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• Zebra killed after being impaled by rhino at Colchester zoo

  13-01-2025 19:24
  
  Rhino ‘unintentionally’ punctured zebra’s stomach in enclosure they shared, zoo saysA male zebra died after a female rhino unintentionally punctured his stomach, a zoo in Essex has said.The rhino, called Astrid, had been sparring with her son Tayo when she tried to move Ziggy out of the way last Friday. Colchester zoo said Ziggy died of his injuries within minutes. Continue reading...
  
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• Calls to halt kangaroo culling in Victoria’s Grampians after bushfires

  13-01-2025 15:00
  Australian mainland states permit killing of nearly 5 million annually as part of industry supplying meat and leather productsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWildlife advocates are calling for a halt to the commercial harvesting of kangaroos in Victoria’s Grampians region after bushfires there.Wildlife Victoria warned of “long-term impacts” on native plants and animals due to the fires, which burne
  
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• Young gorilla rescued from Turkish Airlines cargo hold – video

  13-01-2025 10:34
  
  A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The five-month-old gorilla was discovered in a box on a Turkish Airlines flight from Nigeria to Thailand last month as it transited through Istanbul. After a public competition, he has been named Zeytin, or Olive, and is recuperating at Polonezkoy zooBaby gorilla rescued from hold of Turkish Airlines plane Continue reading...
  
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• Mystery syndrome killing rainbow lorikeets and flying foxes leaves scientists baffled

  13-01-2025 08:04
  
  ‘The animals that don’t die need total nursing care,’ wildlife rescuer says, ahead of a potential spike in cases in coming weeksGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThousands of rainbow lorikeets and hundreds of flying foxes have been hospitalised in Queensland in the past year with a mysterious paralysis that can affect the animals’ ability to fly, swallow and even breathe.Lorikeet paralysis syndrome has struck birds in Queensland and New South Wale
  
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