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CONTENTS
Lions and lancets by Hannah Hindley
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Bear necessities
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Escaping extinction by Chris Stidley | 26 White rhino ancestry by Tony Perkins | 30
by Nick Smallwood
HEALTHCARE
12
Building a modern zoo by Elizabeth Kinney
17 saving the wild
Healthcare across species by Nina Kolodij | 5 One Health Initiative by Hannah Hindley | 9
HOME IMPROVEMENTS Habitats designed for animal well-being by Sophie Daws | 19
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
From Tucson to Tanzania Encouraging natural behavior by Marissa Heffernan
20
Never too young to meet the wild by Carly Oseran
33
by Ysabella Zammit |
11
A day with the lion keeper by Clare DeCelles | 16
KIDS & CRITTERS Critter callbacks by Tim Dabrowski | 34 The Zoo Poo Games by Tim Dabrowski | 35 Heroes of Reid Park Zoo by Tim Dabrowski | 36
IN PHOTOS Crashing into the future by Kacey Seeloff | 28 Antsy to be together by Kacey Seeloff | 31
Creatures and critters by ZooView staff | 39
More Reid Park Zoo by the numbers by Naomi Pier | 4 A Modern Zoo
by Marissa Heffernan |
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Premiere of A Modern Zoo by Simon Asher |
38
ON THE COVERS Front cover: East African crowned cranes use their “crown” as camouflage in tall grasses. Photograph by Nick SMALLWOOD Back cover: Several flamingo chicks have been born at Reid Park Zoo in the last few years. At birth, they start out downy and gray, but their feathers turn pink after a few months, thanks to the algae and invertebrates they eat. Photograph by Tim DABROWSKI