Zoological parks
NC Zoo to drop requirement for reservations on July 1

Jun. 28, 2021 12:54 PM EDT
ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Zoo is ending the requirement for visitors to make reservations in time for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. ...

FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, March 17, 2021, Dutch caretaker Prime Minster Mark Rutte answers questions after casting his vote in a general election in The Hague. Dutch zoos and theme parks will be allowed to re-open next week under strict conditions and bars and cafes can extend the opening hours of their outdoor terraces, if coronavirus infections and hospital admissions continue to fall, caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)
Dutch move toward further easing of coronavirus lockdown

By Mike Corder May. 11, 2021 02:40 PM EDT

People wait for the Budapest Zoo to reopen in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, May 1, 2021. Hungary on Saturday loosened several COVID-19 restrictions for people with government-issued immunity cards, the latest in a series of reopening measures that have followed an ambitious vaccination campaign. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungary reopens for people holding COVID-19 immunity cards

By Justin Spike May. 01, 2021 02:22 AM EDT

A young boy waits for the result of rapid COVID-19 test before entering his class at a kindergarten in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, April 12, 2021. The Czech government has agreed to start easing the tight lockdown in one of the hardest-hit European countries and has given a green light for at least some children to return to schools. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Czechs start to ease lockdown, youngest kids back to schools

By Karel Janicek Apr. 12, 2021 08:58 AM EDT

FILE—This file photo from May 22, 2014, shows Jack Hanna, Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, right, Betty White, actress and longtime animal advocate at the grand opening of the Heart of Africa exhibit at the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium in Powell, Ohio. Hanna's family said Wednesday, April 7, that the celebrity zookeeper and frequent talk-show guest has been diagnosed with dementia and will retire from public life. In a news release they said it's believed he now has Alzheimer's disease and it has progressed very quickly in the last few months. The 74-year-old Hanna was director of the Columbus Zoo from 1978 to 1992. (Jonathan Quilter/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna diagnosed with dementia

Apr. 07, 2021 02:10 PM EDT

Report accuses Columbus Zoo top executives of misusing funds

Apr. 06, 2021 09:54 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The former president and chief financial officer of the Columbus Zoo arranged for relatives to live in houses owned by the zoo and used...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. April 4, 2021. Editorial: Lt. Gov. Jon Husted covers himself in shame by not disavowing ‘Wuhan Virus’ tweet ...

FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2019, file photo, Sandra, a 33-year-old orangutan, stands in her enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Eco Parque, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Around the world, scientists and veterinarians are racing to protect animals from the coronavirus, often using the same playbook for minimizing disease spread among people. That includes social distancing, health checks and a vaccine for some zoo animals. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals

By Christina Larson And Julie Watson Mar. 19, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

A chimpanzee watches a screen set at the enclosure at the Safari Park in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, Monday, March 15, 2021. To enrich everyday life of their chimpanzees amid a strict lockdown, a zoo park in the Czech Republic has installed a big screen in their enclosure to broadcast for them what fellow chimpanzees are doing at a zoo in Brno. The Safari Park launched the experimental project to give the chimpanzees somebody to watch and give them some fun after crowds of visitors disappeared when the zoo was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic on Dec 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Chimpanzees at Czech zoo get screen time amid virus lockdown

Mar. 15, 2021 04:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 file photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., finishes the vote to approve a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, at the Capitol in Washington. On Friday, March 12, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill awards a $25 million bonus to members of the House of Representatives. There are several passages that cite $25 million in funding, but no mention of congressional pay raises or bonuses. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Mar. 12, 2021 02:58 PM EST

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza arrives to meet the media and illustrate the government's new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Rome, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. The first anti-pandemic decree from Italy’s new premier, Mario Draghi, tightens measures governing school attendance while easing restrictions on museums, theaters and cinemas. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
The Latest: San Diego zoo vaccinates 9 great apes for virus

By The Associated Press Mar. 04, 2021 06:06 AM EST

A hippo warning stands on the shore of a lagoon near Doral, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The offspring of hippos illegally imported to Colombia by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s are flourishing in the lush area and experts are warning about the dangers of the growing numbers. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Fear and love surround Escobar's hippos thriving in Colombia

By Regina Garcia Cano And Fernando Vergara Feb. 09, 2021 08:58 AM EST

INDIANA NEWS DIGEST

Feb. 07, 2021 01:34 PM EST
Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up today in Indiana. Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to the AP...

Fort Wayne Children's Zoo tigers test positive for COVID-19

Feb. 07, 2021 01:19 PM EST
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Two tigers at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, zoo officials have announced. Zoo...

Central Louisiana zoo still repairing damage from Laura

Feb. 06, 2021 11:22 AM EST
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) — Although Hurricane Laura’s landfall was about 115 miles (185 kilometers) away, damage from its winds and COVID-19 restrictions have kept...

Zoo curator Adonis Balas feeds macaques at the Attica Zoological Park in Spata, near Athens, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. After almost three months of closure due to COVID-19, Greece's only zoo could be approaching extinction: With no paying visitors or state aid big enough for its very particular needs, it still faces huge bills to keep 2,000 animals fed and healthy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
No income, 2,000 mouths to feed: Lockdown squeezes Greek zoo

By Nicholas Paphitis Jan. 30, 2021 02:51 AM EST

United States' Serena Williams, left, and Japan's Naomi Osaka gesture with their elbows following an exhibition tennis event in Adelaide, Australia, Friday, Jan 29. 2021. (Kelly Barnes/AAP Image via AP)
Serena Williams, Nadal, Halep win at Adelaide exhibition

Jan. 28, 2021 10:28 PM EST

A member of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif., soaks in the sun at his habitat on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. Several gorillas at the zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States and possibly the world. It appears the infection came from a member of the park's wildlife care team who also tested positive for the virus but has been asymptomatic and wore a mask at all times around the gorillas. (Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Safari Park via AP)
Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park

By Julie Watson Jan. 11, 2021 03:23 PM EST

Snow leopard at Kentucky zoo tests positive for coronavirus

Dec. 11, 2020 12:47 PM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A snow leopard at a Kentucky zoo is the first in the U.S. to test positive for the coronavirus, federal officials announced Friday. ...

This handout photo released by the Smithsonian's National Zoo shows a panda cub named Xiao Qi Ji in Washington. The National Zoo has struck a new extension of its longstanding agreement with the Chinese government that will keep the zoo’s iconic giant pandas in Washington for another three years. But the agreement calls into question the long-term future of the zoo’s popular panda exhibit, as it calls for all three pandas—baby Xiao Qi Ji and parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian—to return to China at the end of 2023(Smithsonian's National Zoo via AP)
National Zoo extends panda deal with China through 2023

By Ashraf Khalil Dec. 07, 2020 04:29 PM EST