BANGKOK (AP) — In case you can’t get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal — released in four languages for her global fans. The upbeat 50-second song “Moodeng Moodeng,” available in Thai, English, Chinese and Japanese versions, features simple lyrics like “Moo Deng Moo Deng, boing boing boing/…… Continue Reading
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s highest court is considering whether five zoo elephants can challenge their confinement under a legal process mainly used by prisoners to dispute their detention. The Colorado Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday from lawyers for an animal rights group and the zoo. The court won’t rule until later. The NonHuman Rights Project says the elephants are suffering and showing signs of brain damage because they’re confined to the zoo. The zoo says it would be cruel to move the elderly elephants to a wildlife sanctuary at this point. It also says the case creates a slippery slope that could lead to lawsuits to release other animals, including pets.… Continue Reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Their birth was a guarded secret at first due to fears they may not survive. But now a Polish zoo is celebrating the arrival of four Sumatran tigers cubs, weeks after they were born. Sumatran tigers are critically endangered and their numbers have dwindled to around 400 in the wild. Officials at the Wrocław Zoo in the southwestern Polish city of Wroclaw said the cubs were born on July 22, but the zoo chose not to go public with the news until they could grow a bit, gain some strength and be vaccinated. Now each one is about double the size of a domestic cat and growing fast.… Continue Reading