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Paris aquarium offers refuge for unwanted goldfish

Sun, 19 Aug 2018 15:26:08 +0200

Paris's biggest aquarium has created a refuge for goldfish, providing a second life for any unwanted pets who might otherwise find themselves flushed down the toilet.

Animal-loving anarchists set fire to French zoo

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:46:37 +0200

Anarchists have claimed responsibility for setting fire to a zoo in central France.

Paris zoo reopens after last truant baboons found

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:17:32 +0100

Paris's main zoo was set to reopen Saturday after the last of around 50 baboons who had escaped from their enclosure were found overnight, the zoo authorities said.

Panda gives birth to twins at French zoo, one cub dies

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:49:52 +0200

There was joy and pain for French zookeepers Friday as their female panda gave birth to twins, but one died soon afterwards.

French conservations raise alarm after slaying of rhino in zoo

Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:29:03 +0100

This week's brutal killing of a rhino in its enclosure at a French zoo points to a new European frontier for greedy poachers that must be closed as a matter of urgency, environmentalists and officials say.

Poachers kill rhino and saw off its horn at zoo near Paris

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 10:48:38 +0100

Poachers have killed a rhino and hacked off its horn after breaking into a zoo near Paris.

France goes ape over club's 'zoo night' with caged tigers

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:33:06 +0200

A nightclub in northern France has come under fire after teaming up with a circus to promise a "zoo night" for party goers this Saturday featuring caged tigers and panthers.

Komodo dragon stolen from French reptile farm

Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:00:15 +0100

Police in southern France are desperately trying to track down a Komodo dragon stolen from a crocodile farm.

French zoo offers 'night at home' with polar bear

Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:40:00 +0100

Forget trekking to the Arctic. French tourists are opting for the luxury way to spend the night with a polar bear: beside a log fire not far from home. And the only thing on ice is the champagne.

Lion wounds 16-month-old child at French circus

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:26:00 +0200

A lion reached out of its cage and scratched a 16-month-old girl at a circus in France on Sunday, injuring the child's head and back. The news came the same day as a not guilty verdict for the owner of a circus elephant that killed an elderly pétanque player.

New '21st century' Paris zoo 'is not a fun park'

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:55:00 +0200

After a five-year, €170 million makeover Paris’s zoo is finally set to reopen to the public in Saturday. The zoo's chiefs claim they have invented a new-look 21st century zoo that will change how humans see wild animals, but warn "it is not an amusement park".

Rare lion cubs killed by parents in French zoo

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:02:00 +0200

In a blow to conservation efforts, two of three extremely rare lion cubs born in a French zoo were killed by their own parents, authorities said on Wednesday.

Bardot's elephants settle into new royal home

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 10:47:00 +0200

Two sick elephants who were given an 11th-hour stay of execution after a Brigitte Bardot lead public campaign to save them, arrived at their plush new home on Friday where they will be treated like royalty under the watch of the Princess of Monaco.

French zoo to turn Panda poo into power

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:10:36 +0200

Not content with housing a pair of celebrity pandas that attract hordes of avid onlookers, a zoo in France has decided to put their droppings to good use by recycling them into gas and electricity.

Princess offers to save Bardot's elephants

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:50:00 +0100

It seems French actress Brigitte Bardot might not have to go into self-imposed exile in Russia over two elephants after all, thanks to Monaco's royal family.

Doomed elephants win Yuletide reprieve

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:11:00 +0100

Two ailing middle-aged elephants that French officials wanted to put down have been given a Christmas reprieve after an appeal to President François Hollande and an internet campaign to save them.

Chinese pandas arrive for new life in France

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:08:00 +0100

Two Chinese pandas landed in Paris on Sunday for a new life in a French zoo in a loan sealed after years of top-level negotiations between China and France.

French zoo steps up rhino surveillance against poachers

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:25:08 +0100

A French zoo has placed its white rhinos under video surveillance fearing poachers could kill them for their horns which can fetch hundreds of thousands of euros on the black market.