LIVE FREE OR DIE - WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  3 days ago

  Man found dead after staff see big cat "holding a shoe in its mouth" at Pakistan zoo

  CBS News

  A man was found dead inside a big cat enclosure at a Pakistan zoo on Wednesday by staff carrying out routine cleaning, officials said. The body was …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  2 days ago

  Romeo and Juliet, two elderly manatees, get a happy ending

  The Washington Post - Maggie Penman

  For months, Romeo, a sexagenarian manatee, spent his days alone swimming in circles in a small tank at a Miami aquarium. Stuck in another tank was Juliet, also in her 60s, along with a third manatee. For the aquatic mammals, though, there is a happier ending than in Shakespeare’s play. After their …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Sold: 2,000 captive southern white rhino destined for freedom across Africa

  The Guardian - Graeme Green

  The South African herd represents up to 15% of Africa’s remaining population. Happily, the new owners are willing to spend huge sums for translocations across the continent Every morning, South African conservationist Donovan Jooste looks out on to grasslands populated with some of the 2,000 …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Male giraffe unexpectedly dies at Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

  ketv.com

  Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium announced the unexpected death of their 15-year-old male giraffe.

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Kosovo zoo rescue lion and bears come out to play in winter snow

  The Guardian - Reuters in Pristina

  Sanctuary sets up heaters to take chill off rescue animals that have lost habit of entering full hibernation Workers at a bear sanctuary in Pristina are working hard to look after a lion that wants to play in the snow and bears who were removed from their natural habitat when they were cubs and also …

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  Bethany Frasier

  

  Escaped circus lion terrorizes seaside town in Italy, sends residents into panic

  New York Post - Michelle Bowes, News.com.au

  An escaped lion has sent an Italian town into a state of panic, with residents warned to stay indoors. The huge adult male lion, reportedly named …