Place: Cincinnati Zoo

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Trying to save the parrot is not all talk

A paper published in Current Biology examines the extinction of a colourful little bird which, until recently, thrived in the eastern US. With the appalling environmental catastrophe enveloping Australia, home to 56 of the world’s 370 parrot species, this account of the Carolina parakeet’s demise is timely.

general

In China there is a baby gorilla called Harambe McHarambeface

world

911 calls reveal ‘panic’ at gorilla incident at Cincinnati Zoo

Dear Sir....Readers' views (03/6/2016)

world

'He's dragging my son! I can't watch this' - 911 recording of Cincinnati Zoo mother released

world

Police to investigate boy's entry into Cincinnati Zoo exhibit and gorilla's death

Shooting of gorilla at Cincinnati Zoo sparks outrage

In the US, the killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo after a four-year-old boy tumbled into the ape's enclosure, has triggered outrage.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Lead gorilla at Dublin Zoo dies

The lead gorilla at Dublin Zoo, Harry, has died.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Catch-up with what you've missed so far today with our lunchtime briefing

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Gorilla shot dead after grabbing boy, 4, who fell into zoo moat

A response team shot and killed a gorilla that grabbed a boy aged four who fell into an exhibit moat at a US zoo.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Born free but...- Keeping animals in zoos

Our relationship with the rest of the animals that inhabit this planet becomes ever more fraught as our demands on the world’s resources accelerate. Half a century ago there were barely 3bn of us. Now that figure is heading towards 9bn.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Gorilla shot dead after grabbing boy, 4, who fell into zoo enclosure

A special zoo response team has shot and killed a gorilla that grabbed a four-year-old boy who fell into an exhibit moat at a US zoo.

Sun, 29 May, 2016

Remembering Martha - We prefer to avoid the hard truths

In the spring of 1860, America’s Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History tells us, a flock of passenger pigeons estimated at more than 3.7 billion — yes, billion — flew over Ontario.

Mon, 01 Sep, 2014

Bird keepers mark 100 years since the death of last passenger pigeon

Time will come to a standstill today to mark 100 years since the death of the last passenger pigeon and the extinction of what was once the world’s most abundant bird.

Mon, 01 Sep, 2014

Starlings an eternal mess for Rome

Richard Collins reports on the third Sack of Rome by noble winged knights.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2008