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Zoo launches massive bird hunt to find and save young East African Crowned Crane that escaped
The community of Issaquah, Washington, is searching for an East African crowned crane that escaped from the Cougar Mountain ...
3-month-old ‘walking watermelon’ set to make debut at Washington zoo. See her
Ume, a Malayan tapir calf, will make her debut Friday, May 16, at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, the zoo said ...
Agave plant in bloom in ‘botanical unicorn event’ at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
It’s a botanical event more than 17 years in the making at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. That is where a desert-native ...
National Zoo pandas Qing Bao and Bao Li share their 'first date' at the 'howdy' window
Witness Bao Li and Qing Bao's charming 'first date' at the National Zoo. Love blossoms as pandas share adorable moments!
New pandas show ‘encouraging’ mutual interest, National Zoo says
Qing Bao bleated at Bao Li, and he bleated back. There was also some sniffing and calling for each other’s attention, a sign ...
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Washington Post Op-Ed Describes Infamous Salvadoran Prison As 'Political Human Zoo,' Decries Use Of Prisoners As Pawns
Carolina Miranda, a former columnist for the LA Times, wrote in the Washington Post an op-ed likening El Salvador's infamous CECOT prison to a human zoo, decrying its use for political purposes ...
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Turtles released into river after zoo rehabilitation in Washington
Nineteen northwestern pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo were returned to the wild. Footage shows staff releasing the reptiles in ponds along the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, where the ...
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Are the Pandas Truly Ready to Enter the DC Dating Scene? A Washingtonian Analysis
Oil secretions. Enthusiastic bleats. I couldn't help but wonder: Do Qing Bao and Bao Li know what they're getting into?