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All living members of the species are now held in captivity (supplied)

Zoo to use 20-year-old sperm

A Canterbury zoo is planning to use 20-year-old sperm to continue the preservation of a highly endangered species of antelope.

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The cheetah cubs pictured in intensive care (Thomas Mead/3 News)

Cheetah cubs fight for their lives video

Three newborn cheetah cubs are fighting for their lives in a Christchurch veterinary hospital after being taken from their mother on the weekend.

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Polar bear cub debuts in NY

A smiling, playful 3-month-old polar bear cub has made its public debut at the Buffalo Zoo in western New York.

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'Tuna' nuzzles her new daughter at Orana Wildlife Park (supplied)

Giraffe born at Orana Park

Canterbury’s Orana Wildlife Park had a visit from a stork last night – although the load might have been a little larger than usual.

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The tiger, Altai, is shown in a still from a video (Reuters)

Tiger escapes, kills keeper in German zoo

A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany yesterday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo's director, police said.

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Mila's fate is still unknown

Zoo, home to killer elephant, closes

A south Auckland zoo where a keeper was crushed to death by an elephant is closing and the fate of its 420 animals, including the killer beast, is up in the air.

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Mila the elephant

Mila the elephant faces death

Mila the elephant could be euthanised if the zoo can't send her elsewhere or find someone else to look after her.

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Mila the elephant, in her circus days

Circus 'damaged' elephant - SAFE video

Animal campaigners say the elephant that killed its keeper has a troubled history that it could never have recovered from.

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Mila the elephant and Helen Schofield (Franklinzoo.co.nz)

Killed keeper uneasy about captive animals

A keeper killed by a former circus elephant at a zoo south of Auckland was extremely uncomfortable about keeping animals in captivity.

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Mila the elephant and Helen Schofield (Franklinzoo.co.nz)

Zookeeper blamed for own death

A zookeeper was killed by an elephant on Wednesday because she did not know what she was doing, the elephant's former handler says.

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Mila the elephant at Franklin Zoo (Franklinzoo.co.nz)

Tributes flow for killed zookeeper

Tributes are flowing for the zookeeper who has been killed by a former circus elephant.

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The baby rhino is the sixth to be born at the zoo (photo supplied)

PHOTOS: Baby rhino for Hamilton Zoo

Hamilton Zoo has welcomed a new addition – a baby white rhinoceros.

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Sofia Walker and her dad, Julian

Wellington lion girl ‘fearless’, says dad video

A three-year-old Wellington girl cannot understand what all the fuss is about - after a lion tried to rip her to shreds at the zoo.

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Halloween comes early for Detroit Zoo's animals video

Halloween came early at the Detroit Zoo in the United States when the zoo's inhabitants received pumpkins filled with treats to eat, play with, tear apart and smash.

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The zebras left their enclosure for 40 minutes (Reuters)

Escaped zebras return to zoo exhibit

An endangered female zebra and her foal that escaped from their exhibit and forced the evacuation of a Boston zoo have returned to their enclosure.

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One of the lions in Tripoli's zoo

Libya: Animals traumatised in Tripoli's zoo video

The battle for Tripoli has taken its toll on the city's zoo. Dozens of animals have been left traumatised by constant gunfire and mortar rounds.

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Te Wao Nui combines a sense of scale and drama with contemplative spaces

New Zoo exhibit puts spotlight on NZ

This weekend Auckland Zoo visitors will get an early look at its new $16m development, Te Wao Nui.

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A liger (Reuters)

Dog nurses abandoned ligers

A Chinese zoo official says two rare cubs born to a male lion and a female tiger are being nursed by a dog after they were abandoned by their mother.

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Zoo keeper holds a one-day-old Komodo Dragon in a breeding centre in Surabayas zoo (Reuters)

Warning: All animals at Indonesian zoo in danger

All of the animals at Indonesia's largest zoo - many of them critically endangered - could be dead within five years unless strong action is taken to change the culture of neglect and corruption that permeates the facility, according to a zoo official.

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Jelani’s name means “mighty” in Swahili

Auckland Zoo's baby giraffe meets the public video

Auckland Zoo introduced its baby giraffe to the public this morning.

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