Elephant's Death Renews Debate (washingtonpost.com) An elderly elephant brought to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago two years ago overthe The 55year-old animal, Peaches, was the oldest elephant in zoo http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24733-2005Jan20.html
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Earth News January 2000 Our National parks were full of nothing but feral animals. For the zookeepershad taken control and they believed that animals could not live in the http://www.esl.com.au/EN/EN34/EN34-invest.htm
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International Zoo News Vol. 47/4 (No. 301) June 2000 International Zoo News cumulative index published The prime purpose of theanimal park was at first to furnish the kitchens with meat. http://www.zoonews.ws/IZN/301/IZN-301.htm
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