Donate today, Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations, A Bronx County Supreme Court judge has dismissed a petition that argued an elephant living alone at the Bronx Zoo has had her "personhood" violated by being "unlawfully imprisoned.". Release Dates Can we bring a species back from the brink? In the past, animal advocacy groups have accused the Bronx Zoo of mistreating its elephants, citing cold winters and cramped cages, as well as Happy's isolation. Judge Rules That Bronx Zoo's Happy The Elephant Is Not "Unlawfully Imprisoned", We rely on your support to make local news available to all, Robbery at Bronx bodega and shooting at UES deli thought to be linked, police say, Amtrak agrees to adjust service to accommodate MTA project for Bronx, Penn Station, Overdose prevention centers save lives but remain in legal limbo, as NYC moves toward expansion, Overdoses of two men leaving Manhattan gay bars last spring found to be homicides, A man is dead after an encounter with police in New Jersey. Sue went on to work at America's best zoos and aquariums for the next twenty-five years including the Bronx Zoo where she appeared on Animal Planet's The Zoo for five hit seasons. The zoo has been closed to visitors since March 16. The groundbreaking promise of cellular housekeeping. an elephant living alone at the Bronx Zoo, The Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Bronx Zoo in 2018. Happy was then briefly paired with a young elephant named Sammy, but he also died soon after contracted a liver disease and was euthanizedthe zoo's third elephant death in just four years, according to the Times. All rights reserved, no evidence that animals can spread the novel coronavirus to people, making extra efforts to protect great apes, easily catch respiratory illnesses from humans. The diagnosis of the tiger, named Nadia, represented the first time, to our knowledge, that a [wild] animal has gotten sick from COVID-19 from a person, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian for the Bronx Zoo, said April 5. Photo credit: Lisa Walker/WCS. Nov. 19. A Star Is Born: With David Oehler, Susan Schmid, Nancy Gonzalez, Pat Thomas. Susan Schmid Bronx Zoo Death Hoax, What Happened To Susan Schmid? Other. Both wild and domestic cats had been known to susceptible to feline coronavirusbut until recently, it was unknown whether they could contract SARS-CoV-2. These animals can sniff it out. How a zoo break-in changed the life of an owl called Flaco, Naked mole rats are fertile until they die, study finds. Meet the Team - Bronx Zoo Please received our heartfelt condolences. Heres the technology that helped scientists find itand what it may have been used for. Unauthorized use is prohibited. The birth of a little blue penguin causes a sensation at the Bronx Zoo; the veterinary team scrambles to figure out what is wrong with Snowball, a snow leopard; the exhibits team designs an exhibit for the newly arrived blue iguana. At about 10 a.m., shortly before the zoo's Wild Asia exhibit was due to open, Silverman unlocked two doors and, along with Barbara Burke, 21, a volunteer aide, proceeded to walk into the two-acre enclosure.
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