https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Staff at a northern Italian zoo were astonished when two of their oldest hippos - Gonzalo and Camilla - presented them with their newborn baby. https://www.thelocal.it/20161024/italys-baby-hippo-will-be-named-by-the-public Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:28:15 +0200 italys-baby-hippo-will-be-named-by-the-public Zookeepers at a Rome zoo have taken a unique approach to ensure the animals keep cool during the latest heatwave: give them ice lollies. https://www.thelocal.it/20150702/animals-cool-down-with-frozen-treats-at-rome-zoo Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:00:53 +0200 animals-cool-down-with-frozen-treats-at-rome-zoo Two painted chow chow dogs posing as pandas have been seized from a circus in northern Italy, after tricking children into handing over cash, police have said. https://www.thelocal.it/20141223/circus-tricked-kids-with-dogs-painted-as-pandas Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:07:00 +0100 circus-tricked-kids-with-dogs-painted-as-pandas Staff at the Turin-based Zoom zoo have expressed their joy at the rare birth of a baby siamang, a type of gibbon, it was announced on Thursday. The zoo has released a video on YouTube of the newborn’s first outing with its mother. https://www.thelocal.it/20130920/video-rare-baby-gibbon-born-in-turin-zoo Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:14:00 +0200 video-rare-baby-gibbon-born-in-turin-zoo With August temperatures topping 40C, the president of Rome's zoo has called for animals to be fed refreshing watermelon. View The Local's gallery of feeding time at the zoo. https://www.thelocal.it/20130814/rome-zoo-animals-get-fruity-holiday-treat Wed, 14 Aug 2013 17:24:00 +0200 rome-zoo-animals-get-fruity-holiday-treat A pensioner was mauled to death by a group of tigers at an abandoned zoo in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20130703/man-killed-by-tigers-in-northern-italy Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:49:00 +0200 man-killed-by-tigers-in-northern-italy