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NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS NDSU on Good Morning America
NDSU's very own Julie Garden Robinson and Dr. Neil Dyer (along with the Red River Valley Fair) are featured on this morning's Good Morning America -- a story about germs and petting zoos. http://abcne...
Posted on 8/20/10 at 12:55 PM
3 Canadian elephants get ready to fly to California 
For elephants to fly, you have to do more than load trunks on a plane.
Pat Derby, co-founder of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, has been working for two years to get three 10,000-pound elephants in the air. The elephants are scheduled to take off Aug. 2 in what could be a million-dollar move.
By Sue Manning , July 21, 2012
2 endangered Amur leopards born at Minnesota Zoo
The Minnesota Zoo has two new Amur (ah-MOOR') leopard cubs, one of the most endangered cats in the world. The cubs were born at the Apple Valley zoo Tuesday. They join an estimated 90 Amur leopards living in captivity in the U.S.
By Associated Press , June 01, 2012
Zoo offers poop for planting
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, S.C., is offering lucky gardeners a chance to put in orders for its famed poop produced by elephants, giraffes and zebras.
By Associated Press , March 04, 2012
Ohio orangutan nation's 1st with birth control device
A Cleveland Clinic women's health specialist made a house call at the zoo Tuesday to demonstrate how to implant the contraceptive. It's about 1 1/2 inches long, slightly thicker than pencil lead and is meant for humans.
By Associated Press , January 25, 2012
Female comes between Toronto Zoo's same-sex penguin pair
Official: Buddy, Pedro watched each other's backsThe endangered birds' separation was one zoo officials say was necessary, but their doomed love story took on a life of its own as the two African penguins became an Internet sensation last month.
By Canadian Press , December 12, 2011
Bismarck's Dakota Zoo gains 4 orphaned grizzly cubs
Three female cubs and one male cub were recently transported from the Montana Wildlife Center in Helena, Mont., to the Dakota Zoo in Bismarck after their mothers had to be killed.
December 10, 2011
Campaign for Como reaches fundraising goal for St. Paul zoo, conservatory
The Campaign for Como recently secured more than $8.5 million in private donations for improvements at the free metro zoo and botanical garden.
By Associated Press , December 10, 2011
Surviving exotic pets not going to Ohio owner's widow
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium was trying to stop Marian Thompson from reclaiming three leopards, two primates and a young grizzly bear that have been cared for by the zoo since last week, when Terry Thompson mysteriously set them free in a rural area of eastern Ohio.
By Ann Sanner and Kantele Franko , October 27, 2011
Rehabilitated eagle release set at Theodore Roosevelt National Park
The eagle was found near Bowman, N.D., thin and unable to fly. It was taken to Dakota Zoo in Bismarck for three months of rehabilitation.
By Associated Press , September 27, 2011
GIRLS GOT THEIR GOAT...AND A MINNESOTA ZOO'S, TOO: Pajama-clad stepsisters, 6 and 7, found walking their 'pet'
A couple of young rustlers attempted to use their imagination to escape the long arm of the law Saturday, but after about an hour of story telling they eventually learned they'd made a baaaaad decision.
By Dan Nienaber , August 30, 2011
St. Paul's Como Zoo helps bring rare toad back from brink of extinction
In an effort to preserve the rare Wyoming toad, the St. Paul zoo placed more than 1,300 tadpoles in oxygenated water Wednesday and shipped them overnight to be released near the Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge outside Laramie, Wyo. The toad is one of the rarest in the world.
By Miles Trump , July 07, 2011
Minnesota Zoo officials: No choice but to kill endangered Mexican wolf that escaped
The wolf ran onto a public pathway and traveled halfway around the Apple Valley zoo's Northern Trail before zoo workers tracked it down and shot it at about 10:30 a.m. The wolf did not come into physical contact with any humans.
By Jessica Fleming , June 09, 2011
St. Paul's Como Zoo takes in three bears from Minot's Roosevelt Zoo
The bears' original home, Roosevelt Zoo in Minot, had to be evacuated last month along with other parts of the city because of flooding. Roosevelt Zoo called Como to see if the St. Paul zoo could take the brown bears temporarily.
By Miles Trump , June 09, 2011
Mexican wolf killed after escaping at Minnesota Zoo
Zoo spokeswoman Kelly Lessard says the wolf got out on to the zoo's Northern Trail and ventured over to a bison area. She says the area was evacuated, the wolf was located and then shot and killed because it was considered a direct threat to people.
By Associated Press , June 08, 2011
MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD: Bismarck plans dike system to protect city's south
City officials unveiled plans Thursday for a temporary dike system to protect most of south Bismarck against the flooding Missouri River, which could rise another 4 feet in less than a month.
By Dale Wetzel , May 26, 2011
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