A Potentially Fatal Mix of Herpes in Zoos

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Source: http://www.cell.com/current-biology/...2812%2900860-3

A Potentially Fatal Mix of Herpes in Zoos

Current Biology, 16 August 2012
Copyright ? 2012 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.035...

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Penguin on the loose after escape from Tokyo aquarium

A penguin is on the loose after escaping from a Tokyo aquarium, prompting the facility to call on the public for information on any sightings.
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[makoto]

Wanted alive: Endangered ibis escapes from Tokyo zoo

A female northern bald ibis has fled Tokyo's Tama Zoo and remains on the loose, the zoo's operator revealed on March 1.
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[makoto]

Endangered crane's beak regenerates after treatment

A male Siberian crane's beak, which had been broken last year during a scuffle between two birds at a Tokyo zoo, has completely grown back, marking the first such case at a Japanese zoo....

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5 teenagers referred to prosecutors for burning monkey at zoo with fireworks

FUKUCHIYAMA, Kyoto -- Five 18-year-olds had their cases referred to prosecutors on Feb. 23 after a large amount of lit fireworks were thrown in a monkey exhibit...

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Elephant in Japanese zoo still a big draw at 65

Call her another symbol of Japan?s rapidly aging society, and a pretty big one at that.

Hanako, an Asian elephant at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino, Tokyo, turned 65 this...

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Japan's oldest white tiger dies at Saitama zoo

SAITAMA (Kyodo) -- A 20-year-old male white tiger, the oldest in Japan, has died at Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, the zoo said Wednesday, adding the age corresponds to 100 in...

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Ueno Zoo's pandas to get new digs

The panda facility at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo will be shifted and enlarged for the first time in about 25 years due to the huge popularity of two giant pandas that arrived last spring, and in preparation for the...

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Sloth found dead in pool at Oita aquarium

OITA -- A two-toed sloth at an aquarium here was found dead in a pool earlier this month, its caretakers revealed on Dec. 28.

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Oldest bongo dies at Nagoya zoo

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A bongo believed to be the world's oldest has died at the age of 22 at Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, central Japan, zoo officials said Sunday.
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[makoto]

Wildcat fight results in loss of paw

SASEBO, Japan (Kyodo) -- An endangered Tsushima wildcat had to have its right forefoot amputated due to an injury suffered in a fight with an Amur wildcat at a zoo in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, zoo...

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Monkeys warm to roasted sweet potatoes at Aichi zoo

OKAZAKI, Aichi -- A group of Japanese monkeys at a zoo here have taken a liking to roasted sweet potatoes, begging for more from zookeepers.

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[makoto]

Japan's oldest Amur tiger dies at Nagoya zoo

NAGOYA -- The nation's oldest Amur tiger has died of old age at a zoo here, officials said on Nov. 20.

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[makoto]

a man and 2 women that are suspected of having contracted psittacosis

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Ueno Zoo-goers can see Arctic creatures up close

With cold weather up ahead, animals and birds of the Arctic Circle should feel right at home in a new facility that opened Oct. 28 in Ueno Zoological Gardens.
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