmania, has opened at Gunns Plains to replace the old facility which was destroyed during devastating…

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Jul 26, 2024 Attractions / Environment / Zoos /

 
 

Mandai Wildlife Reserve to unveil new experiences for Night Safari and Singapore Zoo

The Mandai Wildlife Reserve is preparing to unveil new experiences inside Night Safari and Singapore Zoo. The world’s first nocturnal animal park is celebrating 30 years of…

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Jul 25, 2024 Attractions / Environment / Tourism / Zoos /

 
 

Perth Zoo to enhance accessibility with new Changing Places facility

Perth Zoo will enhance its accessibility for visitors with disability with the addition of a new Changing Places facility – with the announcement coming as Western Australians…

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Jul 19, 2024 Access / Attractions / Education / Wellness / Zoos /

 
 

Twin zoos and aquariums conferences to be held in Sydney

Sydney is set to host two major animal conservation conferences in the next three months with both the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA) of Australasia and the World Association of Zoos…

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Jul 18, 2024 ByNigel Benton Attractions / Education / Environment / Tourism / Zoos /

 
 

India’s Alipore Zoological Garden installs braille boards

The Alipore Zoological Garden - India's oldest formally stated zoological park and a big tourist attraction in Kolkata, West Bengal -  has become the first zoo in the country to…

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Jul 16, 2024 Attractions / Education / Zoos /

 
 

Brisbane’s Lone Pine wildlife sanctuary to end koala holding experience

The sanctuary says the decision was made in response to feedback from visitors wanting to spend more time with the koalas without necessarily holding them. A popular koala sanctuary in…

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Jul 2, 2024 Attractions / Environment / Tourism / Zoos /

 
 

Formerly ‘traumatised’ moon bear thrives at Vietnamese animal sanctuary

A moon bear who spent 20 years living in a cage at a bear bile farm is reported to be thriving at Animals Asia's Tam Dao sanctuary in Vietnam. Rescued as of early last year, the moon…

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Jul 2, 2024 ByNigel Benton Environment / Zoos /

 
 

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