Previous “one year” suspension lasted just seven months––& many other AZA zoos then did what Jack Hanna had done COLUMBUS, Ohio––Forty-plus years of Jack Hanna shenanigans finally caught up to the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium on October 1, 2021. The Association of Zoos & Aquariums [AZA] for the second time yanked the Columbus Zoo’s […]
How 2011 Zanesville massacre moved Ohio to act on exotic wildlife
46 animal deaths & a suicide belatedly impelled anti-regulation politicians to regulate ZANESVILLE, Ohio––Six years after exotic animal collector Terry Thompson, of Zanesville, Ohio, released 56 lions, tigers, leopards, pumas, wolves, bears and monkeys before committing suicide on October 18, 2011, “Ohio no longer has a reputation as a state with lax animal laws,” recently […]
Giraffe killing in Copenhagen brings zoo culling to global notice
Marius the giraffe was then dissected COPENHAGEN––Despite a worldwide campaign to save him, a healthy 18-month-old bull giraffe named Marius was on the morning of February 9, 2014 lured from his quarters at the Copenhagen Zoo with a treat of rye bread, then dispatched with a captive […]
Steve Graham defends Copenhagen Zoo giraffe killing
Killed 282 animals during Detroit Zoo tenure HAGERSTOWN, Maryland––The execution of Marius the giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo on February 9, 2014 provoked discussion in Europe paralleling a debate that raged in the U.S. between 20 and 30 years ago, stoked by former Detroit Zoo executive director […]