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Catching some zzzz's at Costa Rica's sloth sanctuary They often arrive in bad shape -- hit by cars, zapped by high-voltage wires as they climb trees, or orphaned because superstitious locals have killed their moms.

12 September 2012

Mexico wastewater project uncovers Ice Age bones Workers have discovered hundreds of bones belonging to Ice Age animals, including mammoths, mastodons and glyptodons, while digging to build a wastewater treatment plant north of Mexico City.

31 August 2012

World's oldest hippo dies at 62 Donna, believed to be the world's oldest hippo, has died at the age of 62 after living more than two decades beyond the massive mammal's usual life expectancy, zoo officials said.

04 August 2012

Cost of most expensive dog haircuts in Almaty unveiled The most expensive dog haircut costs 15 thousand tenge ($100) in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

16 July 2012

PHOTO: Goanna caught in Shymkent yard A goanna has been caught in the yard of a private house in Samal region of Shymkent city in the south of Kazakhstan.

16 July 2012

Saiga population increased by one third in Kazakhstan Saiga antelopes population has increased by more than one third in Kazakhstan in two years.

13 July 2012

Almaty Zoo is baby-booming Albino porcupines, fawns, ponies, moufflons, a colt, wolf cubs and gannet cheepers have been born in Almaty Zoo since the beginning of this summer.

05 July 2012

Shymkent Zoo is baby-booming Lama, pony and two deers were born during the past week in Shymkent Zoo with five more deers to be delivered in the nearest future.

22 June 2012

Saiga antelopes die in Kostanay oblast again Pasteurellosis is quoted as the most likely cause of the new surge of saiga's deaths in Kazakhstan.

25 May 2012

3,000 cattle destroyed in East Kazakhstan over foot-and-mouth disease More than 2,7 thousand cattle had to be destroyed in East Kazakhstan oblast because of an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease.

06 January 2012

Chimkent zoo got a giraffe Shymkent zoo purchase a giraffe named Astana.

15 September 2011

It took a full day to catch a 3-meter anaconda in Karaganda oblast The snake fell out of a truck carrying circus animals during a stop in a village of Aksu-Ayuly Shet region.

29 July 2011