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101. 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
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Elephant's Death Renews Debate
Cold-Weather Zoos Called Harmful
By Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 21, 2005; Page A03 An elderly elephant brought to the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago two years ago over the protests of animal welfare activists has died, adding to the already contentious debate over whether elephants belong in northern zoos with cold winters. The 55-year-old animal, Peaches, was the oldest elephant in zoo captivity in the United States. Officials at the Lincoln Park Zoo attributed her death this week to "complications due to old age."
Peaches, 55, was moved from San Diego to Chicago. She died Monday. (Lincoln Park Zoo Via Chicago Sun-times)
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But activists said the elephant, which had spent most of its life at the San Diego Wild Animal Park, suffered from being in a much smaller enclosure and being exposed to lower temperatures than in Southern California.

102. Summer Fun In Southern Maine - Amusement Parks
Amusement parks are the most expensive of the activities covered in this series, COSTS 2005 Zoo admission only is $14.00 for adults and kids over ten,
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The Portland area is full of imaginative, fun, and unusual things for kids and adults to do. Go panning for gold or rock hounding for colorful gems and minerals in old quarries. Visit an old fort, a wildlife farm, or a lighthouse. Take a whale-watching cruise or a ride on an historical train. Watch a laser light show at a planetarium, live it up at an amusement park, learn fascinating facts in a nature program, or spend the day at one of the many parks and beaches in Portland and the South Coast area of Maine. This is the first of a four-part series on things to do with kids. See the link box at the right for articles on nature preserves, wildlife sanctuaries and beaches; other outdoor fun; and museums and other indoor fun.

103. 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
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Earth News January 2000, Number 34
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But there was much more. Each of these huge trees was hollow. Their branches were inhabited by animals that I had never seen before. There were Gliding Possums, both small and large. There were Spotted Quolls and Phascogales. There were Koalas and Goannas. Under the huge trees, it was like a park. The myriad of wildlife kept the forest floor clean. There were Kangaroos, Wallabies, Potoroos and Bettongs. There were also Pademelons and Bandicoots. Because of this grazing balance, the huge trees had never seen a fire. It was, indeed, a paradise.
When I was ten, we went to live at Niagara Park. I spent most of my time wandering that bushland. I learned about Lyre and Bower Birds, of Snakes and Lizards, and of Eels and Mud Gudgeons. At the age of 12, I saw the first of the foxes and cats invade my bush. I noticed their horrific effect on the animals of the bush. By the time I was 14 years of age, the animals had all gone.
The bush then underwent an incredible change. The parkland that allowed me to wander barefoot wherever I wished became a tangled mass of impenetrable undergrowth. At the age of 16, I witnessed the first bushfire I had ever seen. As I watched the wildfire destroy every old tree left, I sensed a feeling of despair for I realised the paradise was gone forever.

104. 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
International Zoo News Vol. 47/4 (No. 301) June 2000
CONTENTS GUEST EDITORIAL Robert Wrigley FEATURE ARTICLES The World's First Captive Breeding of the Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise
Jurong BirdPark, Singapore Khin May Nyunt, Wong Hon Mun and Lim Tit Meng Zoos in Tanzania John Tuson Research on Nocturnal Behaviour of African Elephants Isolde Weisz, Andrea Wuestenhagen and Harald Schwammer The Brothers Grimm and the Brothers Heck David Barnaby Letters to the Editor Book Reviews Conservation Annual Reports ... Recent Articles
GUEST EDITORIAL Overpopulation, poverty and wildlife extinction [This article is reprinted with modification from CAZA News (Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums), January-February 2000.] Under the onslaught of an ever-increasing human population, it has become clear that humanity and the world's environments and ecosystems are now under serious threat. In their landmark books, Ehrlich and Ehrlich (1970) and Wilson (1992) demonstrated with overwhelming evidence that reducing the human population, and hence lessening demands on natural ecosystems, is the over-riding factor in the struggle to conserve the natural world. The current frenzy for exploiting natural resources and escalating environmental degradation by the world community are in stark contrast to traditional beliefs of aboriginal peoples about Mother Earth. The spiritual inter-relatedness of earth, water, plants, animals and people demanded that great respect be shown to each part of this unity of life. They appreciated (as few people do today) that their very survival depended on caring for the natural world.

105. Links
San Antonio Zoo, TX, http //www.sazoo aq.org/index.htm. San Diego Zoo and WildAnimal Park, CA, http //www.sandiegozoo.org/. San Francisco Zoo, CA
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Location : Home Learn : Links inks to useful web sites
Here you will find a large list of links to different web sites with information in marine biology and several other environment related areas. If you can't find what you want, or would like to suggest a new link please contact us
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  • Reptiles
  • Rivers (see also Watersheds)
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  • Snakes - see Reptiles
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  • Tides (see also Waves)
  • Turtles - see Reptiles
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  • Watersheds (see also Rivers)
  • Waves (see also Tides)
  • Weather (see also Climate)
  • Wetlands
  • Whale - see Mammals

106. Animals
Offers a montage of the animals that live in the park. Provides a searchableindex of birds in the United States National Park system.
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Animals
Animal Parks
National Zoological Park Home Page
http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/zoo/homepage/nzphome.htm Web site of the National Zoo. Includes a user questionnaire, news, and information, as well as a photo library. Also includes links to the Smithsonian Institution. Includes downloadable files that contain press coverage of the zoo. Coffee drinkers, take note: the site contains an interesting legend about Lewak coffee.
Neopolis Zoo
http://www.neosoft.com/neopolis/zoo/default.html Meet Dupree the iguana at this animal-filled Web site. The page opens with a picture of a panda couple and offers links to other animal photos and sites on the Web.
San Diego Wild Animal Park
http://www.infopost.com/sandiego/points/sdzoo.html
Sea World/Busch Gardens
http://www.bev.net/education/SeaWorld/homepage.html
Singapore Zoological Gardens
http://www.ncb.gov.sg/sog/att/abal/zoo.html
Terry Polk's Zoological E-mail Directory
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/infoserv/zoodir.html Archives e-mail addresses of professionals in the zoological fields, which also helps locate particular aquariums or zoos.
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107. Brisbane.citysearch.com.au > Visitor Guide
While Alma Park Zoo doesn t have the celebrity clout of crocodile hunter SteveIrwin s Other native animals living at the zoo include dingoes, wombats,
http://www.brisbane.citysearch.com.au/profile?id=40038490

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