Zoo
# zoo - Today’s News
Monkeys, frogs and pythons: How many animals can you fit in a Singapore flat?
The owner could be jailed for two years and fined up to $297,000 for keeping the 32 animals in his apartment.
# zoo - Yesterday’s News
This lion is a big fan of a certain ice-cream flavour
We are both impressed and terrified.
# zoo - Friday 19 April, 2013
Photos: Kumar the Lion settles into new home at Dublin Zoo
He’s the pride (ho ho!) of Dubin Zoo…
# zoo - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
VIDEO: Gorilla and goose face off, who will win?
You might be surprised by the outcome of this.
# zoo - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Tonight’s episode of The Zoo just might break your heart…
… Or at least make you cry.
# zoo - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Baby sea lion wants a cuddle at Dublin Zoo
He goes “aaaaaaark”.
# zoo - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Easter egg hunt sparks bloody fight between mums
This is not an April fool. One got a nosebleed.
# zoo - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Volunteer killed by lion at California zoo
The victim has been identified as 24-year-old Dianna Hanson.
# zoo - Thursday 24 January, 2013
Good morning, here is a lion cub holding a bottle
Check out some photos of these rare Asiatic cubs. Squee levels: Critical.
# zoo - Thursday 17 January, 2013
Dublin Zoo welcomes two-year-old, rare tiger
Ussuri is settling in well and has already established his dominance among the females in the habitat. Get in!
# zoo - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Any escapees? Annual zoo census throws up challenge
How do you tell one penguin from another?
# zoo - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Spiders, monkeys and muddy frogs: pics from London Zoo’s stocktake
We’d like to hang out with these guys for a day. Well, some of them.
Dublin Zoo records all time high for visitor numbers in 2012
Birthdays, babies, TV crews and a visit from J-Lo – it was certainly a busy year for the animals.
# zoo - Friday 14 December, 2012
Why is this bear strutting around?
Is it because it’s Friday?
# zoo - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Look at this brilliant video of a beaver waving at a little boy
Everybody wants to see a waving beaver (NO SNIGGERING).
# zoo - Monday 5 November, 2012
Toddler dies after falling into wild dogs pen at Pittsburgh Zoo
The 2-year-old boy had been standing on a railing overlooking the enclosure when he lost his balance and fell in.
# zoo - Friday 12 October, 2012
# zoo - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
18 photos of animals with delicious cakes
It’s their party and they’ll roar if they want to.
# zoo - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Tiger in New York zoo that mauled man “did nothing wrong”
The man jumped from a moving monorail train into the tiger’s enclosure. He suffered bites on his arms, legs shoulders and back and broke an arm and a leg.
# zoo - Saturday 25 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Saturday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# zoo - Friday 24 August, 2012
Can you guess whose birthday cake this is?
Go on, give it a go….
# zoo - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
London Zoo keepers weigh and measure 16,000 animals
There’s just no such thing as privacy anymore.
# zoo - Saturday 18 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Saturday
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
# zoo - Friday 17 August, 2012
Scientists warn zoos as polar bear dies from zebra virus
Researchers said zoos unintentionally provide pathogens with the opportunity to evolve and spread by putting such a variety of species from different continents and habitats together.
# zoo - Friday 3 August, 2012
Chimp seeks help from zoo visitor in escape
Chimpanzees are getting smarter it seems. They are now ‘asking’ zoo visitors to help them escape.
# zoo - Thursday 12 July, 2012
Man mauled to death in tiger attack at Danish zoo
It’s not known how the 21-year-old man had entered the big cats’ enclosure.
# zoo - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
Five chimps escape from German zoo, young girl hurt
The chimps got a brief taste of freedom before returning to their compound.
# zoo - Monday 18 June, 2012
Zoo worker fatally mauled by wolves in Sweden
Eight wolves reportedly surrounded the employee before attacking her in their enclosure.
# zoo - Wednesday 23 May, 2012
‘Gay’ penguin couple await the birth of baby in Madrid
After building a nest every year for the past six years, Madrid’s Inca and Rayas are finally ready to welcome a chick.
# zoo - Monday 7 May, 2012
In pictures: pandas in training
*Note: There are real pandas in these photos, not just people dressed as pandas…
# zoo - Monday 2 January, 2012
Face-To-Face Meeting Of The Day
Kepala the Sumatran tiger, this is Áine. Áine, Kepala.
# zoo - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Apps for Apes brings iPads to Orangutans
The pilot programme, run by Orangutan Outreach in Milwaukee Zoo, is helping to keep orangutans from feeling isolated while in captivity.
# zoo - Thursday 10 November, 2011
‘Gay penguins’ separated at Toronto zoo
Males Buddy and Pedro have a strong “social bond”, zookeepers said – but they will now be matched with females.
# zoo - Saturday 13 August, 2011
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures
# zoo - Saturday 30 July, 2011
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures.
# zoo - Friday 15 July, 2011
The week in photos
This is the week that was, in pictures.
# zoo - Saturday 11 June, 2011
Reeling in the Years: Dublin Zoo celebrates 180 years
The zoo first opened its gates in 1840 when entry cost just a penny on Sundays.
# zoo - Saturday 30 April, 2011
Polar bear cub needs new home after rescue from Alaskan oil field
Four-month-old cub was found wandering alone in Alaskan oil field after being spotted weeks earlier with her mother and sibling.
# zoo - Wednesday 16 March, 2011
Lions discovered in Romanian backyard moved to zoo
A Romanian man had kept the two lions – one male and one female – in his backyard.






















































