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The Mandai Wildlife Reserve in Singapore will gain a new visitor attraction in the second quarter of 2023 – a 17-hectare sanctuary for birds. Called ... More

Plantasia, a rainforest zoo in Swansea, UK, has been awarded provisional membership of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA). The visitor ... More

Dade City's Wild Things (DCWT), a privately-owned animal park in Dade, Florida, has been banned from possessing endangered tigers, a court has ruled. The United ... More

The future nature of Belfast Zoo is uncertain after a motion was tabled by a city councillor to phase out the display of caged animals ... More

Zoos and aquariums associations have criticised a report by World Animal Protection (WAP) which claims to have identified numerous examples around the world of wild ... More

The keeping of whales, dolphins and porpoises for entertainment – as well as the breeding, trading and capture of cetaceans – has been banned in ... More

Turkey’s parliament is planning to bring more attention to animal rights in the country via the unusual method of opening a zoo outside its buildings ... More

Dolphinaris Arizona – a controversial dolphinarium in the desert near Scottsdale, Arizona, US, which opened in 2016 – has closed, following the death of its ... More

Crisis management and public relations were mixed with water and wildlife as more than 60 attractions industry professionals from 14 countries attended trade association IAAPA’s ... More

Travel operator TUI is to come under pressure from the animal rights action group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) over its continued ... More

Work on Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) Panda House at the Copenhagen Zoo is in full swing and is expected to be completed in time for ... More

IAAPA has inducted four members into its prestigious Hall of Fame (HOF), with Eugenius Birch, Roland Callingham, Carl Hagenbeck and Dr Peter Rosner entering the ... More

IAAPA is celebrating its centenary with the induction of three veteran industry leaders into its Hall of Fame, naming Masatomo Takahashi, Bernard Harrison and Kelly ... More

A safari park in the Middle East is finally complete and set to open its doors to the public from January. To celebrate its launch, ... More

Crealy Great Adventure Park in Exeter has announced plans to expand its operations team, with the company set to recruit a head animal keeper to ... More

A review of the zoo licensing system is underway in the UK following the Cumbria zoo scandal which saw the death of nearly 500 animals ... More

Plans to develop a second zoo in Sydney, Australia, have been given the go-ahead after local government officials granted planning permission to the AU$36m (US$28.8m, ... More

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) has named Jim Breheny, director of the Bronx Zoo, as its new chair. As chair, Breheny, along with ... More

Edutainment operator Kidzania’s London franchise has partnered with the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) and pet food brand Lily’s Kitchen to introduce a new ... More

The new CEO of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) has said that zoos and aquariums need to be more vocal about the ... More

Plans for an open-range zoo near Perth, Australia, have been scrapped after the new Labor government of Western Australia chose to derail the plans of ... More

A UK zoo that saw almost 500 animals die in its care in less than four years has been granted a new license to operate ... More

A troubled zoo in Cumbria, UK, where it was recently revealed had had close to 500 animals die in its care in less than four ... More

Vancouver Aquarium has come under fire from animal welfare groups following the second death of a beluga whale at its facility in just less than ... More

TripAdvisor will no longer sell tickets to attractions that include direct contact with wild animals or endangered species following a change in company policy. The ... More