Zoos

‘Extinct’ Graceful Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding

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‘Extinct’ Graceful Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding

credit – Saharan Conservation Even as the final scimitar-horned oryx was felled for meat and leather on the Saharan dunes, a network of zoos, hunting reserves, and even a royal menagerie, guaranteed they would live on in captivity. Now, 9 years after these graceful antelope were first introduced back into the lands they once roamed, … Read more

Mesmerizing Lantern Display Lights Up December With Mile-Long Homage to Wildlife

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Mesmerizing Lantern Display Lights Up December With Mile-Long Homage to Wildlife

Twycross Zoo Holiday Lantern display – SWNS A stunning display illuminated by more than 2,000 lanterns spread over a mile is being called Britain’s largest Holiday lights display. Thousands of visitors have been flocking to Twycross Zoo, in Warwickshire, England, to see their dazzling spectacle called Lanterns Of The Wild, since it opened on November … Read more