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Fast Forward WATCH: Spurned Macaque Makes Friends With Chicken At Israeli Zoo
Niv, a four-year-old Indonesian black macaque, has made friends with a chicken that wandered into her cage at an Israeli zoo. The monkey has been caressing and holding the chicken for a week. “It seems that Niv, who is four years old and has reached the age of sexual maturity, has difficulty finding a partner,”…
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Breaking News Last Surviving Animals Rescued From Gaza’s ‘Worst in World’ Zoo
The last survivors of a Gaza zoo, where dozens of animals died of starvation and children petted stuffed carcasses, left on Wednesday for sanctuary outside the Palestinian territory. Economic hardship deepened by war with Israel brought death to most of the menagerie of 200 at the privately owned complex in Khan Younis, in the southern…
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Breaking News REPORT: Traveling Zoo Set Up On Holocaust Execution Site In Ukraine
(JTA) — A city in northwestern Ukraine authorized the placing of a traveling zoo on the mass grave of thousands of Jewish Holocaust victims, a leader of the country’s Jewish community said. Eduard Dolinsky, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, wrote Monday on Facebook about the traveling zoo that was erected this summer in the…
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The Schmooze Neo-Nazi Climbs Into Lion Cage, Gets Mauled
Hakuna Matata doesn’t hold true for neo-Nazis. So, you know that inner voice that tells you when you’re doing something bad/irresponsible/possibly stupid and life-threatening. Apparently, neo-Nazis don’t have that. The Daily Mail reports that a Spanish neo-Nazi dressed in a military uniform was mauled by lions after climbing into their enclosure in a Barcelona zoo….
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Breaking News Danish Zoo Killings Denounced by Rabbi as Hypocritical Amid Slaughter Ban
A Danish zoo’s slaying of healthy animals proves that animal welfare concerns are a false justification for Denmark’s recent ban on ritual slaughter, a prominent European rabbi charged. Citing the need to make room for new animals and prevent inbreeding, the Copenhagen Zoo killed four healthy lions earlier this week and a healthy giraffe last…
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The Schmooze Was Marius the Giraffe Kosher?
Getty Images It seems the lions at the Copenhagen Zoo enjoyed a little kosher treat this weekend. Yes folks, that’s right: Marius the giraffe was kosher. The 18-month-old giraffe was euthanized on Sunday because of a duty to avoid inbreeding. Reuters reported that Marius was given his favourite breakfast of rye bread and then shot….
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Breaking News New Lion Named Gir Debuts at Jerusalem Bible Zoo
The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo is welcoming a new male lion from Sweden. The two-year-old rare Asiatic lion was scheduled to arrive Thursday night. He replaces Lider, a 16-year-old male Asiatic lion who was put to sleep last summer. The new lion, Gir, will join lioness Ileniya, 16, though the two lions will be kept apart…
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