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The Hippo in winter at Almaty Zoo, Kazakhstan

MG SINGH @madan02 (677) 19 Nov

I landed for a holiday in Almaty, Kazakhstan. I enjoyed the holiday, but what I enjoyed was watching tropical animals surviving in sub-zero temperatures at the Almaty zoo. It's a beautiful place, and all credit to the organizers...

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A crocodile sighting in a front yard in Michigan

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 27 Sep

Police officers who are employed by the Hampton Township Police Department in Michigan answered an emergency call on Tuesday September 23 when a three foot crocodile was seen in a property. The Hampton Police Officer was able to...

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Rescuers at a zoo wildlife alliance rescue a pronghorn calf

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 14 Aug

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance employees Melody Tayles and Marty Swaim drove by auto from San Diego to New Mexico to rescue a pronghorn calf who was close to starving. A pronghorn looks like a deer but they look more like...

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A wallaby is on the loose after escaping from a zoo in New York is back home

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Jul

Officials with the Grace and Glory which is an educational zoo located in Oswego New York are asking the public to find a female wallaby that escaped from the zoo around dinner time on Sunday June 15. Officials with the zoo are...

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Antelope briefly escapes from an enclosure from a zoo in Illinois for a short while

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 24 Jun

Officials with the Brookfield Zoo which is located in Chicago Illinois reported the news that one nyala antelopes briefly managed to leave its primary area for a short while before zoo officials were able to return the animal to...

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Crane that escaped from a zoo in Washington captured by officials and returned

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20 Jun

Officials with the Cougar Mountain Zoo which is located in Issaquah Washington mentioned on social media that an East African crowned crane named Alice had escaped from the zoo on Wednesday May 21 and went missing for a few...

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Three alpacas seen walking around a zoo in Ohio

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 6 Jun 25

Six Flags Cedar Point spokesperson Tony Clark mentioned that due to a third party operator who was cleaning the petting area at The Barnyard zoo when the operator unlocked the fence most likely by accident when the three alpacas...

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Peacock escapes from a zoo and is located nearby in Chattanooga Tennessee

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 May 25

Officials with the Chattanooga Zoo in Tennessee reported the news on Wednesday April 30 of a peacock who managed to leave the premises past the perimeter fence and leave the zoo grounds. Eric Spear who is a resident of...

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Officials in a zoo in New York using drones to locate s missimg beaver

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 26 Apr 25

Officials with the Utica Zoo in New York are planning to use drones to find a male beaver named Cauliflower who is two years of age managed to escape on Wednesday evening April 16. The beaver has been missing for over a week...

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Otters on the loose in Wisconsin due to a snowstorm

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 2 Apr 25

Employees of the New Zoo & Adventure which is located in Green Bay Wisconsin are on the lookout for two otters who managed to escape via the small breach underneath the fence on Thursday March 20. A professional tracker is...

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A female giraffe found safely after getting out of her enclosure in Arizona

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 Mar 25

It is evident that a female giraffe who is around three years of age and had been inside of the Reid Zoo in Tucson Arizona for a few months escaped from her enclosure for a few hours just to get some food when she was seen by zoo...

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A zoo in New York to hold an auction of paintings drawn by animals

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 Feb 25

It is kind of odd to learn that the Animal Adventure Park and Preserve in Harpursville New York will hold an auction that features artwork that animals will make with their talons and their feet. The auction that is being held in...

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Zoo Officials capture a wallaby that escaped from a zoo in South California

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Jan 25

Zoo officials at the Heritage Park in Simpsonville South Carolina are grateful that two wallabies named Creed and Sylvester escaped from their cages on Christmas Day. The good news is that the zoo officials were able to capture...

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A warthog that escaped from a zoo in Florida caught by officials using a thermal drone

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 18 Dec 24

Jacksonville Sheriffs Office (JSO) deputies answered an emergency call from officials at the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens on Friday when a warthog named Mateo managed to escape and run away into the palmetto thicket when JSO deputy...

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Wallaby seen on the streets of Chavies Kentucky

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 Nov 24

Lexie Mullins who is a resident of Chavies Kentucky was in awe when she saw a wallaby hopping around her front yard on Saturday evening which she shared the video on Facebook on November 9. Lexie did contact officials with the...

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Stowaway crab onboard an airplane from Costa Rica to Denver

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 4 Nov 24

A moon crab that got on board an airplane whose name was not mentioned that traveled from Costa Rica to Denver Colorado was found by a flight crew on Wednesday October 23. The employees at the U S Fish and Wildlife Service were...

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Have you seen a camels eyelashes? They are really long!

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 22 Oct 24

We saw a couple of camels on the weekend visit to the wildlife park and there were some facts written down - including the fact that they have long eye lashes and often have 2 to 3 layers of them. This is apparently to prevent the...

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Alligator seen on a road in North Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 8 Aug 24

It is odd for an alligator to be wandering on the road in Rowan County in North Carolina which is in the western part of the state when a deputy representing the Rowan County Sheriffs Office (RCSO) on Sunday called the North...

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A zoo shuts down for a short period of time due to a bear attempting to escape

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122065) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 22 Jun 24

I guess a Syrian brown bear who is homesick decided to attempt to leave his home at the Ralph Mitchell Zoo in Independence Kansas by digging under the viewing platform and vanish for a little while zoo employees managed to coax...

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Last night's dream. (29/5/2024)

Sharon Elton @sharonelton (30756) • Lichfield, England 29 May 24

The start of last night's dream, which was a bit hazy, consisted first of me walking up to someone and telling them something, though I don't know what I said to them. There was a bench which didn't seem to have a seat. The rest...

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