EHRA: Elephant – Human Relations Aid is an organization that runs elephant conservation and volunteer projects in Namibia, Africa. “EHRA aims to find long-term sustainable solutions to the ever-growing problem of facilitating the peaceful co-habitation between the subsistence farmers, community members and the desert adapted elephants.” ~ excerpt from site Guest Writer: Janet Gilmour is…
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” ~ Bruce Lee I’ve decided to start several different educational pages on Lady of the Zoos, all located on the bar under the main image where you’ll find drop down menus for each. These include Animal of the Month – where you’ll…
The black and white panda logo conjures up conservation, endangered species and of course World Wildlife Fund. Most of us know about or have heard of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment. World Wildlife Fund now has more than 1300 WWF conservation…
It’s been close to 20 long years since giant pandas have been at the Toronto Zoo. The last time these beautiful and iconic animals were at the zoo it was only for a three-month period during the summer, but this time these two giant pandas will be at home at the Toronto Zoo for 5…
“My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.” ~ excerpt from ‘My Family and Other Animals’ by Gerald Durrell Before he became the famous conservationist Gerald Durrell was a young boy who collected ‘pets’, little did he know then…
In the Beginning Zoo: an institution in which living animals are exhibited in captivity. How did we get to today’s modern zoo? It all began thousands of years ago. Ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and China all obtained collections of wild animals. Egypt’s first zoo was established in Thebes around 1490BC by Queen Hatshepsut. Medieval Europe…
Exiting from one of the oldest subway systems in the world, you enter Budapest’s City Park. Home to the world’s third oldest zoo, and Europe’s second oldest, the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden. Founded in 1866, the Budapest Zoo’s 11 hectares is littered with majestic, award-winning Art Nouveau designed buildings such as their newly renovated Elephant House and the…
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