Rossifari Zoo News 11.10.23 - The Panda Flight Edition

Dateline: November 10, 2023. Rossifari Zoo News is back with a round up of the latest news in the world of zoos, aquariums, conservation, and animal weirdness!  In Zoo News, we start with the biggest story of the week: The giant pandas have departed the National Zoo for their new homes in China. We then move on to our births and deaths, including the births of two giraffe in different places, the first birth of a rare bird species in North America at the Houston Zoo, two snow leopards at the Bronx Zoo, the only emperor penguin chick born in the US in over a decade, and more. We also say goodbye to one of the oldest lions in the AZA, an internet-famous sloth, the oldest male Grey's zebra in North America, and a very important human who made an impact at Zoo Atlanta and for golden lion tamarins in the wild.  We then move on to our other Zoo News stories, in which we talk about avian influenza vaccination trials for condors, a new program at Elmwood Park Zoo, four stories about elephants, a surprising voting result in Cincinnati, the Seattle Aquarium teaming up with Nintendo, incredible transparency from Sedgwick County Zoo, and so much more! In Conservation News, we talk about saving pangolins, the latest spider species discovered in the US, more good sea turtle news, and a new theory about why orca pods are sinking boats.And in Other News, we talk about skunk patterns changing, a rare zebra, and polar bears living in houses!TO SUPPORT SAVE THE GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: Make donations at the following links in honor of Jennifer Mickelberg: PayPal: https://savetheliontamarin.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=718d85f8e3d530fc6844d027d&id=8bfc28a51f&e=e51c74b6bc Venmo: https://savetheliontamarin.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=718d85f8e3d530fc6844d027d&id=c9c8043e1b&e=e51c74b6bc ROSSIFARI LINKS: www.rossifari.com patreon.com/rossifari @rossifari on socials @rossifaripod on TikTok