Critically endangered eel gets a helping hand - Deutsche Welle


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Critically endangered eel gets a helping hand
Deutsche Welle
As endangered as the African elephant, the pygmy hippopotamus or the panda bear, European eels are on the verge of disappearing forever. To help save the species, German rivers are being restocked with thousands of eels. "We used to catch 10 to 15 eels ...

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Working on the First Coast: Herpetology keeper at Jacksonville zoo handles all ... - Florida Times-Union

Working on the First Coast: Herpetology keeper at Jacksonville zoo handles all ...
Florida Times-Union
And at least you don't have to clean out the elephant cage, right? No, basically our animals don't go to the bathroom every day. And we don't need wheelbarrows, we use spoons. I love working with the alligators, but I like some of our salamanders, too.

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A sneak peek at Toronto Zoo - Toronto Sun

A sneak peek at Toronto Zoo
Toronto Sun
The redside dace is still an endangered species, but the Great Lakes Program - which is also working on saving the Atlantic salmon, the American eel, the eastern sand darter and the lake sturgeon, all of which are threatened - is working at saving the ...

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