Skopje Zoo, Skopje , Macedonia
List of facts we found about Skopje Zoo
When we visited Skopje Zoo again in May
2008 hoping for improvements, not much had changed, although it
appears that effort is made in building some new cages, which were not
occupied yet.
The cages for the big cats are very small.
Skopje Zoo In 2004, the British tabloid Daily Mirror newspaper
ran a feature on the appalling conditions at Skopje Zoo, sparking much
concerned activity including an offer from the UK-based animal welfare
and conservation charity Born Free Foundation, who offered to help
Learn how Brie Cuppi helps the Skopje Zoo in Macedonia access
exhibit space for the animals from a husbandry standpoint.
* 2007 marks the 10th anniversary of the black footed ferret
reintroduction program in Arizona.
conditions, peers from his cage at Skopje Zoo in Macedonia. Efforts to
find him a home abroad in another zoo have failed. A female mate might
cheer him up, but the zoo has no money to acquire one.
We have contacted the Skopje Zoo in Macedonia and they are
willing to release him. We should hear back shortly what sanctuary
will house our chimp! :-)
I believe the Chronical will be following this story when the transfer
of Koko is complete.
Skopje Zoo in Macedonia, February 12, 2007. The U.S. National
Institutes of Health, which supports a variety of biomedical studies
using animals, will stop breeding government-owned chimpanzees for
research — a step animal rights advocates lauded on Thursday.
Good News! Koko the Chimp from Skopje Zoo in Macedonia is being
transferred to a great primate sanctuary in the Netherlands called
AAP Sanctuary.
A lynx in the Skopje Zoo in Macedonia. Lynx or wild cat is considered
a national symbol of Macedonia and the mountain of Galicica, and is
displayed on the back of Macedonia's 5-denar coin. There are only
35-40 lynx existing in the nature in Macedonia. Photo courtesy: AFP.
The Skopje Zoo is the first established in the Balkans.
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Macedonia is renowned for its folklore which has been carefully
nurtured by many professional and amateur ensembles.
Skopje Zoo (EUR 700ths) for reconstruction and modernization, and to
Bitola’s industrial zone (EUR 1.2mn) for modernization of the
infrastructure.
“It’s not the quantum of what we pay people that’s changed.
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