Tiger attacks three staff members at Japan safari park; one loses hand
The police are investigating if there were any safety flaws at the Tochigi park after its operator said it had failed to confirm that the tiger was in its enclosure the previous day.
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One has been placed in an incubator while the other is being looked after by its mother, Ueno zoo said.
Zoo breeding programs have played a key role in repopulating herds of southern white rhinos.
Shin Shin, 15, has already produced one cub, the now 3-year-old Xiang Xiang.
Iwate zoo grapples with backlash over animal euthanasia program
Zoomo in Iwate Prefecture has drawn criticism with the disclosure of its euthanasia program for sick creatures.
Pandas at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo mate for first time in four years
The pandas were put in the same enclosure Saturday after showing strong signs of being in heat.
Emma will soon travel to Tobu Zoo in Saitama Prefecture where a 10-year-old fellow rhino "Moran" has been lined up to be her first suitor.
A female staff member suffered scratch wounds on her head and arms Tuesday when a black panther attacked her through a fence in a zoo in the southwestern city of Kagoshima, the zoo operator said. The woman in her 20s was observing the panther at ...
Tokyo panda Xiang Xiang's return to China pushed back by pandemic
Tokyo Metropolitan Government has agreed with Chinese authorities to push back through next May the return of Xiang Xiang, the popular female offspring of a giant panda couple on loan from China, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Yuriko Koike said Thursday. Xiang Xiang, born in ...
Endangered Japanese crane population on the rise in Hokkaido
The iconic bird, which symbolizes longevity and good luck, was almost wiped out in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Zoo closures put conservation programs in jeopardy
Animal welfare and research facilities around the world are feeling the financial pinch of the coronavirus pandemic.
