Zoo

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A kinkajou in Costa Rica
Weird
Kinkajou escapes Tilburg zoo to explore nearby garden, giving residents a fright
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Elephant calf born at Artis Zoo in Amsterdam on December 24, 2025.
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Male Asian elephant calf born at Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo; Public to name newborn
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A scorpion
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Tilburg girl finds live scorpion in backpack ordered from Shein
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Hamadryas baboons record videos with a visitor's phone at Wildlands Zoo in Emmen, 29 May 2025
Weird
Video: Baboons take selfies after getting hold of visitor’s phone at Emmen zoo
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Squirrel monkey
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Fire kills six monkeys at ZooParc Overloon
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Entrance to Artis zoo in Amsterdam
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ABN Amro predicting slight growth for the leisure industry due to rise in salaries
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Bonobos at a zoo.
Weird
Parachutist lands in bonobo enclosure at Ouwehands Zoo
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Young elephants are especially vulnerable to EEHV
HealthNature
Second elephant dies from Herpesvirus at Adventure Zoo Emmen
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Entrance to Artis zoo in Amsterdam
TechNature
Amsterdam to debate proposal to turn Artis Zoo into public park without animals
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Photo of Irma, the oldest elephant at Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo in Rotterdam, who passed away in September 2023.
Nature
Rotterdam zoo’s oldest elephant, Irma, dies at age 53
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Kiwi chick hatched at Avifauna bird park, August 2023.
Nature
Kiwi chick hatched at Avifauna bird park; second kiwi ever born in the Netherlands
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A collared iguana at DierenPark Amersfoort.
Nature
A collared iguana has hatched for the first time in ten years at DierenPark Amersfoort
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Vulture
Nature
Vulture escapes from Diergaarde Blijdorp; Zoo expects it to return by itself
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Bokito, a western gorilla, at the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam. 16 July 2016
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Blijdorp to reopen ape enclosure on Wednesday after Bokito's death
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People sitting at a terrace in Amsterdam
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Mixed reactions to lockdown relaxation as restaurants, museums reopen their doors
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One of the attractions at the Efteling amusement park.
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Negative covid test could soon be required to visit museums, zoos, theme parks: Report
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Black rhino born at Diergaard Blijdorp in Rotterdam, 8 November 2020
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Baby black rhino born at Rotterdam zoo
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Chickens at a poultry farm
HealthTechNature
Bird flu spreads to first Dutch poultry farm; Zoo rules tightened
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Kids at the zoo
BusinessEntertainment
Museums, zoos significantly more expensive than 5 years ago
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Ambulance
Health
Boy hurt in 4-meter fall at Rotterdam Zoo cave
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Brown bear and wolves at Dierenrijk
Nature
Bears kill wolf in Dutch zoo as visitors watch
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First kiwi ever hatched in Netherlands, at Avifauna in Alphen aan den Rijn, Oct 2018
Nature
First kiwi ever hatched in Dutch zoo
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Rotterdam police find 1,125 kilos of cocaine hidden in a shipment of frozen fish from Ecuador, 6 July 2018
Crime
Fish seized in drug bust donated to Dutch zoos, aquariums
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Giant panda Xing Ya with his birthday cake at Ouwehands Zoo, 8 Aug 2017
BusinessNature
Dutch zoos increasingly expensive; still popular