Zoo News Sunday: pink pidgeons, snowball fights and bamboo

Good morning, Zebee here. Today we have an interesting list of zoos to visit. Grab your favorite juice and enjoy! See you at the end.

Rare pink pigeon awaits mate at zoo
This is a very rare species of pigeon. Check out her picture. She’s real pretty.

Jaguar settles into new home at Phoenix Zoo
This wild-born jaguar made his debut yesterday. Read about him and then go visit, if you live in the area.

Bristol Zoo Primates Get The Opportunity To Have A Snowball Fight
See what the some of the animals at the Bristol Zoo did with the snow. Some had never seen snow before!

County's 'pocket park' feeds zoo's red pandas
Question: What do you do when you run out of bamboo? See what the Columbus Zoo did.

Zoo bringing back penguins in new digs
Like penguins? Live near Woodland Park Zoo? Go visit!

Houston Zoo giraffe being bottle fed
Get the latest news on the baby giraffe.

Free Zoo admission
Live near Akron? Then you need to read this!

E.T. Currently Resides At Twycross Zoo
Look at this adorable gibbon.

Well, I’m tired from all that traveling. Hope you have a great rest of the day. See you Tuesday with a “Zooprise Party / Fiesta Zoorpresa” update.

Zoo News Sunday with Elysabeth Eldering

Good day to you all in Bloggerville. Zebee here with Elysabeth Elering for our weekly trip around the world to visit zoos and bring you news. Hey, that rhymes! Anyway, Elysabeth, are you ready?

E: Hi Zebee and everyone. Yes, I’ve been looking forward to this all week. Where are we going today?

Z: Let’s see, Washington, D.C., The Falklands, Sarajevo, San Diego and a lot more places.

E: Sounds great Zebee. What do I have to do?

Z; Hold onto my left ear. Ouch! Not so tight. Yes, that’s much better. Here we go!

A Rare and Blessed Event
New baby gorilla born at the National Zoo. See the picture!

City zoo teaching Scottish wildlife in Falklands
This is a great idea. I hope more zoos do this sort of thing. Sharing knowledge of where you live with others can help them understand better what it’s like in a different part of the world.

Sarajevo Zoo renovations aim to draw tourists
The zoo was destroyed from the siege in the 1990’s. Today it’s coming back to life.

Rare tree kangaroo species has twins at Neb. Zoo
Tree kangaroos are so cute and cuddly looking. This one’s no exception. Can’t wait to see her babies.

Red panda comes out of hiding
Live near Zoo Boise? Like red pandas? Then you’ve gotta go see this baby.

Fixing a Tiger's Tooth at the National Zoo
Did you know that tigers get toothaches too? See what was done to make life more bearable for Soyono.

San Diego Soo hosts Koalapalooza this weekend
If you’re in the area, go to the zoo and join in the fun.

Attend Lincoln Park Zoo's Mid-Winter Party
A special party to raise funds for the Endowed Fund for Conservation and Science is being held on February 27. Read all about it here.

Kings of the jungle come to FL zoo
Cool video. Watch the lions being brought in and listen to Ron MaGill talk about the process.

MLK holiday offers free day at the zoo
Live in Oregon or Washington? Want a FREE day at the zoo? Read this!

E: Wow! Zebee that was so much fun. I want to come back and do this again sometime.

Z: I’d love to have you along for the ride. I’m kinda getting used to having guests go with me.

E: Well, I guess I’ll be back Tuesday to talk a bit more about my books and my life.

Z: Thanks Elysabeth. See you then.
Bye everyone in Bloggerville, see you Tuesday too.

Zoo news for the week, there sure is a lot!

Wow is there a lot of zoo news this week. Far too much for one little zebra to cover. So, I hunted, read, and looked at about 30 different new worthy links and came up with what I think is the best of the best. So, here they are for this week. Enjoy!

Over 40 and still going strong!
Hoppy the King Vulture is over 40 years old. Read about how he met the late Steve Irwin!

Detroit Zoo Welcomes Polar Bears Neil And Buzz
from Zoo and Aquarium visitor ezine
COOL pics of polar bear above your head in plexiglass tank


Two tiny red pandas at Edmonton zoo carry survival of species on furry shoulders
If you only hop on this for a minute, the picture of the babies is sooo cute!


Rare otter gets sanctuary in Cambodian zoo
The world's only captive hairy-nosed otter is living in a new home in a Cambodian zoo, in a move conservation officials said Wednesday could help ensure survival of the rare species. Read more about this.

And to end today, look at this cool video and check out the link for the other video about this very different carousel.

Chatanooga zoo carousel video of the making of:



A news reel of chatanooga zoo and carousel