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Return to Hummingbird Page. us zoos with Live Hummingbird Exhibits.This list gives the names, addresses, links to, and names of the
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Extractions: Return to Hummingbird Page US Zoos with L ive Hummingbi rd Exhibits This list gives the names, addresses, links to, and names of the hummingbirds exhibited for all the zoos in the US that have live hummingbird exhibits. This list was compiled from the International Species Information System, 26 Dec, 2001. (Some inaccuracies resulting from reporting delays are unavoidable.) I am in the process of contacting each of these facilities to verify their holdings. Please check back often for updates. The ISIS listed several Zoos that haven't exhibited hummingbirds for several years, which I discovered when I contacted these facilities. This suggests that the demands of caring for these birds is so high that many zoos elect to eliminate their exhibits. If any visitors to this page have more recent or complete information on the following zoos, or any additional zoos with living hummingbird exhibits, I would greatly appreciate their sending me the information. Thank you.
WWF - US: World Wildlife Fund - Endangered Species: Pandas - Pandas And Zoos
Panda Conservation us zoos that receive captive giant pandas from China have a criticalrole in, and responsibility for, conserving giant pandas in the wild.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/pandas/zoos.cfm
Zoo's & Aquarium's
us zoos and Aquariums Alaska Sealife Center Seward, Alaska. Birmingham Zoo- Birmingham, Alabama. Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden - Cincinnati, Ohio.
http://www.computingcorner.com/holidays/june/june.htm

Extractions: Education World: It's A Zoo Out There! Zoos Worldwide U.S. Zoos and Aquariums: Alaska Sealife Center - Seward, Alaska Birmingham Zoo - Birmingham, Alabama Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden - Cincinnati, Ohio Cleawater Marine Aquarium - Clearwater, Florida Cleveland Meteroparks Zoo - Cleveland, Ohio Como Zoo - St. Paul, Minnesota Dallas Zoo - Dallas, Texas Denver Zoo - Denver, Colorado Gladys Porter Zoo - Brownsville, Texas Gulfarium - Fort Walton Beach, Florida Hogle Zoo - Salt Lake City, Utah Honolulu Zoo - Honolulu Hawaii Indianapolis Zoo - Indianapolis, Indiana Jackson Zoo - Jackson, Mississippi Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles, California Miami Metro Zoo - Miami, Florida Miami Seaquarium - Miami, Florida Mystic Aquarium - Mystic, Connecticut National Aquarium - Baltimore, Maryland National Zoo - Washington, DC New Jersey State Aquarium - Camden, New Jersey New York Aquarium - Brooklyn, New York North Carolina Zoo Asheboro, North Carolina Oakland Zoo - Oakland, California Oklahoma City Zoo - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Philadelphia Zoo - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Letter From The Zoo Director National Zoo/ FONZ
The National Zoo has historically been exempt from the oversight that the USDA hasover other us zoos, Update/Correction below but has voluntarily requested
http://natzoo.si.edu/AboutUs/CurrentEvents/lucyletter3-7.cfm

Extractions: The National Zoological Park is an accredited member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association. AZA Current Events: Letter From the Zoo Director March 7, 2003 A Public Hearing At the hearing, Congressional Members and the Secretary of the Smithsonian agreed to establish an outside panel to review the facts in an objective manner, and to submit to regular, unannounced inspection visits by the USDA. The National Zoo has historically been exempt from the oversight that the USDA has over other U.S. zoos, [ Update/Correction below ] but has voluntarily requested scheduled USDA inspections. From now on, the National Zoo will undergo the same USDA inspection process as other U.S. zoos.
News Tribune - U.S. Zoos Vaccinate Animals 08/22/02
Thursday, August 22, 2002 us zoos vaccinate animals. CLEVELAND (AP) Concerned about the spread of the West Nile virus, zoos across
http://newstribune.com/stories/082202/wor_0822020061.asp

Extractions: CLEVELAND (AP) Concerned about the spread of the West Nile virus, zoos across the country are vaccinating some of their most susceptible animals. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is using a commercial vaccine for domestic horses to inoculate its equine species zebras, donkeys and miniature horses. And many zoos are taking prevention a step further, vaccinating both equine and bird populations, even though the vaccine has not been proven effective in birds. "This is an emerging disease, so for any emerging disease, you study it intensively to figure out how bad it's going to be," said Dr. Dominic Travis, a veterinarian epidemiologist at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo who is also a national coordinator of zoo response to West Nile. "It has spread from New York to Colorado and Wyoming in three years, and that is of concern." The St. Louis Zoo began vaccinating its most susceptible birds, as well as its equine species, about two weeks ago, said Dr. Eric Miller, the zoo's director of Animal Health and Conservation. Susceptible birds include crows, raptors, flamingos, parrots and birds that live outside.
African Elephants
Two us zoos the San Diego Zoo in California and the Lowry Park Zoo in Florida- are planning to import from Africa a total of eleven elephants, to live out
http://www.captiveanimals.org/elephants/usa.htm

Extractions: Save African elephants from zoo captivity UPDATE: The cruel capture and export of 11 wild elephants in Swaziland to the San Diego Zoo and Lowry Park Zoo is scheduled for May 2003 despite an announcement made last year that the elephants would not be removed. Two US zoos - the San Diego Zoo in California and the Lowry Park Zoo in Florida - are planning to import from Africa a total of eleven elephants, to live out the rest of their lives in captivity. This plan is in the works even though there are 300 elephants in captivity already in the United States. The elephants reportedly being targeted are currently living in Swaziland's Hlane Royal National Park, the same park that took in dozens of baby elephants in 1994 after their families were slaughtered in a cull at Kruger National Park in South Africa. It would be a cruel irony if the same traumatised orphans who were relocated to Hlane to live out the rest of their lives in peace and freedom end up being traumatised yet again - captured, shipped overseas, and condemned to live the rest of their lives in tiny, barren zoo enclosures. No elephant should be removed from the wild for public display. WHAT YOU CAN DO Let the directors of these zoos know that importing elephants from the wild for public display is unacceptable.
African Elephants
WHAT YOU CAN DO, Please urge Swaziland leaders to cancel plans tocapture these elephants and send them to us zoos. Let them know
http://www.captiveanimals.org/elephants/usa2.htm

Extractions: Urgent update: Help keep wild elephants safe PETA has learned that the cruel capture and export of 11 wild elephants in Swaziland to the San Diego Zoo and Lowry Park Zoo is scheduled for May despite an announcement made last September by Swaziland's minister of tourism that the elephants would not be removed and that any move to sell them would violate the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. The 12-year-old elephants are roaming freely with their families on the 74,130-acre Hlane Royal National Park. In exchange for a "donation" to the Swazi park, the elephants will be ripped from beautiful savannas and fields of umbrella-shaped trees, shoved into transport containers, and carted halfway around the world where they will spend the rest of their lives in small, barren zoo enclosures that could never simulate their natural habitat. At least 79 African elephants, most captured in the wild, have died in North American facilities since 1990, and not a single death was from old age. In fact, 95 percent never even reached age 40, far short of their 70-year life expectancy. PETA has offered to assist in translocating these elephants to another free-roaming area in Africa if the Hlane Royal National Park feels it is necessary to reduce their elephant population. WHAT YOU CAN DO His Majesty King Mswati III, King of Swaziland
Giant Pandas National Zoo/ FONZ
Pandas Come to us zoos. 1939 The St. Louis Zoo joined the select list of us zooswith giant pandas when they brought Happy and PaoPei to the Midwest.
http://pandas.si.edu/facts/gphistory.htm

Extractions: Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are at the National Zoo on a ten-year loan from the China Wildlife Conservation Association. They are the focus of an ambitious research, conservation, and breeding program designed to preserve this critically endangered species. Breeding Behaviors Observed in Giant Pandas April 4, 2003
FamilyFun: Family-Friendly Animal Parks Around The US
GREAT FAMILYFRIENDLY ANIMAL PARKS Familyfun presents great us zoos by Lisa Stiepockand Gregory Lauzon, What are the country's best zoos for families?
http://familyfun.go.com/travel/activities/feature/famf0700best/

Extractions: What are the country's best zoos for families? To answer that question, we assembled a panel of experts and asked them to consider some essentials: Are there lots of fun things for kids to do? Can kids get up close to the animals? Are barriers placed low enough for a stroller-eye view? Are the signs easy to read? Selecting them was no easy decision, but all those chosen offer an unmatched opportunity for your little cubs to cozy up to Mother Nature at her finest. The following is a list of our favorite family-friendly zoos that you won't want to miss. (For the other top zoo picks, see the related links at left). ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM
"LARGE" ANIMAL COLLECTION
Of the 168 accredited us zoos aquariums, 23 are aquariums and 4 (San Antonio,Memphis, Tacoma, and Marine World) are combinations of zoos aquariums and
http://www.statenislandzoo.org/collect.html

Extractions: Although we don't have many large-in-size animals we do have many animals. And, while our mammal and bird collections are modest we really stand out with the other taxa. How big is our fish There are 18 zoos with larger fish collections, 3 zoos with same size collections, 69 zoos with smaller collections, and 51 zoos with no fish. Thus, only 13% of zoos have larger collections than us (or we're larger than 85% of other zoos). Our fish collection is larger than the combined collections of the following zoos: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Lincoln Park, Detroit, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. They all have no fish! How big is our invertebrate collection? There are 10 zoos with larger collections, 2 zoos with same size collections, and 139 zoos with smaller collections. Thus, only 7% of zoos have larger invertebrate collections than us. Our invertebrate collection is larger than the following big zoos combined: Los Angeles, San Diego, Miami, Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Philadelphia. Because they all have none! How big is our reptile collection? There are 25 zoos with larger reptile collections, 11 zoos with same size collections, and 115 zoos with smaller collections. Thus, only 16% of zoos have larger reptile collections than us. Surprisingly, our reptile collection is larger (number of species and specimens) than the following big zoos: Phoenix, San Francisco, Miami, Lincoln Park, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Buffalo, Cleveland, Washington Park, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee.
Reuters Wire | 11/19/2002 | One Of Puerto Rico Polar Bears Dies On Flight Out
during a journey to take six bears, confiscated from a Mexican circus, away fromthe sweltering island of Puerto Rico to cooler homes in us zoos, zoo officials
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/4556275.htm

Extractions: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico One polar bear died on Tuesday during a journey to take six bears, confiscated from a Mexican circus, away from the sweltering island of Puerto Rico to cooler homes in U.S. zoos, zoo officials said. "One bear died during the flight," said Jane Ballentine, a spokeswoman for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association that had helped organize the move to zoos accredited by the group. Veterinarians attending the group of bears had seen they were in poor health, seeming lethargic and suffering from fleas and skin problems, but "nobody had thought this would be the outcome," she said. "The other five are doing fine." The bears were brought to Puerto Rico last year by the circus and their plight became a cause celebre after local animal activists and the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals waged a campaign alleging the Arctic animals were being kept in poor conditions and exposed to extreme heat by the Suarez Brothers Circus. Accompanied by a bear expert and a veterinarian, the animals were flown on Tuesday from Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean, to Memphis, Tennessee, in a plane provided free by Federal Express. They were to be taken on to three U.S. zoos later that day.
West Indian Rock Iguanas
AZA Species Survival Plan Profile.Category Science Biology Chordata Reptilia Lizards Iguanas More than ten us zoos have supported the Jamaican iguana conservation and recoveryprogram, channeling more than $30,000 in funding through the LAG since 1992.
http://www.umich.edu/~esupdate/library/96.07-08/hudson.html

Extractions: The West Indian rock iguanas, Cyclura spp. , are a group of large, ground dwelling, herbivorous lizards that inhabit Caribbean islands throughout the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas. There are eight species with a total of 16 recognized taxa, including subspecies. Rock iguanas inhabit fragile ecosystems and most have suffered greatly over the years because of man's activities and introduced animals. All 16 taxa are currently protected under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES); three are listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the rest are listed as threatened. A more accurate assessment of the state of the iguanas is their classification under the new International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) categories; IUCN has recently classified all but four taxa as either critical or endangered. Today, West Indian rock iguanas are recognized as the world's most endangered group of lizards, with several species verging on extinction. Zoos have long been concerned with the plight of these impressive dinosaur-like lizards. However, only recently has a coordinated effort been made to protect rock iguanas. At the inaugural meeting of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's (AZA) Lizard Advisory Group (LAG) in 1990
Lycos News
You are here Lycos News Channel, us zoos offer Valentine's Day sex toursfor lovers. Lovers were offered special sex tours at their local zoos.
http://news.lycos.co.uk/querkies/030214233902.2yn5elf8.xml.html
Lycos News
INTERNATIONAL NEWS QUIRKIES us zoos offer Valentine's Day sex tours forlovers. Lovers were offered special sex tours at their local zoos.
http://news.lycos.co.uk/

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A Different Nature
Hancocks has earned the right to speak authoritatively about these subjects,thanks to his tenure as director of two leading us zoos.
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8850.html

Extractions: "Brilliant. Its clear and unpretentious language and Hancocks' evident passion for and knowledge of his subject made it one of the best books I have read in a long while."Tim Murray, The Age (Melbourne) "This brilliantly researched and persuasive book traces the sociology of animal captivity back to Paleolithic times." Publishers Weekly "The capture and display of wild animals, an ancient and universal phenomenon, embodies a dichotomy, Hancocks explains in this engrossing history of zoos and their role in society. His critique of the miseries associated with their museumlike warehousing of living creatures is electrifying, the perfect lead-in to his discussion of the slow realization that naturalistic habitats are essential to zoo animals' health and happiness." Booklist "[Hancocks] writes authoritatively and compassionately, and fortunately offers some ideas on how to improve zoos for both the animals and the people who visit them."
Zoo Links
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Golden Lion Tamarin Reintroduction: Save Them, Save Us.
In 1973, us zoos housed only 70 GLTs; now there are 480 in 140 zoos aroundthe world (Kierulff 101), many of whom are approaching reintroduction.
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/global/sensem/litzi298.html

Extractions: Interdisciplinary Minor in Global Sustainability Senior Se minar (Instructor: Peter A. Bowler) University of California, Irvine, February 1998 Leontopithecus rosalia , common name golden lion tamarin (GLT), are small monkeys native to the coastal rain forests of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. But their forests are disappearing fast (98% gone since 1850, according to the World Conservation Monitoring Center) to make way for "development" and the tamarins are disappearing with them. There are three other species of tamarin native only to Brazil: the black tamarin, the black-faced tamarin, and the golden-headed tamarin. All have playful temperaments and thus have also fallen victim to illegal trade in exotic pets since the banning of legal exportation in 1967 (www.selu.com...). All are now considered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to be critically endangered. Less than 8,000 square miles of their original 400,000 square mile habitat remains intact and only 200 GLTs were surviving in the wild in 1983 when conservation biologist Dr. Jim Dietz began his studies in Brazil. Preservation efforts have focused on the Poco das Antas ("pool of tapirs") Biological Reserve, run by Brazils Institute for the Environment and Renewable Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiete IBMA). The reserve is a 13,000 acre patch of forest, swamp and grassland that is the largest stretch of untouched forest within the tamarins range. Poco das Antas was home to as few as 75 individuals before efforts began in 1974; now there are 350 (www.endangered...). Also a new haven for the wild tamarin population is Fazenda Uniao, a 5,900 acre reserve run by Brazils formerly government-run railroad company, which has received 23 tamarins from depleted forest areas since 1991 (Cohn 28).
Houston Zoo
Between 1960 and 1985, 8 of the 10 bird species native to Guam went extinct. Theother 2 are extinct in the wild but remain in us zoos breeding programs.
http://www.houstonzoo.org/conserve/usfws.htm

Extractions: The Houston Zoo participates in 5 endangered species recovery programs coordinated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Our staff's expertise in captive management and propagation has been of considerable importance to these efforts. In many cases, the establishment of a captive-breeding program has become a valuable management tool to produce offspring for the reintroduction of these species to the wild. Field programs can often utilize data collected on the husbandry and management of these species in captivity. The state of Hawaii currently faces an extinction crisis of its endemic bird species. Increasing human population, habitat alteration and introduced predators have contributed to the decline and disappearance of many of its native birds. The Houston Zoo was asked to collaborate in the recovery efforts due to its long history of success in the development of husbandry and management practices for insectivorous and fruit-eating birds.
NWF - International Wildlife Magazine - Zoos
The world is changing around us, and if we choose to conduct business as usual,we are not sure that zoos will ultimately survive. . us zoos have space to
http://www.nwf.org/internationalwildlife/zoos.html

Extractions: DURING FEBRUARY OF 1993 , headline writers and editorial pundits across the United States lashed themselves into major conniptions of righteous outrage. New York's venerable Bronx Zoo had announced it was changing its name. The best-known animal collection in North America was no longer a zoo or even a zoological garden. It was now, of all things, a wildlife conservation park. But the critics had missed a fundamental point. The name change was more than whimsy on Conway's part. It reflected a basic transformation not just in the way zoos do business but in their whole philosophy. For the past 25 years or so, these mostly urban institutions have positioned themselves as temporary havensor arksto breed and save the last remnants of the Earth's disappearing wildlife. Unfortunately for the zoos, however, the idea of playing Noah hasn't always lived up to expectations. Now, after great soul searching, many zoos have found a new reason to exist that could make them major players in the battle to conserve wildlife: protecting rare species in their native habitats. "As zoos struggle to define what they are supposed to be and do, they're finding an ever-greater role in saving animals in the wild," says Michael Hutchins, director for conservation and science at the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA).

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